Healthline/Medical News Today | September 17, 2018 In a recent series of experiments, scientists found that a specific antioxidant helps prevent the damage that osteoarthritis causes to cartilage. This may also have applications for bone and brain disorders. Osteoarthritis is the most common arthritis type, causing pain and stiffness in the joints as cartilage steadily […]
Nutraceuticals May Treat Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia Fran Lowry June 13, 2018 MIAMI — Recent clinical trials on the use of herbal and nutraceutical agents as adjunctive treatment for schizophrenia show that these agents have some benefit in alleviating the negative symptoms of the disease. Herbal and nutraceutical agents have anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, antiapoptotic, and antioxidant […]
April 05, 2016 JAMA Psychiatry TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors of this clinical trial evaluated the effectiveness of N-acetylcysteine for the treatment of excoriation (skin-picking) disorder (SPD), with the primary outcome being improvement in the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale modified for Neurotic Excoriation (NE-YBOCS). They found a 38.3% reduction in NE-YBOCS skin-picking symptoms in the N-acetylcysteine […]
Chest. 2014 May 15. [Epub ahead of print] 50368 (6/2014) From the author: This was a one-year double-blind placebo controlled (HIACE) trial conducted in Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong. 120 Chinese stable COPD patients were randomly assigned to received either high dose NAC (600mg BID) or placebo and were subsequently under regular follow-up for exacerbation, […]
We spend millions on them but now researchers say supplements may make our bodies age FASTER MailOnline By JOHN NAISH PUBLISHED: 19:34 EST, 26 May 2014 | UPDATED: 02:50 EST, 27 May 2014 Story Source We all want to stay as healthy and young-looking as possible, which is why millions of us dutifully take antioxidant […]
Published: Feb 3, 2014 | Updated: Feb 4, 2014 By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story Action Points In a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, study, in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), long-term use of N-acetylcysteine reduced the incidence of acute exacerbations. In another study, colonization by bacterial pathogens in patients […]
CNS Drugs February 2014, Volume 28, Issue 2, pp 95-106 First online: 18 January 2014 Erin A. McClure Abstract There is a clear and pressing need to expand pharmacotherapy options for substance use disorders (SUDs) in order to improve sustained abstinence outcomes. Preclinical literature has demonstrated the role of glutamate in addiction, suggesting that new […]
Nutrient Supplementation Improving Male Fertility Fourfold Cesar Mora-Esteves, MD, David Shin, MD Semin Reprod Med. 2013;31(4):293-300. Medscape Article: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/807178 Abstract and Introduction Abstract Oxidative stress can contribute to impairment in spermatogenesis leading to male-factor infertility. The effectiveness of various antioxidants (such as carnitine, vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, carotenoids, glutathione, N-acetylcysteine, zinc, folic acid, and […]
Glutathione: The Mother of All Antioxidants Mark Hyman, MD Posted: 04/10/10 10:49 AM ET It’s the most important molecule you need to stay healthy and prevent disease — yet you’ve probably never heard of it. It’s the secret to prevent aging, cancer, heart disease, dementia and more, and necessary to treat everything from autism to Alzheimer’s disease. There are more than 89,000 […]