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| Doctors Say Herbal Blends Could Help Cancer Patients |
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| New Haven Register 12-19-04 |
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| Yale University, the Ivy League bastion of Western science, is turning to ancient Chinese formulas to develop new medicines for the 21st century. |
| Already physicians have demonstrated that an 1,800-year-old Chinese recipe of four plants can apparently ease the side effects of chemotherapy while boosting the healing power of the anti-cancer drug.
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| Panel Wants Tougher Supplement Standards |
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| Associated Press—January 2005 |
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WASHINGTON - With nearly one-fifth of Americans taking dietary supplements, the Institute of Medicine on Wednesday called for |
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| tougher regulations to make sure the products are safe and do what they claim. The institute expressed concern about the quality of dietary supplements, saying "there is little product reliability." |
| This makes it difficult for health professionals to guide patients in use of supplements, the report said. The panel urged that Congress take steps to require improved quality control of supplements and to provide incentives to study the efficacy of the products. |
"Reliable and standardized products are needed," Dr. Stuart Bondurant, chairman of the committee that prepared the report, said at a briefing Wednesday.
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| Nicholas Zamiska, “Dueling Therapies: Is a Shotgun Better Than a Silver Bullet?” Wall Street Journal, Pg B1, March 2, 2007, Archived: (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117277894143123761.html) |
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| Mark Blumenthal, “FDA Approves Special Green Tea Extract as a New Topical Drug for Genital Warts Expert Says Development Marks the Birth of a “New Industry,”’ Herbal Gram, Issue 74, 62:63, 2007, Archived: (http://content.herbalgram.org/tomsofmaine/HerbalGram/articleview.asp?a=3120) |
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| Author Unknown, “Ancient Chinese Anti-Cancer Formula to be Clinically Tested in Taiwan,” Central News Agency, September 13, 2005, (http://www.tro-taiwan.roc.org.uk) |
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| Gunjan Sinha, “Medicine of the Masses,” Nature Medicine, December 30, 2004, Archived: (http://news.nature.com//news/2004/041229/nm0105-9.html) |
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| Linda Yeung, “New Push for Chinese Medicine,” South China Morning Post, December 16, 2003 |
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| Tang Qi Chen, “PhytoCeutica,” Bioera 10, (August 2002), 60:63 |
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| Author Unknown, “Traditional Chinese Medicine: Potions and Profits,” The Economist, July 25, 2002, Archived: (http://www.economist.com/). Original source: The Economist print edition |
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| Simon Elegant, “Herbal Healing,” Time—Chinese Edition, July 2002, 59-70 |
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| Leslie P. Norton, “Finding Fresh Hope in Ancient Cures,” Barrons Online, May 20, 2002, Archived: (http://online.barrons.com/documents/b-oldtoc-2002.htm) |
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| Lori Karnath, “The New Paradigm of Botanical Drugs,” European Pharmaceutical Review 1 (March 2002), 19-21 |
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| Beth M. Mantz, “Something Ventured: VC’s See Fertile Fields for Herbs,” The Wall Street Journal Online, Dow Jones Newswire, January 2, 2002, Archived: (http://online.wsj.com/home/us) |
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| Stacy Wong, “Ancient Herbs, New Rx,” The Hartford Courant, October 5, 2001 |
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