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The BMJ Group is to begin publishing a medical journal on acupuncture from next year, it was announced today (Tuesday 11 November 2008). This will be the first complementary medicine title that the BMJ Group has published. Acupuncture in Medicine is a quarterly title, which aims to build the evidence base for acupuncture. It is currently self-published by the British Medical Acupuncture Society (BMAS).

In response to new findings to be published Tuesday, November 11, in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on whether long-term vitamin E or vitamin C supplementation decreases the risk of major cardiovascular events among men, the Natural Products Association issued the following statement from Daniel Fabricant, Ph.D.

If you are taking drugs for high blood pressure, you may want to put on a steaming cup of tea instead. In a study conducted at Boston's Tufts University,...