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Gestational Diabetes and Vitamin D

2020-01-07 14:56:44 Gestational Diabetes and Vitamin D Vitamin D plays an important role in glucose tolerance by stimulating insulin secretion and evidences suggest a contradictory result on the association between vitamin D status and risk…

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Whole and Refined Grains and Health

2019-12-17 15:29:20 Whole and Refined Grains and Health This study discussed the research on whole and refined grains (1). Research-based dietary guidelines suggest that consumers “make half their grains whole.” Yet some advocate ingesting only…

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Vitamin D and Diabetic Retinopathy

2019-12-17 15:27:50 Vitamin D and Diabetic Retinopathy Contrasting data about the association between proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and vitamin D status remain unknown, and was discussed by this study (1). First, a hospital-based cross-sectional study…

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Cryotherapy for Ankylosing Spondylitis

2019-11-04 16:16:01 The treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients requires a combination of non-pharmacological (education, exercise and physical therapy), as well as pharmacological treatment modalities. The optimal management of AS still remains unresolved. The aim…

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Treatment of Refractory Edema with Herbs

2019-11-04 16:15:42 Refractory edema is characterized by persistent swelling which does not react to diuretic use and sodium restriction. This case report shows a traditional herbal medicine, Gwack Rhyung Tang and Chunggan extract effectively treated…

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Acupuncture for Acute Pancreatitis

2019-11-04 16:15:20 The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of acupuncture plus routine treatment (RT) for acute pancreatitis (AP) (1). Literature searches were performed in 8 databases up to October…

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