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Letters: Many views of 'alternative' treatment
![The recent series of articles by Trine Tsouderos in the Los Angeles Times misrepresents the scientific contributions and future research agenda of the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ["New Age Cures Put to the Test," Jan. 23].](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67687605-27172233.jpg "The recent series of articles by Trine Tsouderos in the Los Angeles Times misrepresents the scientific contributions and future research agenda of the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine [\"New Age Cures Put to the Test,\" Jan. 23].")
The recent series of articles by Trine Tsouderos in the Los Angeles Times misrepresents the scientific contributions and future research agenda of the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ["New...Tags: Echinacea (dietary supplement), Drugs and Medicines, Science, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Tom Harkin
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Anxiety treatment: Medication, therapy or both can help
Karen Smuland has always been an anxious person. But after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York's World Trade Center, she had her first panic attack and ended up in an emergency room, convinced that she was dying.
The 48-year-old architect from Bend,...Tags: Anxiety, Sexual Dysfunction, Zoloft (drug), Arts and Culture, Psychotherapy
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The Healthy Skeptic: Promise of ChromaGen lenses for dyslexia a bit blurry
We rarely stop to think about it, but reading is an amazing accomplishment. It turns markings on a page or a screen into coherent thoughts. It's a complicated process: The eyes see a procession of letters, and the brain turns them into words.
The...Tags: Science, Drugs and Medicines, Health and Medical Professionals, Companies and Corporations, Ophthalmology
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Raise a glass of wine to resveratrol
Drinkers the world over have been thrilled by the notion that resveratrol, a chemical found in red wine, might be some kind of anti-aging powerhouse. The supposed wonder substance can make perilously chubby lab rats live as long as their slim...
Tags: Wines, Heart Attack, University of Pennsylvania, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Research
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Cystic fibrosis drug ivacaftor offers patients new hope
All her life, Lindsay Shipp knew that she was dying. As a baby, she would cry after eating, and salt collected on her forehead. The diagnosis was cystic fibrosis, an incurable genetic disease that, at the time, meant a life expectancy of 18 years.
The...Tags: Entertainment, Katy Perry, Food and Drug Administration, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Symptoms
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To soothe the body
Los Angeles TimesIf you want to live longer -- avoid heart disease, Alzheimer's disease and cancer -- then pick and choose your foods with care to quiet down parts of your immune system. That's the principle promoted by the founders and followers of anti-inflammatory...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Inflammation, Trials, Rheumatoid Arthritis
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After stroke, antidepressants aid in regaining mobility
Stroke victims who took the antidepressant Prozac for three months following the interruption of blood flow to the brain regained more mobility, and showed lower rates of depression, than those given a placebo pill, a new study has found. The European...Tags: Fluoxetine (drug), Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Physical Conditions, Trials
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Stress hormones for phobias? An idea so crazy, it just might work!
The hormone that triggers a pounding heart, clammy hands and a sense of impending danger is not the first thing you might think of to help a person overcome his deepest fears. But a study published Tuesday found that acrophobic subjects who took cortisol ...Tags: Anxiety, Hormones and Metabolism, Human Body, Behavioral Conditions, Spider (animal)
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HIV vaccine feat leaves more questions than answers
Only hours after HIV vaccine researchers announced the achievement of a milestone that has eluded them for a quarter of a century, they began plotting their next steps -- and coming to grips with a sobering reality. Their ultimate goal, halting the spread...Tags: Merck & Company Incorporated, Health and Safety at School, Health Organizations, Preventative Medicine, Disease Prevention
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