After uncovering a key mechanism that could explain how e-cigarettes harm the lungs, brain, and cardiovascular system, a team of researchers now calls for much stricter regulation of these electronic devices. Electronic cigarettes — e-cigarettes, for short — were developed as a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes, in an effort to help wean smokers off their harmful habit. However, evidence has …

Research has suggested that various supplements — including vitamins, omega-3 fatty acids, and herbal remedies — may help relieve the symptoms of anxiety. We list the best 10, as well the evidence supporting them, here. Anxiety can come in many forms. It can cause worry, unease, fear, or panic. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) …

Now, as technology addiction clinics open across many countries in an attempt to ween citizens off their smartphones and computers, we look at some of the arguments surrounding this most modern of addictions. Earlier this month, India became the latest country to sign up to what some concerned nations are depicting as a war on an addiction that has their youth in its grip. …

This paper reviews the current system of regulation and assesses its effectiveness in the health-care system of Thailand. In order to achieve this, extensive documentary reviews were performed and supplemented by in-depth interviews. We found the existing regulatory framework to be fairly comprehensive with rules and roles firmly established. Regulations cover almost all relevant private and public organisations including individuals. …

Depending on who you ask, this is either mostly unnecessary (the dietary supplement industry); a welcome development, albeit with insufficient resources (some consumer advocates); a meaningless PR move (another consumer advocate); or wholly insufficient (me). Dr. Gottlieb begins with some interesting statistics: three out of four Americans regularly take a dietary supplement. For older Americans, that rate rises four in …

(Editor’s note: Shawn Buckley is a lawyer with decades of experience in assisting natural health companies to deal with Health Canada. He has been called as an expert witness in both the House of Commons and the Senate concerning the regulation of natural products and constitutional rights. He is currently president of the NHPPA, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting …

MPP Monte Kwinter Helped to Bring Medicine Out of the Dark Ages “In the treatment of the sick person, the physician must be free to use a new diagnostic or therapeutic measure, if in his or her judgment it offers hope of saving life, re-establishing health or alleviating suffering.” Helsinki Accord 1964, signed by Canada 1989 “5.1. A member shall not …