Many of today's most popular Western supplements, medicines and practices can trace their roots back to ancient Eastern medicine. These include practices aimed at tapping into a life force known as Qi ...

According to the National Institute of Health, Americans spend more than $33 billion dollars on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) annually, accounting for more than 10 percent of ...

An estimated 5.1 million adults in the United States have Alzheimer’s disease, according to the National Institute on Aging. A common form of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease affects cognitive and ...

Dr. Damon Little, Associate Curator of Bioinformatics in the Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics at The New York Botanical Garden, has just published a new study in the journal Genome ...

Millions of older people take the herbal supplement ginkgo biloba in hopes that it will prevent or slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease and other age-related dementias, but one of the largest ...

Although adding a tree to one's garden is a major decision, trees serve so many valuable purposes that I like to include them in this column from time to time. One of my favorites is the instantly ...