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One of the country's leading professors of complementary medicine is offering a cash prize to anyone who can prove homeopathy works.

Related Articles Rehmannia inhibits adipocyte differentiation and adipogenesis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008 Jun 27;371(2):185-90 Authors: Jiang L, Zhang NX, Mo W, Wan R, Ma CG, Li X, Gu YL, Yang XY, Tang QQ, Song HY Rehmannia glutinosa, a Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), has been used to increase physical strength. Here, we report that Rehmannia glutinosa extract (RE) inhibits adipocyte differentiation and adipogenesis. RE impairs differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes in a dose-dependent manner. At the molecular level, treatment with RE inhibits expression of the key adipocyte differentiation regulator C/EBPbeta, as well as C/EBPalpha and the terminal marker protein 422/aP2, during differentiation of preadipocytes into adipocytes. Additionally, RE inhibits the mitotic clonal expansion (MCE) process of adipocyte differentiation, and RE prevents localization of C/EBPbeta to the centromeres. RE also prevents high fat diet (HFD) induced weight ga

The largest assessment of people with adult muscular dystrophy has identified risk factors that can lead to sudden death for individuals with the most common form of this disease. The results of the multicenter study, lead by the Indiana University School of medicine, are reported in the June 19 issue of the New England Journal of medicine.

Health Minister Tony Clement says the natural health products industry is scaring consumers unnecessarily with claims that the government plans to outlaw popular homeopathic medicines and herbal remedies.

A nuclear medicine imaging test was used to confirm that children with respiratory problems may be more likely to develop gastroesophageal reflux disease, according to researchers at SNM's 55th Annual Meeting. The nuclear imaging technique, known as scintigraphy, was also shown to be more effective in detecting the disease in these children than traditional barium X-ray technology.

A new study, presented at the SNM 55th Annual Meeting, shows the potential to pre-target the treatment of cancer cells - bringing personalized medicine one step closer from the laboratory to patients. By combining new molecular imaging techniques with targeted therapy, pretargeting offers cancer patients a more individualized treatment that can increase the effectiveness of therapies and minimize discomfort experienced during treatment.

The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (PCPFS) and the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports medicine (AOSSM) are proud to announce that AOSSM will serve as a Science Partner to the PCPFS.

A group of steroids found in female mouse urine goes straight to the male mouse's head, according to researchers at Washington University School of medicine in St. Louis. They found the compounds activate nerve cells in the male mouse's nose with unprecedented effectiveness.'These particular steroids, known as glucocorticoids (GCCs), are involved in energy metabolism, stress and immune function,' says senior author Timothy E. Holy, Ph.D.

Based on medical traditions more than 2,000 years old, Chinese self-massage techniques can help release tension and reduce anxiety -- without the cost of visiting a professional therapist.Called Dao yin (DOW-in), these techniques are part of a larger branch of Chinese medicine called qi gong (che-kung), meaning 'energy work.' The purpose of self-massage is to maintain and restore balance and harmony of the body's various parts.

Naviscan PET Systems®, a company specializing in organ specific high resolution PET scanners, announced today at the Society of Nuclear medicine - new clinical data using the PEM Flex scanner in breast cancer management. The PEM FlexT Solo II is a commercially available, FDA cleared scanner that utilizes PET technology for the breast application known as positron emission mammography, PEM.