Integrative Medicine Alert – August 1, 2013
August 1, 2013
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Omega 3s and the Prostate: Good or Bad?
Among men diagnosed with prostate cancer, those with the highest levels of plasma omega-3 fatty acids demonstrated an increased risk for developing prostate cancer, bringing into question various recommendations for increased omega-3 intake. -
Fish Oil if High Cardiovascular Disease Risk?
In more than 12,000 patients at high risk of cardiovascular events, daily supplementation with 1 g of fish oil (85% eicosapentaenoic acid plus docosahexaenoic acid) did not reduce cardiovascular morbidity nor mortality over approximately 5 years of follow up. -
Positively Old: MBSR and the Elderly
Elderly patients with mild-to-moderate depressive symptoms may experience improvement in affect with the practice of mindfulness-based stress reduction. -
Epigenetics and Integrative Medicine
A popular field that is being discussed in medical research, in popular science, and by the media, epigenetics is broadly defined as the study of the changes in gene expression that occur on the DNA sequence and are heritable.