“This research shows further evidence that we should leave the bugs alone because there may be a benefit to hosting them in the stomach” Public release date: 5-May-2011 Administration of Helicobacter pylori DNA reduces symptoms, new research reveals pathway for… Read More ›
Day: March 30, 2014
Bill Gates Talks About Vaccines to Reduce World Population
“Now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we lower that by perhaps 10 or 15 percent.” Public release date: 6-May-2011 Microsoft founder and one of the world’s wealthiest men, Bill Gates,… Read More ›
Short term use of painkillers could be dangerous to heart patients / Risk of death increased 45 to 55%
Public release date: 9-May-2011 Even short-term use of some painkillers could be dangerous for people who’ve had a heart attack, according to research published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers analyzed the duration of prescription non-steroidal anti-inflammatory… Read More ›
Black Death wasn’t spread by fleas/ U.K. outbreak in 14th century was airborne, scientists say
– To their surprise, the 14th-century strain, the cause of the most lethal catastrophe in recorded history, was no more virulent than today’s disease. The DNA codes were an almost perfect match. Don Walker, an osteologist with the Museum of… Read More ›
Parsley, Celery Carry Crucial Component for Fight Against Breast Cancer, MU Researcher Finds
Public release date: 9-May-2011 COLUMBIA, Mo. — Parsley is usually used as a decorative accent to a scrumptious meal, but don’t set it aside just yet. In a new study, a University of Missouri researcher has found that a compound… Read More ›
Coffee reduces breast cancer risk / protective effect of coffee on breast cancer was only measurable for ER-negative breast cancer.
Public release date: 10-May-2011 Recently published research shows that coffee drinkers enjoy not only the taste of their coffee but also a reduced risk of cancer with their cuppa. More detailed research published today in BioMed Central’s open access journal… Read More ›
Europe says No to drug data access ” arguing that this would undermine commercial interests and that there was no overriding public interest in disclosure”
Public release date: 10-May-2011 Drug regulators are protecting profits over patients, warn researchers Analysis: Opening up data at the European Medicines Agency Medicines regulators are protecting drug company profits rather than the lives and welfare of patients by withholding unpublished… Read More ›
Vitamin D deficiency in pneumonia patients associated with increased mortality
Public release date: 10-May-2011 A new study published in the journal Respirology reveals that adult patients admitted to the hospital with pneumonia are more likely to die if they have Vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D is known to be involved… Read More ›
Beneficial Bacteria Help Repair Intestinal Injury by Inducing Reactive Oxygen Species
Public release date: 10-May-2011 Probiotic bacteria promote healing of the intestinal lining in mice by inducing the production of reactive oxygen species, researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have shown. The results, published online this week in Proceedings of… Read More ›
Study finds highest reported BPA level in pregnant woman and associated abnormalities in infant
Avoid using plastic food and beverage storage containers with #7 on the bottom. If the recycling code is #7, then the plastic may contain BPA. Public release date: 11-May-2011 Possible link between high prenatal BPA levels and neonatal neurobehavioral abnormalities;… Read More ›
Lack of exercise linked to higher heart disease risk in healthy children as young as 9
Public release date: 12-May-2011 Even healthy children as young as nine-years-old can start to show an increased risk of future heart problems if they are physically inactive, according to a study in the May issue of Acta Paediatrica. A team… Read More ›
