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Chondroitin Sulfate Improves Hand Function, Relieves Morning Stiffness Caused by Osteoarthritis
10 October 2011
New research shows that chondroitin sulfate significantly decreased pain and improved hand function in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the hand compared with those in the placebo group. Results of the clinical trial available in Arthritis & ...
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Getting Enough Calcium in Early Life Could Be Key for Optimal Lifelong Bone Health
12 May 2010
There's no denying that people need calcium for strong, healthy bones. But new research from North Carolina State University suggests that not getting enough calcium in the earliest days of life could have a more profound, lifelong impact on bone hea...
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Vitamin D Deficiency Is Widespread And On The Increase
9 May 2010
A new report issued by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and published in the scientific journal Osteoporosis International1, shows that populations across the globe are suffering from the impact of low levels of vitamin D...
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Fish Oil Potential to Treat a Variety of Inflammatory Diseases
2 January 2010
Fish oils are known to be beneficial to health, but how and why they produce anti-inflammatory effects remains to be fully determined...
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New Research Could Hold the Key to Keeping Older People Fit For Longer
16 September 2008
A carefully framed combination of moderate exercise and nutritional supplements could help older people maintain an active lifestyle for longer...
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Does Glucosamine & Chondroitin Sulfate Provide Pain Relief?
20 April 2006
In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the popular dietary supplement combination of Glucosamine plus Chondroitin Sulfate did NOT provide significant relief from osteoarthritis pain among all participants...
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Fighting Back Against Back Pain - Naturally
2 March 2004
For most people who suffer with back pain, depending on the cause, it can be a long journey to recovery, or at least to reaching the stage whereby pain is manageable and the sufferer is able to live with it...
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MSM: A Natural Solution For Pain
25 November 2003
The oceans are constantly releasing an organic form of sulphur into the atmosphere which becomes oxidised to form MSM. This is returned to the land and sea in rain and absorbed by all plant life, in fact all living organisms...
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Restoring Confidence in Complementary Medicines
11 January 2003
The review was conducted by a specially convened Expert Committee on Complementary Medicines in the Health System and was chaired by Dr Michael Bollen AM, a former member of the National Health and Medical Research Council and Australian Pharmaceutic...
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Water! Water! Water!
10 July 2002
In sustaining the life of all living organisms, 'clean water' is second only to clean air. In a moderate climate, human beings can survive for approximately five weeks without food, but only about five days without...
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A Medical Miracle
13 June 2002
As a result of injury or as part of the ageing process, joint function is impaired when cartilage (the protective covering at the ends of the bones), which form the joints, breaks down. Cartilage acts as a shock-absorbing tissue and is made up of 65%...
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Reflections on Complementary Medicine
20 March 2002
There has been increasing interest in and use of alternative or complementary medicines in recent times, which is somewhat paradoxical given the scientific advances in understanding and treating disease made during this period...
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Security in Alternative Therapies & Medicines
12 March 2002
The use and acceptance of such therapies and medicines in Australia and throughout the world is on the increase. It's currently estimated that more than 60% of Australians use alternative medicines at least once a year and with the current trend, th...
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Glucosamine - An Effective Treatment for Back Pain
1 March 2002
The discs in our spine contain fibro cartilage, which acts as a shock absorber between the vertebrae, preventing impact damage and providing structure, support, lubrication, flexibility and pain free movement...
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Arnica - The Wonder Herb
1 February 2002
The effectiveness of Arnica may be the result of a property which stimulates the blood flow to the area of skin where the herb is applied. This will increase the rate of healing and reduce the pain and swelling associated with muscle strains and brui...
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Nutrition & Back Care
12 December 2001
A healthy back needs good nutrition to maintain its structure and stability, and to help it heal during times of stress or injury, or degenerative disease such as arthritis. The minerals calcium, magnesium and phosphorous are most important because t...
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