http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Breastfeeding can be a difficult time for both mother and baby, so using cabbage leaves and tea bags to ease pain or eating oatmeal to increase milk production are among the folk remedies that women pass along to new mothers seeking help. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-survey-folk-remedies-breastfeeding.html Health Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:37:00 EST news277972603 Breastfeeding can be a difficult time for both mother and baby, so using cabbage leaves and tea bags to ease pain or eating oatmeal to increase milk production are among the folk remedies that women pass along to new mothers seeking help. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-breastfeeding-women-intrigue-doctors.html Health Mon, 07 Jan 2013 04:18:27 EST news276754653 Approximately 1 in 3 Americans suffers from chronic sleep deprivation and another 10-15% of the population has chronic insomnia. Sleep disorders can profoundly affect a person's whole life and have been linked to a range of diseases, including obesity, depression, anxiety, and inflammatory disorders. Over-the-counter herbal remedies are often used to treat insomnia, but surprisingly, very little research has been done to study their efficacy, according to an article in Alternative and Complementary Therapies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-efficacy-herbal-remedies-insomnia.html Other Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:20:29 EST news261832822 (Medical Xpress) -- Aristolochic acid, a component of a plant used in herbal remedies since ancient times and still used in certain  herbal medicines worldwide, leads  to kidney failure and upper urinary tract cancer in individuals exposed to the toxin. This association is reported by Arthur Grollman, M.D., Distinguished Professor of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, and an international team of scientists, based on their study of patients in Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia with the unusual kidney disease known as Balkan endemic nephropathy. Their findings, an explanation of the 50-year-old mystery as to the cause of these devastating diseases, are reported in the early online edition of Kidney International. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-links-toxic-component-herbal-remedies.html Health Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:30:44 EST news240078626 Many herbal remedies available over-the-counter in pharmacies and health food shops are still lacking important information needed for safe use, according to University of Leeds researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-herbal-remedies-eu-law.html Medications Tue, 09 Aug 2011 02:30:03 EST news232075082