LSUHSC research finds combo of plant nutrients kills 100% of breast cancer cells
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Discovery of brain activity in severely brain injured patients who ‘wake up’ with sleep drug
Contact: Jennifer Gundersen jeg2034@med.cornell.edu 646-317-7402 Weill Cornell Medical College Pattern of brain activity points to possible neural circuit switched on by drug and may identify...
Staying on medication may not translate to avoiding readmission
Contact: Sarah Avery sarah.avery@duke.edu 919-660-1306 Duke University Medical Center DURHAM, N.C. – A targeted effort to help high-risk heart failure patients stay on their medications...
Bitter melon extract may have potential to fight head and neck cancer
Contact: Riya V. Anandwala ranandwa@slu.edu 314-977-8018 Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS – Extract taken from an Asian vegetable may have therapeutic qualities to treat head...
Can Certain Herbs Stave Off Alzheimer’s Disease?
ST. LOUIS -- Enhanced extracts made from special antioxidants in spearmint and rosemary improve learning and memory, a study in an animal model...
Inflammatory skin damage in mice blocked by bleach solution, Stanford study finds
Contact: Krista Conger kristac@stanford.edu 650-725-5371 Stanford University Medical Center STANFORD, Calif. — Processes that age and damage skin are impeded by dilute bleach solution, according...
Scientists report human dietary supplement cures lab animals infected with human intestinal parasite ( Hookworm )
Contact: Preeti Singh psingh@burnesscommunications.com 301-280-5722 Bridget DeSimone bdesimone@burnesscommunications.com 301-280-5735 Burness Communications Preliminary success using 'probiotics' against hookworms raises hope for treating afflictions that burden 1.5...
Fatty acid produced by gut bacteria boosts the immune system
Contact: Juliette Savin pr@riken.jp 81-048-462-1225 RIKEN New research from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences in Japan sheds light on the role...
Study is the first to show higher dietary acid load increases risk of diabetes
Contact: Dr Guy Fagherazzi Guy.FAGHERAZZI@gustaveroussy.fr 33-142-116-140 Diabetologia A study of more than 60 000 women has shown that higher overall acidity of the diet, regardless...
How zinc starves lethal bacteria to stop infection
Contact: Dr Christopher McDevitt christopher.mcdevitt@adelaide.edu.au 61-449-823-946 University of Adelaide Australian researchers have found that zinc can 'starve' one of the world's most deadly bacteria by...
Acid levels in the diet could have profound effects on kidney health
Contact: Kurtis Pivertkpivert@asn-online.org 202-699-0238American Society of Nephrology Atlanta, GA (November 9, 2013)—Three new studies suggest that controlling dietary acid intake could help improve kidney health....
Vitamin C could ease muscle fatigue in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients
Contact: Donna Krupa dkrupa@the-aps.org American Physiological Society Bethesda, Md. (Nov. 7, 2013)—Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease—a health problem in which the lungs lose their inherent springiness,...
Higher chocolate consumption associated with lower levels of total fat—fat deposits all over the body—and central—abdominal—fat, independently of whether or not subjects are physically active, and of their diet
Scientists at the University of Granada have disproved the old idea that chocolate is fattening, in a study reported this week in Nutrition The...
Study links intestinal bacteria to rheumatoid arthritis
Contact: Craig Andrews craig.andrews@nyumc.org 212-404-3511 NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine Findings suggest bacterial disturbances in the gut may play...
Japanese superfood prevents flu infection
Scientists have discovered that bacteria found in a traditional Japanese pickle can prevent flu. Could this be the next superfood? The research, which assesses the...
Oligomeric proanthocyanidin ( Grape Seed Extract ) suppresses the death of retinal ganglion cells
Contact: Meng Zhao eic@nrren.org 86-138-049-98773 Neural Regeneration Research The death of retinal ganglion cells is a hallmark of many opticneurodegenerative diseases such as glaucoma...
How does ursolic acid induce neural regeneration after sciatic nerve injury? ( In Apples / Rosemary )
Contact: Meng Zhao eic@nrren.org 86-138-049-98773 Neural Regeneration Research Ursolic acid (chemical name 3-hydroxy-12- ursen-28-oic acid) is a triterpenoid extracted from natural plant-based drugs, and...
Bottle feeding associated with increased risk of stomach obstruction in infants
Contact: Liz Hunter ehunter@uw.edu 206-616-3192 The JAMA Network Journals Bottle feeding appears to increase the risk infants will develop hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS), a form...
High serum omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content protects against brain abnormalities
Contact: Jyrki Virtanen jyrki.virtanen@uef.fi 358-294-454-542 University of Eastern Finland According to a new study, high long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content in blood may lower...
Vitamin D does not contribute to kidney stones, study asserts
Contact: Debra Kain ddkain@ucsd.edu 619-543-6163 University of California - San Diego Increased vitamin D levels may prevent a wide range of diseases, according to recent...