I wrote this article for my TCM colleagues, but the info is really for all of you…people who want to be healthier and know your options! Researchers from the University of British Columbia looked at data from more than 8900 people using four gold standard (randomized placebo-controlled) studies. The subjects all had mild hypertension—systolic blood [...]
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I recently did a talk for a class of pharmacy students at the University of British Columbia. I wasn’t sure what they might already know about Traditional Chinese Medicine and what their views on it would be. I was happy when they asked me lots of questions though and I thought you might have some [...]
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This blog is not just for me to blab on about what I think. It is for others to express their opinions about various health topics. That said, here are some links to interesting polls I thought were thought-provoking: To what degree do you think clinicians’ prescribing practices are or are not influenced by pharmaceutical [...]
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