Oil pulling comes from Ayurveda and many people swear by it. This Nature paper calls it ‘pseudoscience’ due to lacking scientific evidence. I hope more research comes out soon.
According to this paper, ‘treatment with Dexamethasone lead to early auxiliary lymph node metastasis’. This is concerning since glucocorticoids are commonly administered Qing with chemotherapy drugs to cancer patients in order to ease the side effects such as allergic reaction to medications, nausea, or vomiting etc.
According to this article, the males of these unique mice stand in an 'operatic posture' to sing notes that are audible to humans and can be confused with small birds and insects!!
St. John's wort as antidepressant and in cancer research! Here is a basic information link about St. John's wort from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center website:
https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/st-john-wort
Interesting article! This herb has been in use and widely studied for many years now. Per this article, Gingko biloba extract faired better than placebo in improving symptoms of dementia and the drug for dementia performed better in combination with gingko biloba than individually.
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