This disclosure provides a new vaccine composition and methods for its use. The composition contains an effective amount of each of: an aluminum hydroxide, a mono-phosphoryl lipid (MPL), and a whole glucan particles (WGP) but no an antigen that raises an immune response against a bacterial or fungal infection.

The present invention relates to a method of treating meningioma including administering a Chinese medicine composition to a subject in need thereof; wherein the Chinese medicine composition is an extract of a first mixture comprising Coptis chinensis, Phellodendron amurense, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Atractylodes lancea, Artemisia carvifolia, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, and Cortex Lycii.

The present invention relates to a method of treating meningioma including administering a Chinese medicine composition to a subject in need thereof; wherein the Chinese medicine composition is an extract of a first mixture comprising Coptis chinensis, Phellodendron amurense, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Atractylodes lancea, Artemisia carvifolia, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, and Cortex Lycii.

A method for preparing a kefir product involves providing bacterial strains selected from Acetobacter, Leuconostoc, Lactococcus, or Lactobacillus; providing yeast strains selected from Pichia, Saccharomyces, Kazachstania, or Kluyveromyces; adding the bacterial and yeast strains to milk to form a mixture; and allowing the mixture to ferment to yield the kefir product.

The present invention relates to an antioxidant composition containing an extracellular polysaccharide produced using Ceriporia lacerata, or a mycelium culture of Ceriporia lacerata comprising the same, or a dry powder or an extract thereof as an active ingredient. The composition can be used as an antioxidant for preventing or treating various diseases such as brain diseases such as stroke, Parkinson's disease, etc., heart diseases, ischemia, arteriosclerosis, skin damage, inflammation, rheumatism, autoimmune diseases, etc. including cancers as well as aging, or as a health functional food, a cosmetic material or a feed composition having an antioxidant effect.

The present disclosure provides immunogenic materials and methods useful for reducing the risk of fungal infections, particularly valley fever. The disclosure also provides assays for identifying compounds useful to treat valley fever, as well as methods for ameliorating the symptoms of valley fever.

The present disclosure provides immunogenic materials and methods useful for reducing the risk of fungal infections, particularly valley fever. The disclosure also provides assays for identifying compounds useful to treat valley fever, as well as methods for ameliorating the symptoms of valley fever.

Provided herein are methods and compositions for use in the treatment of depression, anxiety or a depressive or anxiety-related disorder. Embodiments describe the administration of orotic acid or a salt thereof, or the administration of one or more probiotic microorganisms, or administration of a combination of orotic acid or a salt thereof and one or more probiotic microorganisms.

Provided herein are methods and compositions for use in the treatment of depression, anxiety or a depressive or anxiety-related disorder. Embodiments describe the administration of orotic acid or a salt thereof, or the administration of one or more probiotic microorganisms, or administration of a combination of orotic acid or a salt thereof and one or more probiotic microorganisms.

The present invention provides nutritional compositions that are employed as oral supplementation to the human diet and methods for using such nutritional compositions. The compositions of the present invention provide for supplementation to the diet of the cancer patient, as well as preventative dietary supplementation aimed at supporting the human immune system for those not currently suffering from cancer. Methods are provided that utilize specific combinations of selected forms selenium. chromium, and molybdenum in combination with fish oil.