Public Health

Ethnopharmacological importance of Asparagus racemosus: A review

Ethnopharmacological importance of Asparagus racemosus: A review Manorma Sharma, Archana Sharma1 and Ashwani Kumar2 Abstract Tuberous plants are the vital source of medicinal drugs. Among these Asparagus racemosus is an important herb which is well known f ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 23 2010 - 7:12am

ADHD And The War On Drugs

One more of the many crazy results of the idiotic “war on drugs” is that we have to pay lots of money for chemicals that actually cost next to nothing. For example, adding up time and money spent on health insurance, physicians, and pharmacies, taking car ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Sep 6 2011 - 9:41pm

Not All Baby Formula Is Alike: Same Calories, Different Effects On Infant Growth

New findings indicate that weight gain of infants is influenced by not just formula versus breast feeding but also the type of formula the infant is consuming, which the researchers say could have implications related to the infant's risk for the deve ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 27 2010 - 1:17pm

David Nichols' Publications Are "Used For Negative Ends"

“ Legal highs: the dark side of medicinal chemistry ”, by David Nichols of Purdue University’s pharmacology department, has hardly been published in the prestigious science journal Nature [469, 7 (2011)] and it is already fully exploited for the usual dru ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Jan 6 2011 - 9:24pm

“Sorry, Can’t Do Anything Until The Doctor Comes Back.”

      The following is a story written by my fiancee, who has Tourrette's syndrome, regarding a personal experience at a Mental Institution.  In my eyes, this is the real reason why healthcare is so expensive.  Many primary care givers are resentful t ...

Article - Ed Chen - Jan 6 2011 - 12:52pm

Paul Offit, Rotavirus, and a counterpoint to Age of Autism's Mark Blaxill

One of the key characteristics coming out of the anti-vaccine movement appears to be an inability to get the facts straight about much of anything relating to vaccines and vaccine-preventable illnesses. Another key characteristic is the downplaying of the ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Jan 7 2011 - 4:39pm

Himalayan region medical system

Himalayan region medical system goes well beyond the notion of medicine in the narrow western sense. It forms a part of their culture and tradition, in which "Buddhism" is the prevailing influence. Health and spirituality are inseparable and toge ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 8 2011 - 9:57am

Principles of traditional medicinal system

"The theory of the three humours is one of the fundamental principles of traditional medicine. As has been mentioned above, Ayurvedic theories draw an analogy with the universe, the physics of which serves as a model for an elementary physiology. Com ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 8 2011 - 10:05am

Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook ex Don (=V.roxburghii R.BR.):Lasona a medicinal plant of great value

Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook ex Don (=V.roxburghii R.BR.) Family Orchidaceaae Used Part Root. Distribution Area An epiphytic orchid, 30-60 cm. high, found from Uttar Pradesh to West Bengal, extending southwards to Kerala.. Common Uses. The root is a bitt ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 10 2011 - 11:14am

Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub. syn. B. frondosa Koenig ex Roxb. jungle fire has great medicinal potential

Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub. syn. B. frondosa Koenig ex Roxb. Family Fabaceae (Papilionaceae) Used Part Fruit pieces Distribution Area It is common throughout the greater part of India, ascending the Himalayas up to 900 m and in peninsular India up to 1, ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 10 2011 - 11:59pm