Is obesity an oral bacterial disease?
Public release date: 8-Jul-2009 - 98.4 percent of the overweight women could be identified by the presence of a single bacterial species (Selenomonas noxia) at levels greater than 1.05 percent…
Even natural perfumes may cause allergies
Public release date: 3-Feb-2009 - New eczema-provoking allergens are formed by reaction with acid in the ambient air (known as autoxidation) or with skin enzymes. Hypersensitivity to perfumes is the…
Researchers Disprove 15-year-old Theory about the Nervous System
Public release date: 3-Feb-2009 - in the development of the nervous system and found that the proteins previously thought to play a significant role, in fact, do not. MU…
Plan offers guidance for evaluating menopause-like condition in girls and young women
Public release date: 4-Feb-2009 A comprehensive plan to help health care professionals diagnose and treat primary ovarian insufficiency—a menopause-like condition affecting girls and young women that may occur years before…
Arginine discovery could help fight human obesity
Public release date: 4-Feb-2009 - arginine supplementation for a 12-week period decreased the body fat gains of low-fat and high-fat fed rats by 65 percent and 63 percent, respectively. The…
Pharmaceuticals sold in Sweden cause serious environmental harm in India
Public release date: 5-Feb-2009 - We estimated that the treatment plant released 45 kilograms of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin in one day, which is equivalent to five times the daily consumption…
Gut bacteria can manufacture defenses against cancer and inflammatory bowel disease
Public release date: 5-Feb-2009 - initial studies showing that bacteria in the human gut convert linoleic acid, a naturally-occurring fat in the diet, into a form called conjugated linoleic acid…
Mutant rats resist warfarin
Public release date: 5-Feb-2009 A new series of mutations have been discovered that allow rats to resist the effects of the popular poison warfarin. Research published in the open access…
Vigorous Exercise May Help Prevent Vision Loss
Public release date: 5-Feb-2009 Vigorous exercise may help prevent both cataracts and age-related macular degeneration, according to a pair of studies that tracked approximately 31,000 runners for more than seven…
BGU researchers identify vitamin B12 as an effective canker sore therapy
Public release date: 10-Feb-2009 - three quarters (74 percent) of the patients of the treated group and only a third (32 percent) of the control group achieved remission at the…
New lab evidence suggests preventive effect of herbal supplement in prostate cancer – Red clover (Trifolium pretense)
Public release date: 12-Feb-2009 PHILADELPHIA – DHEA is a natural circulating hormone and the body’s production of it decreases with age. Men take DHEA as an over-the-counter supplement because…
Rate of autism disorders climbs to 1 percent among 8-year-olds, say UAB, CDC researchers ( 2009 )
Public release date: 18-Dec-2009 A 57 percent increase in spectrum-disorder cases is dramatic [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350"] Major brain structures implicated in autism. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Autism…
The brain may feel other people’s pain
Public release date: 21-Dec-2009 - The investigators found that while viewing the painful images, both responders and non-responders showed activity in the emotional centers of the brain. But responders showed…
Vitamin D supplements reduce pain in fibromyalgia sufferers
- the treatment group improved significantly on a scale of physical role functioning, while the placebo group remained unchanged Researchers say Vitamin D may be cost-effective treatment or adjunct for…
Higher vitamin D levels associated with better cognition and mood in PD patients
Findings published in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease Amsterdam, NL, 16 January 2014 – A new study exploring vitamin D levels in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) opens up the…
Warning! Warning Labels Can Be Dangerous to Your Health
- over time, they paradoxically promote trust in a product and consequently lead to more positive product evaluation and more actual purchases Thursday, January 16, 2014 TAU research shows that…
The symphony of life, revealed
Contact: Charlotte Hsu chsu22@buffalo.edu 716-645-4655 University at Buffalo A new imaging technique captures the vibrations of proteins, tiny motions critical to human life IMAGE: Using a new…
Chicken capsules good for aching joints / fewer and milder adverse effects than those taking methotrexate
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350"] Age-standardised disability-adjusted life year (DALY) rates from Rheumatoid arthritis by country (per 100,000 inhabitants). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] Public release date: 30-Nov-2009 - Patients who received a…
Long-term physical activity has an anti-aging effect at the cellular level
Public release date: 30-Nov-2009 - “The most significant finding of this study is that physical exercise of the professional athletes leads to activation of the important enzyme telomerase and stabilizes…
To keep muscles strong, the ‘garbage’ has to go
Public release date: 1-Dec-2009 - “If there is a failure of the system to remove what is damaged, and that persists, the muscle fiber isn’t happy,” - Eventually, some of…
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