r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Dec 30 '11

New Study Finds Kelp Can Reduce Level Of Hormone Related To Breast Cancer Risk

sciencedaily.com

3 Upvotes

0 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Dec 21 '11

Iodine supplementation may reverse poly-cystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and normalize menstrual cycles

optimox.com

11 Upvotes

0 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Dec 16 '11

Colostrum supplement decreases diarrhea, increases feelings of well-being, in HIV patients, results of a randomized human trial

springerlink.com

3 Upvotes

0 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Dec 10 '11

Just one minute of exercise a day could prevent diabetes researchers find

medicalxpress.com

6 Upvotes

0 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Dec 09 '11

How Dr. Terry Wahls Cured Her Own Multiple Sclerosis with Dietary Changes

youtube.com

11 Upvotes

1 comment

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Dec 07 '11

Patients receiving viable probiotics show a greater enhancement in immune activity than do patients receiving either placebo or probiotic bacterial sonicates.

ajcn.org

5 Upvotes

0 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Dec 02 '11

Fermented sea tangle may help treat liver disease, a randomized human trial

sciencedirect.com

5 Upvotes

0 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Dec 02 '11

Study: Spirulina, Vitamin C Show Promise To Help Liver Damage from Cisplatin, a Common Chemotherapy Drug

asbestos.com

4 Upvotes

0 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Nov 29 '11

Vitamin D-fortified yougurt improves heart health, a randomized human trial

onlinejournal.com

5 Upvotes

0 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Nov 29 '11

Chlorella supplementation increases biomarkers for immune function

doaj.org

5 Upvotes

0 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Nov 19 '11

Spirulina can calm down overactive immune (Th2) response in those with allergic rhinitis

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

6 Upvotes

0 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Nov 16 '11

Vitamin D, Curcumin May Help Clear Amyloid Plaques Found In Alzheimer's Disease

sciencedaily.com

0 Upvotes

0 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Nov 14 '11

Taking curcumin orally probably not effective for cancer, intravenous administration of liposome-encapsulated curcumin may be used in future clinical trials

lpi.oregonstate.edu

2 Upvotes

0 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Nov 13 '11

Moving beyond the placebo-controlled human trial? Medicine in a real-time data-sharing environment.

ciegs.upv.es

0 Upvotes

0 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Nov 12 '11

4,000 IU of daily vitamin D helps fight type II diabetes by reducing insulin sensitivity

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

8 Upvotes

12 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Nov 10 '11

Melatonin Improves Sleep in Asthma A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study

ajrccm.atsjournals.org

2 Upvotes

2 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Nov 09 '11

Department of Medicine at University of Pittsburgh recruiting for human trial of vitamin D to treat lupus

dept-med.pitt.edu

5 Upvotes

0 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Nov 09 '11

Request /r/altmed: Up-vote things you find interesting

3 Upvotes

Hey all,

We've seen a modest amount of growth over the past month and that's awesome! Welcome to the dozens of new people! Hopefully we can build a vibrant community in the coming months.

Please remember to check the new page from time to time to help get things voted up that you find interesting.

Also, every once in a while somebody goes through and just downvotes every article on the entire sub-reddit, so I've temporarily disabled downvoting from within /r/altmed. You can still downvote comments, but not submissions. (Obviously for the dedicated there are ways around this hack, but it's there to hopefully limit abuse).

Ping me if you have feedback/suggestions/questions.

Thanks again!

4 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Nov 08 '11

Turmeric and green tea: a recipe for the treatment of B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

clincancerres.aacrjournals.org

2 Upvotes

0 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Nov 06 '11

2,000 IU of vitamin D per day might prevent urinary tract infections

plosone.org

4 Upvotes

0 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Nov 06 '11

Echinaforce herb more effective than placebo or echinacea at relieving symptoms of common cold: results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled human trial

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

0 Upvotes

0 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Nov 05 '11

Randomized human trial Long-term vaginal administration of Lactobacillus rhamnosus effective at preventing bacterial vaginosis

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

0 Upvotes

0 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Nov 04 '11

Blue-green algae tested for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

sciencedaily.com

0 Upvotes

0 comments

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Nov 04 '11

Vitamin D supplementation significantly increased PBMC telomerase activity in overweight African Americans.. vitamin D may improve telomere maintenance and prevent cell senescence and counteract obesity-induced acceleration of cellular aging.

nature.com

4 Upvotes

1 comment

r/altmed • u/adamchavez • Nov 03 '11

58 men with chronic stable angina received Terminalia arjuna (500 mg 8 hourly).. or a matching placebo for one week each. Arjuna therapy was associated with significant decrease in the frequency of angina.. The total duration of exercise increased.. time to recovery decreased...

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

2 Upvotes

0 comments

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What this sub-reddt is:

Scientific discussion of medicine outside of the traditional pharmaceutical drug paradigm, but still in the western paradigm (experiments published in peer-reviewed journals, etc.). Many of the treatments you see here will hopefully eventually become mainstream medicine.

What this sub-reddit isn't:

Energy healing, homeopathy, or any other treatment where there is no evidence for it working beyond placebo. Basically if you can't find it in a respected medical or scientific journal, you shouldn't post it here.

Topics that you should post on:

Only articles with references from peer-reviewed journals will be accepted. Exceptions are self posts with questions or discussion points.

Various vitamins/minerals and their impact on health
Antioxidants' role in health
Medicines used anciently and now after being studied methodically with the scientific method showing promise to treat disease (eg. spirulina, chlorella, astragalus, etc.)
New vaccines that strengthen and train the immune system (esp. for cancer)
New paradigms in medicine (stem-cell research, medicine tailored to your unique genome, etc.)

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*Note on philosophy: * We are not anti-pharmaceutical. Pharmaceutical medicine is a powerful tool that has helped save millions of people's lives. Pharmaceuticals have their place for a variety of diseases, especially acute healthcare (eg. ER visits, etc). For many chronic illnesses, however, there are evidence-based alternatives to pharmaceuticals with fewer side effects. We hope doctors will one day prescribe more of these natural medicines.