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		<title>Acupuncture for the Treatment of Insomnia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 02:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mikiko Murakami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From AHC Media, LLC With a prevalence of 30-35% in adult Americans—10% of which is assessed as chronic (more than six months) and/or severe—insomnia is the most common sleep complaint reported to physicians.(1) Insomnia is a perception that sleep quality is inadequate or nonrestorative, despite adequate opportunity to sleep, and encompasses many problems, including difficulty [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalpress.wordpress.com&amp;blog=974901&amp;post=50&amp;subd=medicalpress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Efficacy of Acupuncture for Treating Knee Osteoarthritis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 01:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mikiko Murakami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From AHC Media LLC A significant amount of data exists supporting the effectiveness of acupuncture for treating osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. The recently completed phase III trial strongly supports the role of acupuncture for treating knee OA. Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disorder in the world. Radiographic evidence of knee osteoarthritis (OA) is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalpress.wordpress.com&amp;blog=974901&amp;post=47&amp;subd=medicalpress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kava treats Anxiety</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 19:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mikiko Murakami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 3 studies below show that kava may be a treatment option for anxiety. 1. A meta-analysis and systematic review was conducted to see the effects of kava on anxiety. Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials were included. Trials were assessed, under blind fashion, by a person not involved in the study. Superiority of kava extract over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalpress.wordpress.com&amp;blog=974901&amp;post=45&amp;subd=medicalpress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ginkgo Biloba for treatment of impotence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 19:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mikiko Murakami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Men who had impotence caused by arterial flow problems who had not responded to papaverine injections of 50mg were treated with ginkgo. Improvements of blood flow were shown in 8 weeks. At 6 months, 50% of the men regained potency. In 20% of the treated patients, a new trial of papaverine in jection was then [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalpress.wordpress.com&amp;blog=974901&amp;post=43&amp;subd=medicalpress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ginkgo Biloba for treatment of intermittent claudication (pain management)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 19:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mikiko Murakami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nine double-blind randomized clinical trials of GBE versus controls for treatment of intermittent claudication were reviewed. GBE found superior to placebo (8 studies) and equal to pentoxifyliine (one study). Measurements of pain-free walking distance and maximum walking distance dramtically increased. Blood flow increased through the affective limb, and blood lactate levels dropped. Longer use of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalpress.wordpress.com&amp;blog=974901&amp;post=42&amp;subd=medicalpress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ginkgo Biloba &#8211; Pain management for peripheral arterial occlusive disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 19:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mikiko Murakami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease, Frontaine’s stage II, received a standard dose (120mg) or a high dose (240mg) of Egb 761. Pain-free walking distance was significantly improved for both groups but significantly more improved with the higher dose. [Schwizer &#38; Hautmann (1999)] Reference: Freedman, Lynda W, PhD et al. Best Practices in Compelmentary and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalpress.wordpress.com&amp;blog=974901&amp;post=41&amp;subd=medicalpress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ginkgo Biloba demonstrating the clinical efficacy in the treatment of Alzheimer-type and multi-infarct dementia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 19:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mikiko Murakami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patients with mild to moderate multi-infarct or primary degenerative Alzehimer-type dementia received 240mg ginko extract of placebo for 24 weeks. Psychopathological, attention, memory, and assessment of daily life activity significantly improved, demonstrating the clinical efficacy of ginkgo extract in the treatment of Alzheimer-type and multi-infarct dementia. [Kanowski et al. (1996)] Reference: Freedman, Lynda W, PhD [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalpress.wordpress.com&amp;blog=974901&amp;post=39&amp;subd=medicalpress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ginkgo Biloba improving behavioral, psychopathologic, and psychometric planes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 19:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mikiko Murakami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patients with moderate dementia received infusions of Egb 761 or placebo for 4 days a week, for 4 weeks. Ginkgo patients scored significantly better on measures of daily living, illness symptoms, and depression than did the placebo group. The authors found ginkgo superior to placebo for behavioral, psychopathologic, and psychometric planes. [Hasse et al. (1996)] [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalpress.wordpress.com&amp;blog=974901&amp;post=38&amp;subd=medicalpress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ginkgo Biloba improving Alzheimer’s condition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 19:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mikiko Murakami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patients with uncomplicated Alzheimer’s disease or multi-infarct dementia received placebo or 120 mg Egb for 26 weeks. The placebo group worsened significantly, while the Egb group improved slightly on cognitive assessments and daily living and social behavior scores. [Le Bars et al. (2000)] Reference: Freedman, Lynda W, PhD et al. Best Practices in Compelmentary and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalpress.wordpress.com&amp;blog=974901&amp;post=37&amp;subd=medicalpress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>St. John&#8217;s Wort (hypericum) research on Depression</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 19:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mikiko Murakami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below are a few studies to show the efficacy of S. John&#8217;s Wort (hypericum) on depression: 1. Patients with mild to moderate depression were treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) fluxetine or St. John’s wort (hypericum). At 6 weeks hypericum was superior to fluxetine for severity reduction and significantly superior for responder rate. Authors [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalpress.wordpress.com&amp;blog=974901&amp;post=36&amp;subd=medicalpress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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