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Homeopathy, conventional drugs share ingredients

Headlines from the Associated Press  Wed, 06/17/2009 - 14:23

Here's a sampling of active pharmaceutical ingredients used in homeopathic remedies, but in highly diluted amounts.

The homeopathic name is listed first along with its recommended homeopathic use, then the conventional name for the same drug, and a recommended conventional use....


 

Grape Seed Extract May Help Prevent and Treat Alzheimer's

NCCAM Featured Content  Wed, 06/25/2008 - 15:15

According to the National Institute on Aging (NIA), Alzheimer's disease affects nearly 4.5 million Americans and is the most common form of dementia in the elderly.

Alzheimer's disease is an incurable disease with a slow progression beginning with mild memory loss and ending with severe brain damage and death.

While no treatment is proven to stop Alzheimer's disease, some conventional drugs may limit symptoms for a short period of time in the early stages of the disease.