Flavonoids in orange juice make it a healthy drink, despite the sugar
Public release date: 17-Jul-2007 Buffalo, N.Y. -- Orange juice, despite its high caloric load of sugars, appears to be a healthy food for diabetics due to its mother lode of…
Plants uptake antibiotics
MADISON, WI, JULY 09, 2007- Scientists at the University of Minnesota have been evaluating the impact of antibiotic feeding in livestock production on the environment. This particular study, funded by…
Scientists isolate chemical in curry that may help immune system clear plaques found in Alzheimer’s
FINDINGS: Researchers isolated bisdemethoxycurcumin, the active ingredient of curcuminoids – a natural substance found in turmeric root – that may help boost the immune system in clearing amyloid beta, a…
Rosiglitazone (Avandia) for type 2 diabetes — concern over side effects
Public release date: 17-Jul-2007 This Cochrane Systematic Review analysed data from 18 trials that involved a total of 8432 people and found no evidence that rosiglitazone led to better patient…
Chronic rhinosinusitis — washing nasal passages with saline can help
Spraying salty water (saline) into your nose can help reduce the symptoms of pain and congestion that accompany long-term infections of the nasal passages, a Cochrane Systematic Review has concluded.…
Vitamin D deficiency: Common and problematic yet preventable
Public release date: 18-Jul-2007 According to Holick, a professor of medicine, physiology, and biophysics, and director of the General Clinical Research Center at Boston University School of Medicine and Director of…
Pediatric Ritalin Use May Affect Developing Brain, New Study Suggests
NEW YORK (July 17, 2007) — Use of the attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drug Ritalin by young children may cause long-term changes in the developing brain, suggests a new study…
Childhood sun exposure may lower risk of MS
Public release date: 23-Jul-2007 ST. PAUL, MN -- People who spent more time in the sun as children may have a lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) than people…
Study finds association between low cholesterol levels and cancer
The authors of the study, published in the July 31, 2007, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), set out to understand how and why…
Probiotic drinks can help reduce diarrhoea associated with antibiotics
Drinks containing probiotic bacteria can help reduce diarrhoea among older people, which may reduce length of stay in hospital and save the NHS money, say Imperial College researchers at Hammersmith…
Papworth breathing technique cuts asthma symptoms by a third
Public release date: 2-Jul-2007 A sequence of breathing and relaxation exercises known as the Papworth method has been shown to reduce asthma symptoms by a third by the first randomised…
Consumption of small amounts of dark chocolate associated with reduction in blood pressure
Eating about 30 calories a day of dark chocolate was associated with a lowering of blood pressure, without weight gain or other adverse effects, according to a study in the…
UT Study Reveals Inaccuracies in Cardiac PET-CT Imaging – And Finds Solution
Public release date: 3-Jul-2007 HOUSTON—(July 3, 2007)—Current PET-CT scanners with standard commercial software designed to provide images of the heart are falsely indicating coronary artery disease in as many as…
Common environmental chemicals in diet affect fetal ovarian development
Public release date: 4-Jul-2007 Lyon, France: Exposing a developing female sheep fetus to low doses of chemicals commonly present in the environment can disturb the development of the ovary, a…
Can an apple a day keep asthma away?
(NORTHBROOK, IL, JULY 9, 2007) –Teenagers who forego a healthy and balanced diet may have a harder time catching their breath. A new study, published in the July issue…
Pumpkin: A fairytale end to insulin injections?
Compounds found in pumpkin could potentially replace or at least drastically reduce the daily insulin injections that so many diabetics currently have to endure. Recent research reveals that pumpkin extract…
A compound from olive-pomace oil gets 80% slowing down of HIV spread
- Researchers from the University of Granada and Hospital Carlos III in Madrid, verified that maslinic acid – found in wax from olive skin – inhibits serin-protease, the enzyme used…
Low vitamin D levels may be common in otherwise healthy children
Public release date: 9-Jul-2007 A study in the current issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition measured blood levels of vitamin D in 382 healthy children between six years…
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VH Store’s Employee NEWS SYNOPSIS 26 JUN 07 www.healthresearchreport.me www.vit.bz www.youtube.com/vhfilm www.facebook.com/vitaminandherbstore www.engineeringevil.com Public release date: 14-Jun-2007 Doctor advises…
Doctor advises caution over flu drug – oseltamivir ( Tamiflu ).
Public release date: 14-Jun-2007 In this week’s BMJ, a senior doctor advises caution over the use of the antiviral drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu). His concern follows advice by the Japanese authorities…
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