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| Guide To News: Side effects of natural health products used with prescription drugs under-reported (ANI via Yahoo! India News) Washington, July 21 (ANI): Canadian researchers have cautioned that the adverse effects of the simultaneous use of prescription drugs and natural health products (NHP) are being under-reported, and that health-care professionals and the public may be underestimating the potential risks of combining the two therapies. Researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton conducted a survey of 132 ... Cultivated Medicine: Finding Health Benefits in a Fiery Food (US News & World Report) Six millennia ago, farmers living in modern-day Mexico made a wise health move: They domesticated the chili pepper. Last week, researchers at the Smithsonian Institution announced the discovery of a 1,000-year-old (and very dried out) stash of more than 100 cultivated chili peppers, indicating that the Zapotec people who once occupied Mexico's Mitla River Valley ate a cuisine very similar to the ... |