A Radicle

David Johnson, MD, President of the Vermont Medical Society, comments on the recent report from the Vermont Attorney General's office o...

Phytomedicine reports on a pilot study that seems to corroborate the idea that regular consumption of cranberries (or cranberry extract / j...

A article came out last week in JAMA providing some details from the Vermont and Minnesota reports that track "donations" made to ...

We've been following a trend in medical research that has been casting antibiotic use in a new light (see previous: 1 , 2 ). As drug-res...

Here is a quick review of some information that can shed light on who is using herbal and complementary medicines today. My comments at the ...

A little redesign and reorganization, and the new website is complete. Yes, we do sell products there - but there's also a lot of other ...

The FDA has put out two press releases in recent days, one that focuses on prescription sleep aids , the other on drugs that stimulate eryth...

The herbwife already brought to our attention the insane mining practice of mountaintop removal. Now Herbalgram has published an excellent ...

The American Botanical Council is very excited about a proprietary Panax quinquefolius preparation (Cold-FX) and has released a comprehensi...

Not exactly an herbal topic, but for those of us who enjoy gazing at the full moon, tonight may hold a special treat. On the East coast, moo...

Well, a trial conducted at Stanford University that followed almost 200 patinents has found no evidence that garlic lowers levels of LDL (...

Medicinal mushrooms have a long history of use for modulating immunity, protecting against cancer, and just generally strengthening the syst...

The American Herbal Products Association just released its most recent tracking report on the use of threatened medicinal species, summariz...

I've written before about the benefits of cocoa for cardiovascular disease, specifically for managing cholesterol. Past research has id...

Nasturtium officinale , a member of the Brassica family that also includes broccoli and cabbage, has just made news as a powerful preventer ...

Capsicum species, members of the Nightshade family and used throughout the world these days, are native to the Western hemisphere, and most...

This geranium native to southern Africa, and is often known as Umckaloabo. A common preparation is Umcka, which was first used and marketed ...

Dr. Abrams (and others), who has a history of working on treatments to improve the quality of live for HIV patients, has co-authored a small...

Some of the responses from medical doctors involved in a brand-new prospective study published in the Lancet today are downright alarming: ...

Wormwood, that famous Artemisia known as a primary ingredient in absinthe, has long been used as a tonic for the digestive tract. New resea...