Alternative Medicine

Beware Dangerous Treatment for High Cholesterol

With all the media attention on high cholesterol and heart health, it’s not surprising that some companies are preying on consumers with “natural” treatments like “red yeast rice products” that may contain prescription drugs without obtaining authorization from the US FDA. The FDA is now warning consumers about these products sold on the Internet as [...]

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Supplements and When Fad meets Science

By Robert Lamberts, M.D. The supplement industry is a huge one – Over $14 Billion in US sales in 2004 (still small compared to the over $200 Billion spent on prescription drugs in the same year), but one study showed that 6 out of 10 Americans were taking a supplement of some kind. A recent [...]

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