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Curative Qualities of Tamil Nadus Kuttralam Waterfalls

If you want a good massage, a bath under a medicinal waterfall, followed by a good south Indian meal an...s started. We take bath here because the water has medicinal qualities. I come here with my family." Kumar, another tourist, said: "Kuttralam season has starte...

Functional Food What is That, Ask First

...d hence the shortcuts. Researchers warn that the medicinal effects of some of the functional foods, also known as nutraceuticals or designer foods, could rebound to produce unexpected side-effects. A British newspaper reported they were banned in some countries because of the risks.Other researchers have s...

Suven Seeks Permission for Trials of New Drug

...ders through novel mechanisms using small-molecule medicinal chemistry approaches....

Dangers Lurking in the Garden in Britain

...santhemum. Many of these dangerous plants have medicinal values and are useful in keeping away predators. V...mes adults too, pick what they think are edible or medicinal plants but mistakenly choose a toxic look-alike. Other cases have involved people who picked foxglov...

Mother Has the Right to the Placenta, US Court Rules

... a big deal to have it, whether I was using it for medicinal reasons or planting it.'' As the hospital resisted, Swanson moved the court, successfully, as it turned out. But in a change of heart Swanson says she doesnt plant to ingest but only to bury it, but why, it is not clear. But a spokeswoman for ...

Tea Pill, Tea Cola Hitting Markets Soon

...ade from pure natural tea extracts having a lot of medicinal properties in them." The Tocklai Station, located in the tea-growing town of Jorhat in eastern Assam, was set up in 1901 and is currently the world's biggest facility for tea research. Apart from tea extracts, Tea Cola contains certain permissibl...

Modified Drug Therapy for Alzheimers Disease

...l appointments in the departments of chemistry and medicinal chemistry, is a scientific co-founder of the company with Jordan Tang, the J.G. Puterbaugh Chair in Medical Research at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The collaborative work of Ghosh and Tang led to the development of a treatment that co...

Shahnaz Hussain Takes Ayurveda to London's Harley Street

...n aesthetics and medicine, developed specially for medicinal and cosmetic benefits, a press release from Hussain's company here said. Shahnaz Husain and LXiR share the principles and beliefs of holistic aesthetic care. During the last three decades, Shahnaz has been propagating the Ayurvedic path to beauty, ...

Sioux Herb Confirmed as Shield Against Colds

Echinacea, a medicinal herb that came to prominence thanks to its use by Sioux Indians, can more than halve the risk of catching a cold, a wide-scale study has confirmed. Taking echinacea supplements can reduce the risk of a cold by 58 percent and may also shorten the du...

Brits Experiencing Moth Trouble With Their Cashmeres

...om your precious woollies. Cedar wood has a strong medicinal smelling resin which doesn't fade and which moths can't stand. Lavender: Using a lavender scented laundry spray or keeping wooden balls soaked in lavender oil at the bottom of your wardrobe could keep moths at bay. Not only does lavender smell rath...

Medical Marijuana Activist Drops Lawsuit

... been crusading for the right to use marijuana for medicinal purposes has dropped her lawsuit against the federal government. "I've lost all faith in the judicial system, I don't understand how somebody can lose their constitutional right to life in this country," she said Thursday. "It's been really, real...

Fat Screen Delivers Plant-derived Chemical With Antidiabetic Effects

...o from plants traditionally included in ritual and medicinal preparations around the world, the team reports in the May issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, published by Cell Press. The work suggests a new approach for treating insulin resistance that might complement the use of preexisting drugs and, more ...

Panama Official Arrested Over Tainted Medicine Deaths of 100

...100 patients in recent months due to contaminated medicinal syrup.Rene Luciani's arrest came after two former directors of the Social Security Fund, Juan Jovane and Rolando Villalaz, were taken into custody Thursday in the same case of syrup contaminated with diethylene glycol, an industrial solvent used for ...

Ayurveda Resorts in Kerala Gear Up for the Monsoon Season

...o four floating cottages, specially designed using medicinal woods," George said. Similarly, Tomy Pullikattil, who launched an ayurveda houseboat in Alappuzha, has bookings for the next two months. Tourism Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, recognising the tourism potential of ayurveda, said his department ha...

Introducing Thalasso, the Greeks Way to a Healthy Life

... said professor Carsten Stick of the institute for medicinal climatology at the University of Kiel. Aside from that there is the salt contained in sea air. The complex composition of the air helps people with neurodermatitis and chronic respiratory problems. The thermal-hygric complex means that sea air is l...

Export of Herbal Products to Reach Rs.120 Billion by 2012: Study

...India followed by China is the largest producer of medicinal plants, having more than 40 percent of global dive...nst China's 13 percent. The leading producers of medicinal plants are Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and the Himalayan range, which to...

Medical Marijuana to Be Legalized

..., have supported the legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes for the past few years, but NY State backed away from passing a law when the Supreme Court allowed the prosecution of medical marijuana in 2005. The Sun points out that now, with a medical marijuana bill on the Connecticut governor's desk, m...

Researchers Developing New Therapy to Re-activate Silenced Genes

...s lead investigator, Alan Kozikowski, professor of medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy and director of the drug discovery program at UIC. "This work gives us a good direction to follow in testing histone deacetylase inhibitors in animal models for diseases such as Parkinson's and Huntington's disease, and ...

Chinese Medicinal Compound Stops Formation of Cysts in Polycystic Kidney

... worldwide. Triptolide is derived from a Chinese medicinal herb, named Lei Gong Teng, which has been used in traditional medicine to treat cancer, inflammation, and auto-immune diseases and, more recently, also has been tested in Phase I clinical trials as an anti-tumor agent. This study, with mice bred to...

Exports Of Herbal & Dietary Products Has Huge Potential

...ocus not only on conserving and enriching existing medicinal plants bio-diversity in the forest areas but promote cultivation of medicinal plants through farmers. This two pronged approach will not only ensure that medicinal plants that ...

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