Public release date: 31-Oct-2011 Washington, DC — The lack of readily available information about cosmetic ingredients may cause patients with celiac disease who use lip, facial or body products to unknowingly expose […]
Cigarette smoking’s impact lingers after quitting
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 – Cigarette smoking appears to impair pancreatic […]
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 different studies presented at the American College […]
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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, according to the UK’s largest ever study […]
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 striking new evidence that people experiencing schizophrenia […]
Live longer with fewer calories
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 diabetes can be delayed. The earlier calorie […]
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 metabolisms change for the better. In fact, […]
Hormone in birth control shot linked to memory loss
– “What we found was pretty shocking – animals that had been given the drug at any point in their life were memory impaired at middle age compared to animals that never […]
Health risk from eating well-done meat may be underestimated
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 substances in the same way. Humans have […]
Catch the flu : It’ll help you fight off infection
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 of effective T-cell mediated immune response Bethesda, […]
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, and especially in overweight and obese adolescents, […]
Chantix unsuitable for first-line smoking cessation use / 90 percent of all reported suicides related to smoking- cessation drugs since 1998 implicated varenicline
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 to a study published in the Nov. […]
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 with metabolic syndrome (MetS), who are at […]
Clemson researcher says high blood pressure may lead to missed emotional cues
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 Clemson University researcher. A recently published study […]
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 potential treatment for diseases involving neuroinflammation, such […]
