Comments on: Ginkgo biloba should not be used to prevent dementia http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/11/ginkgo-biloba-should-not-be-used-to.html medical blog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:56:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Taylor Walsh http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/11/ginkgo-biloba-should-not-be-used-to.html/comment-page-1#comment-88242 Taylor Walsh Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:04:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/11/ginkgo-biloba-should-not-be-used-to-prevent-dementia.html#comment-88242 I am just getting into the alternative therapy world, from a publishing perspective. I'll follow up on this one. It is essential that research be conducted on these substance. But...(you felt that coming)...I have learned that in some cases, Black Cohosh being one, research has shown ineffectiveness for a problem that no one ever asserted would be helped by the substance to begin with. <br/><br/>Between 2005 and 2007, the NIH spent $22 million researching botanicals (herbs, etc.) alone (by far the highest category). The cynics say that the results of this work might be of interest to pharma companies; which is why so much money was deployed in the first place. Terrible cynicism abounds. Basically, just look both ways before entering the alternative health stream. Even then the water can be murky. I am just getting into the alternative therapy world, from a publishing perspective. I’ll follow up on this one. It is essential that research be conducted on these substance. But…(you felt that coming)…I have learned that in some cases, Black Cohosh being one, research has shown ineffectiveness for a problem that no one ever asserted would be helped by the substance to begin with.

Between 2005 and 2007, the NIH spent $22 million researching botanicals (herbs, etc.) alone (by far the highest category). The cynics say that the results of this work might be of interest to pharma companies; which is why so much money was deployed in the first place. Terrible cynicism abounds. Basically, just look both ways before entering the alternative health stream. Even then the water can be murky.

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