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Thu Apr-28-05 02:18 PM
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Ginkgo beneficial for multiple sclerosis symptoms, OHSU study |
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Ginkgo beneficial for multiple sclerosis symptoms, OHSU studyhttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=23515"When it comes to her health, Janice Winfield of Portland, Ore., does her research.
That's why the stay-at-home mom, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in July 2000, was willing to turn to popular, over-the-counter herbal supplements like ginkgo biloba to deal with memory problems, fatigue and occasional muscle pain.
"I'm definitely interested in alternative medicine," said Winfield, 49, whose form of the neurological disease - relapsing-remitting MS - is characterized by frequent symptom flare-ups. Ginkgo "is not only given to someone like me with MS. There's benefit to anyone taking it."
Findings by scientists in the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine's Department of Neurology and the OHSU MS Center of Oregon appear to back up that claim. A study presented this month at the American Academy of Neurology's 57th Annual Meeting in Miami Beach, Fla., suggests that ginkgo may be effective in improving attention in MS patients with cognitive impairment. Side effects also were minimal.
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Thu Apr-28-05 02:23 PM
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can be clotting dysfunctions. At low doses, this is rarely a problem.
You might also be interested to know that there's published results (in peer-reviewed academic journals) that show single doses of a ginko/ginsing combo can boost cognative/memory function in healthy teenagers (it's slight, but it's there).
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Fri Apr-29-05 12:30 PM
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Fri Apr-29-05 01:38 PM
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from what I was told by an FDA behavioral toxicologist.
Well, the dose makes the poison, as they say.
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Thu Apr-28-05 02:24 PM
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2. How long before it's outlawed |
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like cannabis?? The drug companies want to own all the ill people in Amerika.
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Fri Apr-29-05 05:51 PM
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5. Oral sex can also improve the attention of MS patients. |
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Fri Apr-29-05 09:28 PM
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6. Got a link to that research? |
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