BATON ROUGE, LA - If you watched Ochsner's launch of the "Ask Ochsner" call-in show last night on Cox Channel 4, you may want to learn more about herbal and alternative therapies for arthritis pain. Dr. Stephen Lindsay, head of Rheumatology at Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge, discussed the topic in detail with host Dr. Jay Brooks and recommended the following web sites, as additional tools for patients with arthritis.
• http://www.naturaldatabase.com - a Comprehensive Database of Scientific Gold Standard for Evidence-Based, Clinical Information on Natural Medicines
• http://www.consumerlab.com - Vitamins, herbs, and other supplements are not regularly tested by any government organization. But, this website evaluates nutritional supplements in a laboratory environment.
• http://www.pubmed.gov - PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 19 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to 1948.
Ochsner.org is also a resource for patients with arthritis pain, offering advice on early diagnosis and treatment to reduce pain. You can find a rheumatologist near you by searching in the "Find a Doctor" section of Ochsner.org.
Dr. Jay Brooks, Ochsner Oncologist, is serving as the host of the "Ask Ochsner" show. Tune in for the next episode on September 30 at 6:30pm as Dr. Brooks discusses the novel H1N1 virus with special guest Dr. Robert Hart, Medical Director of Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge.
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