Chemical in red wine, fruits and vegetables stops cancer, heart disease, depending on the dose
Public release date: 30-Oct-2007 The next cancer drug might come straight from the grocery store, according to new research published in the November 2007 issue of The FASEB Journal. In…
Rosemary Protects Your Brain From Free Radicals
Rosemary not only tastes good in culinary dishes such as Rosemary chicken and lamb, but scientists have now found it is also good for your brain. A collaborative group from…
Creatine in addition to exercise enhances strength in older adults
Public release date: 2-Oct-2007 Hamilton, ON (Oct. 1, 2007) – Lower muscle mass and an increase in body fat are common consequences of growing older. While exercise is a proven…
Tamiflu survives sewage treatment
Public release date: 2-Oct-2007 Swedish researchers have discovered that oseltamivir (Tamiflu); an antiviral drug used to prevent and mitigate influenza infections is not removed or degraded during normal sewage treatment.…
Breast cancer chemo may damage heart
Public release date: 3-Oct-2007 Drugs called anthracyclines are a breast cancer chemo staple despite a well-known risk: They weaken some women's hearts. What's new is research suggesting the drugs work…
Study: diabetic neuropathy costs billions per year in lost work time
Public release date: 5-Oct-2007 DANVILLE, PA. - Workers who have diabetes with neuropathic symptoms such as numbness or tingling in feet or hands lose the equivalent of 1.4 hours a…
Got calcium? UWM researcher finds that food labels confuse consumers
Public release date: 5-Oct-2007 The research, which involved three separate studies and a follow-up, is discussed in “The Calcium Quandary: How Consumers Use Nutrition Labels for Daily Diet,” published in…
Hip size of mothers linked to breast cancer in daughters
Public release date: 8-Oct-2007 PORTLAND, Ore. – In a study of the maternity records of more than 6,000 women, David J.P. Barker, M.D., Ph.D., and Kent Thornburg, Ph.D., of Oregon…
Folic acid lowers blood arsenic levels, according to Mailman School of Public Health study
Public release date: 8-Oct-2007 October 8, 2007 -- A new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health finds that folic acid supplements can dramatically lower blood…
Anti-depressant drugs can double risk of gastrointestinal bleeding
Public release date: 8-Oct-2007 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – New research shows that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a group of drugs commonly used to treat depression, may double the risk of…
Appendix isn’t useless at all: It’s a safe house for bacteria
Public release date: 8-Oct-2007 DURHAM, N.C. – Long denigrated as vestigial or useless, the appendix now appears to have a reason to be – as a “safe house” for the…
Prostate cancer therapy linked to increased risk of heart disease death
Public release date: 9-Oct-2007 The use of androgen deprivation therapy to treat localized prostate cancer is associated with an increased risk of death from heart disease, according to a study…
Protein enhances lethality of influenza virus
Public release date: 10-Oct-2007 It is relatively rare for an influenza virus to be virulent enough to cause death in healthy humans. Many deaths associated with influenza are caused by…
Cancer conflict with chemotherapy treatment
Public release date: 10-Oct-2007 Young women suffering from breast cancer do not necessarily benefit from chemotherapy treatment Women under the age of forty with breast cancer who are given drugs…
Obesity boosts gullet cancer risk 6-fold
Public release date: 10-Oct-2007 Obese people are six times as likely to develop gullet (oesophageal) cancer as people of ‘healthy’ weight, shows research published ahead of print in the journal…
Red Wine and Grape Juice Help Defend Against Food-Borne Diseases, according to MU Researchers
Public release date: 10-Oct-2007 COLUMBIA, Mo. – Red wine is known to have multiple health benefits. Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have found that red wine may also protect…
Patients can’t recall their medications to tell doctors
Public release date: 11-Oct-2007 New research from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine has found that nearly 50 percent of patients taking antihypertensive drugs in three community health centers were…
Study measures impact on productivity from functional gastrointestinal disorders
Public release date: 15-Oct-2007 Impairment from chronic digestive problems amounts to 1 lost day per week Philadelphia, PA, October 15, 2007— Those who suffer from common functional gastrointestinal disorders face…
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