Pumpkin: A fairy tale end to insulin injections? -A group, led by Tao Xia of the East China Normal University, found that diabetic rats fed the extract had only 5% less plasma insulin and 8% fewer insulin-positive (beta) cells compared… Read More ›
Day: July 5, 2014
Adults stop anti-rejection drugs after stem-cell transplant reverses sickle cell disease
Adults stop anti-rejection drugs after stem-cell transplant reverses sickle cell disease – Half of patients in a trial have safely stopped immunosuppressant medication following a modified blood stem-cell transplant for severe sickle cell disease, according to a study in the… Read More ›
Polyphenols could yield benefit for people with Peripheral artery disease (PAD)
Polyphenols could yield benefit for people with Peripheral artery disease (PAD) – After eating the dark chocolate, they walked an average 11 percent farther and 15 percent longer (almost 12 meters/39 feet farther and about 17 seconds longer) than they… Read More ›
The dietary supplement gamma-linoleic acid can inhibit the growth of a subset of pancreatic cancer cells and selectively promote cancer cell death in mice
– As researchers tested the GLA against cells with high levels of FASN, they found GLA inhibited about 85 percent of cell growth, while gemcitabine alone, the standard chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer, had a modest effect on cell inhibition. When… Read More ›
Eating flavonoids protects men against Parkinson’s disease
07 Apr 2012 Men who eat flavonoid-rich foods such as berries, tea, apples and red wine significantly reduce their risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, according to new research by Harvard University and the University of East Anglia (UEA)…. Read More ›
Arsenic turns stem cells cancerous, spurring tumor growth
07Apr 2012 Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered how exposure to arsenic can turn normal stem cells into cancer stem cells and spur tumor growth. Inorganic arsenic, which affects the drinking water of millions of people worldwide,… Read More ›