Mistletoe, the same plant you kiss under at holiday time, may be an effective aid against certain types of cancer. A semi-parasitic plant, mistletoe grows on a variety of common trees including apple, ...

(Medical Xpress)—Mistletoe has become an important symbol of Christmas but it also has the potential to play a vital role as an alternative therapy for Australian sufferers of colon cancer. At the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BALTIMORE -- Ivelisse Page already had 15 inches of her colon and 28 lymph nodes removed to treat her colon cancer, but in the ...

New research shows that palliative patients with pancreatic cancer neither live longer nor experience improved quality of life when taking mistletoe extract in addition to standard cancer treatment, ...

Taking mistletoe for cancer may be ineffective and possibly harmful, British doctors report. "I recommend mistletoe as a Christmas decoration and for kissing under, but not as an anticancer drug," ...

Could the cure for cancer be found in nature? The quest for a cure is the hope of every person touched by cancer. Perhaps the future cure will be found in a familiar Christmas plant. Christmas is ...

Mistletoe extract has been widely used to support cancer therapy and improve quality of life, but there has been a lack of clinical trials and data to support its use. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins ...

Taking mistletoe for cancer may be ineffective and possibly harmful, British doctors report. "I recommend mistletoe as a Christmas decoration and for kissing under, but not as an anticancer drug," ...

Mistletoe preparations have been used in oncology for decades. Available evidence indicates potential benefits primarily in patient-reported outcomes, such as quality of life (QOL), while convincing ...

The holiday seasons are filled with tradition, some of which I've found irrelevant and outdated, and others I have found so fun that I've rarely cared how it became a tradition in the first place.

Mistletoe grows on the branch of an oak tree in Briones Regional Park. Photo: kqedquest. Have you been hanging out under the mistletoe at holiday parties, hoping for a kiss? Well, that mistletoe is ...