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The dietary supplement Ginkgo biloba was found to be ineffective in reducing the development of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in older people, according to a study published in the “Journal of the American Medical Association”[1]. Researchers led by Stephen T. DeKosky, M.D., formerly of the University of Pittsburgh, vice president and dean of the School [...]

The National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has added four new Centers of Excellence for Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CERCs) to its research centers program.  The new centers will add to knowledge about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) approaches and their potential in treating and preventing diseases [...]