Healthy Teeth Lead to Good Health Overall
Contra Costa Times (USA), 5/30/2006
Get acquainted with propolis. Propolis is the waxy substance that bees produce to protect their hives from infection. Some brands of toothpaste, like Tom's of Maine, offer a propolis-based formulation as an alternative to traditional formulas. You can also purchase a propolis tincture in the health food store, put a few drops in water and swish away.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Study: Propolis May Be Chemotherapeutic Agent
Therapeutic Effect of Propolis and Paclitaxel on Hepatic Phase I and II Enzymes and Marker Enzymes in Dimethylbenz(A)Anthracene-Induced Breast Cancer in Female Rats
Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol, 2006 Apr 6
Propolis, a natural beehive product has been known for centuries for a variety of beneficial traditional medicinal properties. The present study was conducted to ascertain the antineoplastic potential of propolis along with paclitaxel against experimental mammary carcinogenesis…
Propolis treatment caused the activity of these enzymes return to almost normal control levels, indicating the protective effect of propolis against dimethyl benz(a) anthracene induced carcinogenesis. On the basis of the observed results propolis can be considered a promising chemotherapeutic agent and can be administered as an adjuvant with paclitaxel chemotherapy.
Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol, 2006 Apr 6
Propolis, a natural beehive product has been known for centuries for a variety of beneficial traditional medicinal properties. The present study was conducted to ascertain the antineoplastic potential of propolis along with paclitaxel against experimental mammary carcinogenesis…
Propolis treatment caused the activity of these enzymes return to almost normal control levels, indicating the protective effect of propolis against dimethyl benz(a) anthracene induced carcinogenesis. On the basis of the observed results propolis can be considered a promising chemotherapeutic agent and can be administered as an adjuvant with paclitaxel chemotherapy.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Stinger Releases 90 Percent of Venom Within 20 Seconds
The Claim: Bee Stings Can Be Treated by Scraping Out Stingers
By Anahad O'Connor, The New York Times, 5/30/2006
THE FACTS: For treating bee stings, many medical texts and first aid guides recommend a time-honored approach: grab a sharp object, apply it to the skin and gently scrape away the stinger.
The point is to get the stinger out without squeezing or pulling, which increases the odds of more venom entering the wound.
But there is a small problem. Multiple studies have found that when it comes to treating bee stings, it is time, not method, that makes the difference.
One study, published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, demonstrated this several years ago. In it, researchers collected honeybees and provoked them into stinging disks made from filter paper and other surfaces, which they weighed at different intervals in the stinging process.
At the end of the study, the researchers pooled their results and found that on average a stinger released 90 percent of its venom within 20 seconds…
THE BOTTOM LINE: Scraping away a stinger has no advantage over grabbing or pulling it. Only speed makes a difference.
PHOTO: A doctor Yu Huaping displays dead bees used for medical treatment at a clinic in the suburbs of Hefei, central China's Anhui province May 24, 2006. Yu, the doctor of the clinic, uses bee venom, which is released into the patient's body when the bee stings, to cure diseases such as rheumatism, high blood pressure and psoriasis. REUTERS/Jianan Yu
Monday, May 29, 2006
Pakistan to Launch 'Honey Remedy For Health' Plan
'Honey Remedy For Health' Plan to be Launched Soon
Business Recorder (Pakistan), 5/29/2006
The government will launch a project of 'Honey is Remedy for Health' in next fiscal year for the uplift of bee keeping industry in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, said Fata Assistant Director Sericulture Syed Qasim Shah...
Business Recorder (Pakistan), 5/29/2006
The government will launch a project of 'Honey is Remedy for Health' in next fiscal year for the uplift of bee keeping industry in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, said Fata Assistant Director Sericulture Syed Qasim Shah...
Beeswax Used in ‘Ear Candling’ for Ear, Sinus, Throat Problems
Ear Candling - A Beneficial Treatment That Can Help Improve Your Health
PRLEAP,
Though ear candling may not be the answer to all ear, sinus, or throat problems, people have used it to relieve symptoms of itching, congestion, and discomfort associated with eye, ear, nose, and throat ailments. With the long tradition of use around the world, ear candling should continue its popularity to help people in a natural and effective way...
Ear Candling Workshops in
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Video: Link Between Honey Consumption and Level of Antioxidants
Honey Health
UC Davis News Service
Researchers say honey could have sweet health benefits. A study found a direct link between honey consumption and the levels of antioxidants - compounds that help fight heart disease and cancer. That was the conclusion drawn by researchers from UC Davis who evaluated how daily consumption of honey affected 25 people.
Sweet as Tupelo Honey
Farmers' Almanac TV
The honey bees at the Savannah Bee Company produce a unique kind of honey called "Tupelo honey." Medicinal uses of bee products discussed.
UC Davis News Service
Researchers say honey could have sweet health benefits. A study found a direct link between honey consumption and the levels of antioxidants - compounds that help fight heart disease and cancer. That was the conclusion drawn by researchers from UC Davis who evaluated how daily consumption of honey affected 25 people.
Sweet as Tupelo Honey
Farmers' Almanac TV
The honey bees at the Savannah Bee Company produce a unique kind of honey called "Tupelo honey." Medicinal uses of bee products discussed.
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Propolis Derivative May be Used to Treat Parkinson's Disease
Studies From France, Turkey and Germany Add New Findings to Neurology Body of Knowledge
Nursing Home & Elder Business Week, 6/4/2006
New findings from France, Turkey and Germany describe advances in neurology…
Study 3: Caffeic acid phenethyl ester blocks 6-hydroxydopamine-induced neurotoxicity.
According to a recently published study from Germany, "Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta…
"Caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE), an antioxidant flavanoid, has antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and immunomodulatory properties. Recent studies have shown that CAPE has also a neuroprotective effects in ischemia and low potassium-induced neuronal apoptotic models," the authors said…
The researchers concluded, "Since a mitochondrial insult is a major cause for the degeneration of nigral neurons in PD, we hypothesize that propolis derivatives, in particular CAPE, may have a neuroprotective effect on those cells and may be a promising drug candidate to be taken into in vivo models of PD."
Noelker and colleagues published their study in Neuroscience Letters (The flavanoide caffeic acid phenethyl ester blocks 6-hydroxydopamine-induced neurotoxicity. Neurosci Lett, 2005;383(1-2):39-43).
For more information, contact R. Dodel, University of Bonn, Dept. Neurology, Sigmund Freudstr 25, D-53105 Bonn, Germany.
Nursing Home & Elder Business Week, 6/4/2006
New findings from France, Turkey and Germany describe advances in neurology…
Study 3: Caffeic acid phenethyl ester blocks 6-hydroxydopamine-induced neurotoxicity.
According to a recently published study from Germany, "Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta…
"Caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE), an antioxidant flavanoid, has antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and immunomodulatory properties. Recent studies have shown that CAPE has also a neuroprotective effects in ischemia and low potassium-induced neuronal apoptotic models," the authors said…
The researchers concluded, "Since a mitochondrial insult is a major cause for the degeneration of nigral neurons in PD, we hypothesize that propolis derivatives, in particular CAPE, may have a neuroprotective effect on those cells and may be a promising drug candidate to be taken into in vivo models of PD."
Noelker and colleagues published their study in Neuroscience Letters (The flavanoide caffeic acid phenethyl ester blocks 6-hydroxydopamine-induced neurotoxicity. Neurosci Lett, 2005;383(1-2):39-43).
For more information, contact R. Dodel, University of Bonn, Dept. Neurology, Sigmund Freudstr 25, D-53105 Bonn, Germany.
Friday, May 26, 2006
Chinese Apitherapist in Action
A resident receives treatment with bee venom for rheumatism outside a clinic in the suburbs of Hefei, central China's Anhui province May 24, 2006. The doctor of the clinic Yu Huaping uses bee venom, which is released into the patient's body when the bee stings, to cure diseases such as rheumatism, high blood pressure and psoriasis. (Reuters)
Brazilian Propolis Free of Cs-137 Particles
Radionuclides in Honeybee Propolis
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2006 Apr;76(4):637-40
Comparison of cesium-137 (Cs-137) and natural radioactive particles (K-40, Be-7) in propolis samples from Brazil, Italy and Bulgaria. No Cs-137 particles were found in the Brazilian propolis.
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2006 Apr;76(4):637-40
Comparison of cesium-137 (Cs-137) and natural radioactive particles (K-40, Be-7) in propolis samples from Brazil, Italy and Bulgaria. No Cs-137 particles were found in the Brazilian propolis.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
New Prostate Treatment Contains Pollen Extract
New All Natural Treatment for BPH Symptoms Launched at American Urological Association Annual Meeting
PRNewswire, 5/23/06
LOS ANGELES, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Farr Laboratories, LLC announced the introduction of BP-Q, a new all natural product for the treatment of symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) at the annual American Urological Association meeting in Atlanta, GA…
The unique blend of natural nutritional supplements in BP-Q was developed in collaboration with leading urologists and includes specific ingredients that have been well researched over many years. In fact, this combination of clinically proven natural dietary supplements is exclusive to the BP-Q formulation and includes quercetin, Beta Sisterol and cernilton…cernilton, from a natural bee pollen extract, is also well studied and one British double-blind, placebo controlled study found that cernilton provided a significant improvement in BPH symptoms with a six-month course of treatment...
SEE: A Systematic Review of Cernilton for the Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
PRNewswire, 5/23/06
LOS ANGELES, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Farr Laboratories, LLC announced the introduction of BP-Q, a new all natural product for the treatment of symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) at the annual American Urological Association meeting in Atlanta, GA…
The unique blend of natural nutritional supplements in BP-Q was developed in collaboration with leading urologists and includes specific ingredients that have been well researched over many years. In fact, this combination of clinically proven natural dietary supplements is exclusive to the BP-Q formulation and includes quercetin, Beta Sisterol and cernilton…cernilton, from a natural bee pollen extract, is also well studied and one British double-blind, placebo controlled study found that cernilton provided a significant improvement in BPH symptoms with a six-month course of treatment...
SEE: A Systematic Review of Cernilton for the Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
US Checking Chinese Honey for Antibiotic Traces
Chinese Honey Being Checked For Antibiotics
Jim Ash, Tallahassee Democrat, 5/24/2006
State and federal officials are investigating an anonymous tip that that a batch of Chinese honey imported to Central Florida contains trace amounts of antibiotics, officials confirmed today.
"It is my understanding that this is not a safety issue, but that we are testing for it," said Liz Compton, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
State investigators demanded samples from several distributors in the Orlando area in January, Compton said. She declined to name the distributors, but said the honey is used in commercial food processing and was not bound for retail shelves.
A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed that the agency is participating. Technicians are testing for a class of drugs called "fluoroquinolones" that beekeepers use to treat "Foulbrood disease."…
Jim Ash, Tallahassee Democrat, 5/24/2006
State and federal officials are investigating an anonymous tip that that a batch of Chinese honey imported to Central Florida contains trace amounts of antibiotics, officials confirmed today.
"It is my understanding that this is not a safety issue, but that we are testing for it," said Liz Compton, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
State investigators demanded samples from several distributors in the Orlando area in January, Compton said. She declined to name the distributors, but said the honey is used in commercial food processing and was not bound for retail shelves.
A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed that the agency is participating. Technicians are testing for a class of drugs called "fluoroquinolones" that beekeepers use to treat "Foulbrood disease."…
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
New Zealand Apitherapy Products May Face Increased Regulation
Regulator 'Threatens Natural Remedies'
Stuff,5/24/06
Stuff,
A health lobby with a history of supporting the lightly-regulated dietary supplements sector says the Government's plan to hand over control of the sector to a trans-Tasman therapeutics regulator is "a terrible idea"…
The manufacturers sell products such as royal jelly and bee pollen, herbs, beneficial bacteria, and essential oils under the Dietary Supplement Regulations 1985, and rely on word of mouth and postings on the internet to spread claims that the products can "cure" illnesses or other medical conditions…
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Japanese Patient Has Allergic Reaction to Royal Jelly
Food-Induced Anaphylaxis Caused by Ingestion of Royal Jelly
The Journal of Dermatology, 2006 Jun;33(6):424-6
ABSTRACT: We report a case of food-induced anaphylaxis caused by ingestion of royal jelly. After taking royal jelly and several other medicinal products, a 33-year-old Japanese male developed severe facial pruritus and erythema, followed by vertigo, numbness in his fingers, generalized pruritus, wheals, dyspnea, wheezing and impaired consciousness. He was treated with corticosteroid and fluid therapy, and his symptoms subsided.
Upon allergy testing, his only positive reaction was to royal jelly. Given the clinical symptoms and the positive prick test to royal jelly, a diagnosis of anaphylaxis due to the ingestion of royal jelly was made. In this paper, we describe this case and review the relevant published work.
The Journal of Dermatology, 2006 Jun;33(6):424-6
ABSTRACT: We report a case of food-induced anaphylaxis caused by ingestion of royal jelly. After taking royal jelly and several other medicinal products, a 33-year-old Japanese male developed severe facial pruritus and erythema, followed by vertigo, numbness in his fingers, generalized pruritus, wheals, dyspnea, wheezing and impaired consciousness. He was treated with corticosteroid and fluid therapy, and his symptoms subsided.
Upon allergy testing, his only positive reaction was to royal jelly. Given the clinical symptoms and the positive prick test to royal jelly, a diagnosis of anaphylaxis due to the ingestion of royal jelly was made. In this paper, we describe this case and review the relevant published work.
Monday, May 22, 2006
Honey Has an Antifungal Effect Against Candida Species
Medical Mycology, 2006 May;44(3):289-91
The incidence of Candida infections is escalating worldwide. The serious nature of these infections is compounded by increasing levels of drug resistance. We report that certain honeys have significant antifungal activity against clinical isolates of Candida species. Importantly, the minimum inhibitory concentration of these honeys would be achievable in a clinical setting.
The incidence of Candida infections is escalating worldwide. The serious nature of these infections is compounded by increasing levels of drug resistance. We report that certain honeys have significant antifungal activity against clinical isolates of Candida species. Importantly, the minimum inhibitory concentration of these honeys would be achievable in a clinical setting.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Ethyl Acetate Bee-Collected Pollen Extract Rich in Flavonoids
Chemical Composition and Free Radical Scavenging Activity of Pollen Loads from Stingless Bee Melipona Subnitida Ducke
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 5/15/06
Abstract: Bee-collected pollen (“bee pollen”) is promoted as a health food with a wide range of nutritional and therapeutic properties. In order to evaluate the chemical composition, botanical origin and free radical scavenging activity of this food, two sample pollen loads from stingless bee Melipona subnitida were studied…
The compounds naringenin, isorhamnetin, and d-mannitol were isolated from yellow pollen loads, and β-sitosterol, tricetin, selagin, and 8-methoxiherbacetin were found in brown pollen. Selagin is reported as a pollen constituent for the first time, and also d-mannitol, which was found in a substantial proportion (34.9%).
The free radical-scavenging activities of different solvent extracts of pollen were determined using a 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazine (DPPH) assay. This activity decreases in the order: ethyl acetate>ethanol>hexane extract, which suggests that the ethyl acetate extract of the pollen, rich in flavonoids, is a good scavenger of active oxygen species.
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 5/15/06
Abstract: Bee-collected pollen (“bee pollen”) is promoted as a health food with a wide range of nutritional and therapeutic properties. In order to evaluate the chemical composition, botanical origin and free radical scavenging activity of this food, two sample pollen loads from stingless bee Melipona subnitida were studied…
The compounds naringenin, isorhamnetin, and d-mannitol were isolated from yellow pollen loads, and β-sitosterol, tricetin, selagin, and 8-methoxiherbacetin were found in brown pollen. Selagin is reported as a pollen constituent for the first time, and also d-mannitol, which was found in a substantial proportion (34.9%).
The free radical-scavenging activities of different solvent extracts of pollen were determined using a 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazine (DPPH) assay. This activity decreases in the order: ethyl acetate>ethanol>hexane extract, which suggests that the ethyl acetate extract of the pollen, rich in flavonoids, is a good scavenger of active oxygen species.
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