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FruitsDates: Nutrients, What Research Shows and Safety
Dates (Phoenix dactylifera) as a food: USDA nutrients, what trials found on digestion, blood sugar and late pregnancy, and safety notes on sugar, potassium and sulphites.
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Therapies & TraditionsJujube (Da Zao, Red Dates) in Chinese Medicine and Food
Jujube (Da Zao, red dates) is both a food and a Chinese medicine ingredient. See how the tradition uses it, what small trials and reviews found, and how it differs from the sleep seed.
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Specialty TopicsLaboratory Variability, Batch Numbers and Test Dates
Why two cannabis lab results can differ, what the research found on inflated potency and "lab shopping," and how batch numbers and test dates tie a report to one product.
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Vitamins & SupplementsSupplement Shelf Life and Storage: Heat, Light and Expiry Dates
What the sources say about supplement expiry dates, storage conditions and potency over time, why an old bottle is mainly a strength question, and why storage is also a child-safety question.
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Specialty TopicsHow We Write Study Explainers and Research Updates
The fixed template we use to summarize a study, what we always report, how publication dates differ from our update dates, and why we avoid the word "latest".
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Therapies & TraditionsHistory of Ayurveda
A sourced timeline of Ayurveda from its Vedic roots through the classical texts, the medieval period, colonial pressure and modern institutions in India, with honest notes on uncertain dates.
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Therapies & TraditionsHistory of Traditional Chinese Medicine
A sourced timeline of Chinese medicine from early texts and dynasties to the 1929 abolition proposal and the state standardization of the 1950s, with notes on what the dates can and cannot tell us.
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Specialty TopicsWhy Promising Findings Sometimes Fail
Why exciting early results often do not hold up: small studies, chance, differences between models and people, and the high failure rate of drug candidates in human trials.
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Therapies & TraditionsAcupuncture Around the World: Use, Regulation and Integration
How widely acupuncture is used, how different places regulate and cover it, and how far health systems in the US, UK, Japan and elsewhere have integrated it, with dates for each figure.
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Natural Remedy SafetyBanned and Restricted Ingredients: Ephedra, Aristolochic Acid, DMAA and Others
Three documented regulator actions on herbal and supplement ingredients: ephedra (FDA rule, 2004), DMAA (FDA, illegal in supplements) and aristolochic acid (FDA import alert, TGA prohibition), with dates and…
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Vitamins & SupplementsCreatine Powder Storage, Clumping, Taste and Expiry
What the sources say about how stable creatine monohydrate powder is, what happens once it is mixed in a drink, and what is and is not known about clumping, taste and expiry dates.
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Therapies & TraditionsDoes Insurance or Medicare Cover Yoga, Tai Chi or Movement Classes?
What we could verify about Medicare, Medicare Advantage fitness benefits, VA programs, health savings accounts and insurance for yoga, tai chi and other movement classes, with dates.
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Essential Oils & AromatherapyHistory of Aromatherapy: From Distillation to the Word "Aromatherapie"
How aromatic plant oils came to be called aromatherapy: what sources say about early use, distillation, the word coined in France in the 1930s, and why the dates differ.
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Therapies & TraditionsHistory of Naturopathy: Lust, Kneipp and the Nature Cure Movement
How 19th-century European nature cure, Sebastian Kneipp and Benedict Lust led to naturopathy in the United States, with dates, the decline and revival, and the limits of history.
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Therapies & TraditionsHistory of Siddha Medicine and the Siddhars
A plain history of Siddha medicine and the Siddhars, from Tamil literature and temple records to colleges and national institutes, with notes on which dates are traditional claims.
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Therapies & TraditionsHistory of Sowa Rigpa and the Four Tantras
A plain history of Sowa Rigpa and the Four Tantras, from Bon and early Buddhist-era physicians to the Yuthog tradition, Lhasa colleges and the Men-Tsee-Khang, with caveats on dates.
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Vitamins & SupplementsHistory of Vitamins: Discovery, the Deficiency Diseases and Early Fortification
How vitamins were discovered: the sailors' scurvy trial, beriberi, pellagra, rickets, the word "vitamine", and the first food fortification programs, with dates from published histories.
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AdaptogensHistory of the Adaptogen Concept: Lazarev, Brekhman and Soviet Research
Who coined the word adaptogen, how Soviet researchers like Lazarev and Brekhman shaped it, where sources disagree on dates, and why the early evidence has limits.
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Specialty TopicsHow We Verify and Date Legal Information
How this library reads, dates and limits its cannabis legal statements, plus a dated snapshot of the 2026 federal rescheduling and the pending hemp definition change. Not legal advice.
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Specialty TopicsHow We Verify and Date Legal Information
How this library reads, words and dates its psychedelic legal statements, what sources it uses, and what it will not say. Not legal advice.
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Therapies & TraditionsThe Classical Texts: Charaka Samhita, Sushruta Samhita and Ashtanga Hridayam
What the Charaka Samhita, Sushruta Samhita and Ashtanga Hridayam are, who is credited with them, why their dates are disputed, and what the texts can and cannot tell us today.
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Specialty TopicsThe Interventions Testing Program and Mouse Lifespan Studies
How the National Institute on Aging mouse program tests longevity candidates, which agents raised or did not raise lifespan, why results differ by sex, and why this is not human evidence.
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Specialty TopicsThe Translational Pipeline From Laboratory to Approval
How a medicine moves from a laboratory idea through animal studies, three phases of human trials, regulator review and post-market monitoring, and why most candidates never arrive.
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Therapies & TraditionsWHO and International Bodies on Acupuncture
What the World Health Organization has actually said about acupuncture in its own documents, from 1999 guidelines to 2025 strategy, with dates, and what those documents do not say.
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Therapies & TraditionsGuideline Views on Massage: What Medical Societies Say for Back Pain and Other Conditions
What the American College of Physicians, NICE and cancer-care societies say about massage for back pain, chronic pain and cancer symptoms, with dates and evidence strength.
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Therapies & TraditionsRegulatory Oversight of Supplements, Lab Tests and Clinic Claims: Who Checks What
Who checks supplements, lab tests, practitioner credentials and clinic marketing claims, mainly in the United States, what each check does and does not cover, with dates.
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