April 2014 – ClinicalNews.Org

Disease and Conditions

Public release date: 31-Oct-2011 Current, former smokers may face impaired pancreatic duct cell function, elevated colorectal cancer risk that persists longer for women Washington, DC...

Probiotics effective in combating antibiotic-associated diarrhea

Public release date: 31-Oct-2011 ‘Good bugs’ look promising as anti-inflammatory agent for patients with ulcerative colitis, psoriasis, chronic fatigue syndrome Washington, DC — In four...

New info Graphic: Triclosan

Health Technology News

Yoga can provide more effective treatment for chronic lower back pain than more conventional methods, according to the UK’s largest ever study

Public release date: 31-Oct-2011 Yoga aids chronic back pain sufferers Yoga can provide more effective treatment for chronic lower back pain than more conventional methods,...

People experiencing schizophrenia have a weakened sense of body ownership

Public release date: 31-Oct-2011 Putting the body back into the mind of schizophrenia A study using a procedure called the rubber hand illusion has found...

Live longer with fewer calories

General Diet

Public release date: 31-Oct-2011 By consuming fewer calories, ageing can be slowed down and the development of age-related diseases such as cancer and type 2...

First clinical trial of red wine ingredient shows metabolic shifts

Public release date: 1-Nov-2011 When obese men take a relatively small dose of resveratrol in purified form every day for a month, their...

Hormone in birth control shot linked to memory loss

Lethal or Unintended Side Effects Medical Ethics

- “What we found was pretty shocking – animals that had been given the drug at any point in their life were memory impaired at...

Health risk from eating well-done meat may be underestimated

Lethal or Unintended Side Effects

Public release date: 1-Nov-2011 Mice are often used to test whether substances in food are harmful to humans. This requires that mice and humans metabolise...

Catch the flu : It’ll help you fight off infection

Counter Intuitive - Medical Highlights Missed - Medical Breakthroughs

Public release date: 1-Nov-2011 New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology demonstrates that elevated body temperature plays a vital role on the generation...

Obese Adolescents Benefit from High-Dose Vitamin D Supplements / “It takes 4,000 IUs to raise their vitamin D status within a sufficient range”

Public release date: 1-Nov-2011 High doses safely combat nutritional deficiencies, MU researchers find COLUMBIA, Mo. –Vitamin D deficiency is common in Americans,...

Chantix unsuitable for first-line smoking cessation use / 90 percent of all reported suicides related to smoking- cessation drugs since 1998 implicated varenicline

Lethal or Unintended Side Effects Medical Ethics

Public release date: 2-Nov-2011 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The poor safety profile of the smoking-cessation drug varenicline (Chantix™) makes it unsuitable for first-line use, according...

Benefits of nut consumption for people with abdominal obesity, high blood sugar, high blood pressure

Public release date: 2-Nov-2011 For the first time, scientists report a link between eating nuts and higher levels of serotonin in the bodies of patients...

Clemson researcher says high blood pressure may lead to missed emotional cues

Behavior Modification

Public release date: 2-Nov-2011 CLEMSON — Your ability to recognize emotional content in faces and texts is linked to your blood pressure, according to a...

Medical researchers make important research link between active ingredient in saffron and MS / ancient virus in our DNA

Public release date: 4-Nov-2011 Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have discovered that an active ingredient in the Persian spice saffron may be a...

Brain parasite directly alters brain chemistry / found in 10-20 per cent of the UK’s population

Disease and Conditions

Public release date: 4-Nov-2011 A research group from the University of Leeds has shown that infection by the brain parasite Toxoplasma gondii, found in 10-20...

New Info Graphic: Music Cardio

Health Technology News

Exercise just as good as drugs at preventing migraines

Highlights Missed - Medical Breakthroughs

Public release date: 10-Oct-2011 Although exercise is often prescribed as a treatment for migraine, there has not previously been sufficient scientific evidence that it really...

Melatonin delays onset, reduces deaths in mouse model of Huntington’s disease