GY Yeh, DM Eisenberg, TJ Kaptchuk, RS Phillips - Diabetes Care, 2003 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—A total of 108 trials examining 36 herbs (single or in combination) and 9
vitamin/mineral supplements, involving 4,565 patients with diabetes or impaired glucose
tolerance, met the inclusion criteria and were analyzed. There were 58 controlled clinical ... Cited by 199 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 16 versions
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need authoritative informa- tion on CAM therapies to responsibly advise patients who seek these
interventions. This article summarizes current evidence on the efficacy and safety of ... Cited by 169 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
S Zhou, Y Gao, W Jiang, M Huang, A Xu, … - Drug Metabolism …, 2003 - informahealthcare.com A resurgence in the use of medical herbs in the Western world, and the co-use of modern and
traditional therapies is becoming more common. Thus there is the potential for both pharmacokinetic
and pharmacodynamic herb–drug interactions. For example, systems such as the ... Cited by 131 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
DM Marcus, AP Grollman - New England Journal of Medicine, 2002 - content.nejm.org In 2001, $17.8 billion was spent in the United States on dietary supplements, $4.2 billion of it
for herbs and other botanical remedies. 1 The popularity of these products has increased over
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PO Szapary, ML Wolfe, LAT Bloedon, AJ Cucchiara, … - Jama, 2003 - Am Med Assoc Context Herbal extracts from Commiphora mukul (guggul) have been widely used in Asia as
cholesterol-lowering agents, and their popularity is increasing in the United States. Recently,
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J Kennedy - Clinical therapeutics, 2005 - Elsevier This was a secondary analysis of the complementaryand alternative medicine (CAM) supplement
to the 2002 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), conducted by the National Center for Health
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