About Herbs 4+

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    • 3.0 • 6 Ratings
    • Free

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Description

About Herbs is presented by the Integrative Medicine Service of Memorial Sloan Kettering.

Key features:
• 290 Entries on herbs, botanicals, and supplements with purported benefits, side effects, drug interactions & more
• Objective information backed by scientific references
• Formatted for both healthcare professionals and consumers
• Search by herb or supplement
• Save favorites for offline availability or to discuss them with your physician for safe use
• Explore featured products and services
• Updated weekly
• Original art renderings

Memorial Sloan Kettering is one of the world’s premier cancer centers, committed to exceptional patient care, leading-edge research, and outstanding educational programs. In this app, our Integrative Medicine Service, under the leadership of a pharmacist and botanicals expert, provides comprehensive, objective information about herbs, botanicals, and supplements, as well as links that educate on the evidence for integrative therapies and programs offered by our Integrative Medicine Service.

Medical Disclosure

This content is provided as general health information only. It is not to be used as a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment of any health condition or problem. Any questions regarding your own health should be addressed to your own physician or other health care provider.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center makes no warranties or express or implied representations whatsoever regarding the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, comparative or controversial nature, or usefulness of any information contained or referenced in this app. Memorial Sloan Kettering does not assume any risk whatsoever for your use of the information contained herein. Health-related information changes frequently and therefore information contained above may be outdated, incomplete, or incorrect. Statements made about products have not been evaluated by the US Food and Drug Administration.

You are hereby advised to consult with a physician or other professional health care provider prior to making any decisions, or undertaking any actions or not undertaking any actions related to any health care problem or issue you might have at any time, now or in the future. In using this information, you agree that neither Memorial Sloan Kettering nor any other party is or will be liable or otherwise responsible for any decision made or any action taken or any action not taken due to your use of any information provided herein.

What’s New

Version 2.0

- Removed initial data download
- Removed offline mode
- Minor bug fixes

Ratings and Reviews

3.0 out of 5
6 Ratings

6 Ratings

BabyAbyss ,

Won't open

I've just updated and now the app won't open.

amelia ciecka ,

One thing

Great app, but whenever I try to bookmark something the screen just goes white and it never actually bookmarks ):

Imanamy ,

quite informative

The information given is quite useful eventhough it is just basic information. Need further research though if you want to know more details about that particular herb.

App Privacy

The developer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

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