Comments on: Study: Forget Ginkgo for Slowing Memory Loss http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/12/31/study-forget-ginkgo-for-slowing-memory-loss/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Rene Williams http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/12/31/study-forget-ginkgo-for-slowing-memory-loss/#comment-14629 Rene Williams Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:54:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=8245#comment-14629 The positive aspect of this study is that at least alternative medicines are being explored. Ginko was a bust but many are found to be helpful at a minimum. Others are found to be very useful such as Paclitaxel which was isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew tree and is now sold as Taxol. It is used for treating breast cancer. The positive aspect of this study is that at least alternative medicines are being explored. Ginko was a bust but many are found to be helpful at a minimum. Others are found to be very useful such as Paclitaxel which was isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew tree and is now sold as Taxol. It is used for treating breast cancer.

]]> By: fantom4 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/12/31/study-forget-ginkgo-for-slowing-memory-loss/#comment-14628 fantom4 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:36:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=8245#comment-14628 It is a real shame that the FDA does not evaluate supplements. I think the many people would be amazed by the lack of TRUE scientific evidence to support the claims of these snake oil salesmen. Until the FDA starts to do double blind studies of these supplements, you are better off saving your money and doing some real exercise instead. These companies are out for nothing but your money and use false scientific data to support these claims. Get real people, a simple pill with vitamins is not going to give you an erection nor will it unclog your arteries. Read the true medical literature. It is a real shame that the FDA does not evaluate supplements. I think the many people would be amazed by the lack of TRUE scientific evidence to support the claims of these snake oil salesmen. Until the FDA starts to do double blind studies of these supplements, you are better off saving your money and doing some real exercise instead. These companies are out for nothing but your money and use false scientific data to support these claims. Get real people, a simple pill with vitamins is not going to give you an erection nor will it unclog your arteries.

Read the true medical literature.

]]> By: Jonathan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/12/31/study-forget-ginkgo-for-slowing-memory-loss/#comment-14627 Jonathan Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:11:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=8245#comment-14627 I bought some ginko but I don't remember where I put it. Apparently I'm going to have to take some other memory supplement in order to remember where the ginko is. I bought some ginko but I don’t remember where I put it. Apparently I’m going to have to take some other memory supplement in order to remember where the ginko is.

]]> By: Christina Viering http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/12/31/study-forget-ginkgo-for-slowing-memory-loss/#comment-14626 Christina Viering Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:29:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=8245#comment-14626 What will I do now? OOps, don't remember. What will I do now? OOps, don’t remember.

]]> By: krissy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/12/31/study-forget-ginkgo-for-slowing-memory-loss/#comment-14625 krissy Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:30:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=8245#comment-14625 Regardless Ginkgo is a living miracle. It is the only tree of its type to survive the last ice age, and it was only thanks to the tender love of monks that it made it. It is a living fossil. Regardless Ginkgo is a living miracle. It is the only tree of its type to survive the last ice age, and it was only thanks to the tender love of monks that it made it. It is a living fossil.

]]> By: Matt http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/12/31/study-forget-ginkgo-for-slowing-memory-loss/#comment-14624 Matt Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:48:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=8245#comment-14624 Headaches are caused by blood vessels in the scalp. You don't have nerves in your brain, thus you couldn't feel any increase in blood flow. Headaches are caused by blood vessels in the scalp. You don’t have nerves in your brain, thus you couldn’t feel any increase in blood flow.

]]> By: Jumblepudding http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/12/31/study-forget-ginkgo-for-slowing-memory-loss/#comment-14623 Jumblepudding Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:14:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=8245#comment-14623 I don't know if it's a placebo effect, but I remember taking ginkgo and feeling a slight throbbing in my head. I always attributed this to increased blood flow to my brain, and really noticed no improvement in my fairly normal cognition. I hope I wasn't causing harm to myself, if I wasn't doing any good. I don’t know if it’s a placebo effect, but I remember taking ginkgo and feeling a slight throbbing in my head. I always attributed this to increased blood flow to my brain, and really noticed no improvement in my fairly normal cognition. I hope I wasn’t causing harm to myself, if I wasn’t doing any good.

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