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Tinnitus

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Alternative News:

• Preventing noise-induced hearing loss, tinnitus in soldiers - Science Daily, 9/6/12 - "Antioxidants, dietary supplements and high-tech brain imaging are among some of the novel strategies that may help detect, treat and even prevent noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus among American troops ... Noise-induced hearing loss doesn't just impact a person's ability to hear; it can cause balance issues, make it difficult to sleep and communicate, and even raise the risk for heart disease by increasing a person's blood pressure, lipids and blood sugar ... Dr. Seidman will discuss the use of nutraceuticals, such as acetyl-l-carnitine, alpha lipoic acid and resveratrol ... a nutraceutical with a resveratrol-based component may possibly hold the potential to not only prevent, but reverse hearing loss in certain circumstances for soldiers. This research is based on animal models, but will soon be tested with humans" - See resveratrol products at iHerb.
• Pine bark extract may relieve tinnitus symptoms: Study - Nutra USA, 10/14/10 - "Impaired blood flow to the ear is a common cause for tinnitus, a disturbing and very debilitating condition that can considerably impact overall health and quality of life ... both doses of Pycnogenol improved blood systolic and diastolic blood flow velocities from 14.3 and 4.22 cm/sec in the 100 mg per day group to 21.2 and 8.23 cm/sec, and from 13.2 and 3.2 cm/sec in the 150 mg per day group to 24.3 and 12.5 cm/sec, respectively ... In addition, the researchers used a Subjective Tinnitus Scale (STS) to evaluate the symptoms of tinnitus. Results showed a decrease from an average of 8.8 in the pine bark groups to 5.2 and 3.3 in the low and high dose groups, respectively" - See pine bark/Pycnogenol products at iHerb.
• Melatonin Pills May Help Ease Tinnitus - WebMD, 2/24/06
• Melatonin could help tinnitus, improve sleep - Nutra USA, 2/23/06
• Zinc Reduces the Severity of Tinnitus - New Hope Natural Media, 4/17/03 - "The current study examined the prevalence of zinc deficiency and the effect of zinc therapy in people with tinnitus. Forty-one people with tinnitus participated in the study, and more than 31% of them were found to have zinc deficiency. All of the participants were randomly assigned to receive either 50 mg of zinc or placebo daily. At the end of two months, 46% of the people in the zinc group had clinical improvement, defined as a ten-decibel or greater decrease in loudness of tinnitus" - See iHerb zinc products.  Also, see my zinc page for reasons you should not take it without copper.
• Natural Cures for Ringing in the Ears? - Dr. Weil, 3/13/02
• Relaxation Therapy May Ease Tinnitus's Impact - Clinical Psychiatry News, 2/02

Other News:

• New effective treatment for tinnitus? - Science Daily, 5/28/12
• Tinnitus is Associated With Increase in the Intima-Media Thickness of Carotid Arteries in Japanese Undergoing a Brain Screening Program - Am J Med Sci. 2011 Jun 2 - "Increased intima-media thickness was observed in 53.1% overall (in 57.6% of men and in 46.2% of women), with significant associations with tinnitus (odds ratio, 1.62; 95% confidence interval, 1.19-2.22), age, male gender and hypertension. The tinnitus link persisted after adjustment for the confounding factors"
• Tinnitus treatment: Rebooting the brain helps stop the ring of tinnitus in rats - Science Daily, 1/12/11
• Tinnitus is the result of the brain trying, but failing, to repair itself - Science Daily, 1/12/11
• Tinnitus in the elderly is prevalent and impacts quality of life - Science Daily, 10/7/10
• Prolonged mobile phone use may be linked to tinnitus - Science Daily, 7/20/10 - "Regularly using a mobile phone for at least four years seems to be associated with a doubling in the risk of developing chronic tinnitus"
• Non-invasive Imaging Technique Can Help Diagnose Tinnitus - Science Daily, 10/4/09
• Ways To Minimize Tinnitus -- Troublesome Noises In The Ears - Science Daily, 2/4/09
• Tinnitus: Psychological Treatment And Neurostimulation Offer Hope - Science Daily, 11/20/08
• New Tinnitus Treatment: Potential To Greatly Diminish Ringing In The Ears - Science Daily, 7/9/08
• 'Ringing In The Ears' May Be Caused By Overactive Nerves, Acupuncture May Help, Study Suggests - Science Daily, 1/10/08
• Ears Ringing? Cells In Developing Ear May Explain Tinnitus - Science Daily, 11/5/07
• Searching For The Brain Center Responsible For Tinnitus - Science Daily, 10/5/07
• Ringing In The Ear: More Than 80 Percent Of Patients Manage To Stop Discomfort From Tinnitus - Science Daily, 6/26/07
• Easing Learning With Chronic Tinnitus - WebMD, 3/14/06
• Chronic Tinnitus And Its Impact On Demanding Cognitive Tasks - Science Daily, 3/10/06
• Lives 'devastated' by tinnitus - BBC News, 2/20/06
• Alcoholism Drug May Ease Ringing in the Ears - WebMD, 9/22/05
• Botox May Fight 'Ringing in the Ears' - WebMD, 9/17/04
• Management Recommendations for Patients with Tinnitus - Doctor's Guide, 8/2/04
• Major Depressive Disorder Exacerbates Symptoms in Tinnitus Patients - Doctor's Guide, 8/13/03
• High Percentage of Patients with Chronic Pain Experience Tinnitus - Doctor's Guide, 9/25/02
• Surgical Microvascular Decompression of Cochlear Nerve Relieves Tinnitus - Doctor's Guide, 4/11/02
• Doctors who dismiss tinnitus treatment get an earful - USA Today, 3/26/01
• Severe Tinnitus Improves Over Time - Doctor's Guide, 2/16/01
• Current thoughts on tinnitus - Doctor's Guide, 2/9/00
• Allergies May Be Culprit In Disabling Inner Ear Disorder - Doctor's Guide, 9/30/99
• Sound Therapy For Ear Ringing - Intelihealth, 5/21/99
• New Device To Alleviate Distress Caused By Tinnitus - Doctor's Guide, 8/5/98
• Source Of Ringing In The Ears Discovered - Doctor's Guide, 1/22/98