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Yoga Relieves Chronic Lower Back Pain, Study Suggests

Posted by admin on Septiembre 7th, 2009 under complementary medicine
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US researchers studying people with chronic lower back problems found that those who did Iyengar Yoga were better at overcoming pain and depression than those who followed conventional treatments for lower back pain.
The study, which was funded by the US National Institutes of Health to the tune of 400,000 dollars, was the work of Dr [...]

The Possible Roles Of Solar Ultraviolet-B Radiation And Vitamin D In Reducing Case-Fatality Rates From The 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic In EU

Posted by admin on Junio 22nd, 2009 under complementary medicine
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An estimated 675,000 Americans died from the A/H1N1 pandemic influenza in the United States in 19181919. Many of these deaths were from ensueing bacterial pneumonia rather than directly from the viral infection. The United States Public Health Service conducted surveys in twelve cities and rural areas of the country in late 1918 to [...]