B.C. health authorities issue warning over opium-based natural health products after 2 lead poisonings These opium-based products, called doda and afeem, are popular in the South Asian community but may be contaminated with lead or other toxins. The WHO is trying to make traditional medicine safer and more standardizedHerbal medicine, acupuncture and Ayurveda are among the kinds of traditional healthcare practiced by 80% of the world's population. Your unique body odour could provide insights into your health Hand odour analysis in a laboratory can identify individuals and distinguish between healthy and unhealthy people Vagus nerves help us rest, digest and restore. Can you reset them to feel better? The vagus nerves also play a part in why socializing, sex and sports are good for our health. Plants of the boreal forest: using traditional Indigenous medicine to create modern treatments Ancestral knowledge has resulted in some molecules isolated from plants becoming major therapeutic agents in modern medicine, and there is likely much more to come What is this OTC Spark all about? You’ve probably been seeing our bright pink advertisements for something called OTC Spark. What is it, and why should you care? Study casts more doubt on use of high dose vitamin D pills Routine vitamin D tests mostly unnecessary Vitamin D testing shouldn’t be part of routine blood tests for asymptomatic individuals, according to a new practice pointer published in the BMJ. Too much of a good thing: Man hospitalized after accidentally overdosing on vitamin D A British man needed to be hospitalized for more than a week after taking 375 times the recommended amount of vitamin D a day. What to tell your patients about postbiotics The latest “biotic” has made patients curious to know more. 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last
