An HIV or AIDS diagnosis can be devastating and patients often turn to alternative medicines in an attempt to treat the disease. The conflicting results of clinical trials on the use of DHEA for HIV can leave patients confused as to whether this...
The human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, is responsible for causing the potentially fatal disease known as AIDS. HIV attacks white blood cells known as CD4 cells, gradually weakening the immune system and making you more susceptible to diseases...
The human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, is responsible for causing AIDS, an immune system disorder that makes a person more likely to suffer from potentially fatal conditions such as pneumonia and cancer. Although there is no cure for HIV...
Korean red ginseng is part of the Asian Ginseng family, which has been used for over 2,000 years in China. It contains the same active ingredient--ginsenoside--that is found in American ginseng. However it is very different from Siberian gingseng,...
Between the high social premium placed on sexual potency and the increasing popular attention to herbal remedies, a supplement called "horny goat weed" is sure to sell like hot cakes. Unfortunately, not only is the herb's efficacy in restoring...
Rene Caisse, a Canadian nurse who died in 1978, was famous for an herbal tea blend that she named after herself: Essiac tea. She claimed that Essiac tea was an Ojibway treatment for cancer. Caisse opened a clinic in Bracebridge, Ontario, where she...
Reishi is a mushroom that has been used medicinally in traditional Chinese medicine for more than 4,000 years. In Chinese medicine, the reishi mushroom is used to treat liver problems, asthma and fatigue, among other ailments. The reishi mushroom...
Candida is a fungus that lives everywhere, and is found naturally in our bodies, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. The scientific name for yeast is Candida and our immune systems normally keep it under control, but Candida...
The use of oral supplementation has clear results in preventing the progressive weight loss often seen in human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, infection. Pharmacological treatment becomes vital when serum lipids are chronically elevated for an...
