Eating Eggs May Greatly reduce Stroke and CVD risks Eating Eggs May Greatly reduce Stroke and CVD risks There were significant dose-response relationships of egg consumption with morbidity of all CVD endpoints (P for linear trend <0.05). Daily consumers also… Read More ›
Public Release: 29-Jan-2015 University of Melbourne Evidence is rapidly growing showing vital relationships between both diet quality and potential nutritional deficiencies and mental health, a new international collaboration led by the University of Melbourne and Deakin University has revealed. Published… Read More ›
Daily Aspirin and younger women a bad mix – ” they conclude that blanket treatment “is ineffective or harmful in the majority of women with regard to the combined risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and major gastrointestinal bleeding.” – Cons… Read More ›
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 13-Oct-2014 Disputed theory on Parkinson’s origin strengthened Parkinson’s disease is strongly linked to the degeneration of the brain’s movement center. In the last decade, the question of where the disease begins has led researchers to a different… Read More ›
” Scanning the brain of a patient suffering from Parkinson’s disease reveals that in spite of dopamine cell death, there are no signs of a lack of dopamine – even at a comparatively late stage in the process” Public Release: 16-Sep-2014… Read More ›
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 21, 2012 — Strong scientific evidence suggests that high levels of a blood protein called galectin-3 may increase the risk of heart attacks, cancer and other diseases, and help forecast the outcome of those diseases, a scientist reported… Read More ›
10 AUG 2012 ROCHESTER, Minn. — Chronic exposure to even small amounts of staph bacteria could be a risk factor for the chronic inflammatory disease lupus, Mayo Clinic research shows. Staph, short for Staphylococcus aureus, is a germ commonly found… Read More ›
Research underway to create pomegranate drug to stem Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s – THE onset of Alzheimer’s disease can be slowed and some of its symptoms curbed by a natural compound that is found in pomegranate. Also, the painful inflammation that… Read More ›
29 JUN 2012 A new study shows that the compound Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ) reduces oxidative damage, a key finding that hints at its potential to slow the progression of Huntington disease. The discovery, which appears in the inaugural issue of… Read More ›
Excessive consumption of phosphate is damaging to health. Therefore, food that contains phosphate additives should be labeled, as recommended by Eberhard Ritz and coauthors in their article in the current issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International [Dtsch Arztebl Int 2012; (109… Read More ›
13 Jan 2012 New study in Biological Psychiatry attempts to answer the question Philadelphia, PA — An important ongoing debate in the field of psychiatry is whether inflammation in the body is a consequence of or contributor to major depression…. Read More ›
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 30-May-2014 – ‘hey I never thought about stopping people’s statins.’ Stopping statins may benefit terminally ill patients Results presented today at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and June 6 at the… Read More ›
13 Jan 2012 Review confirms benefits of more roughage in the diet We should all be eating more dietary fiber to improve our health – that’s the message from a health review by scientists in India. The team has looked… Read More ›
High bodily levels of the trace elements nickel and selenium may lower the risk of developing the most common type of pancreatic cancer, finds research published online in Gut. Similarly, high levels of lead, arsenic, and cadmium could boost the likelihood… Read More ›
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 5-May-2014 For men with low-risk prostate cancer, low levels of testosterone may indicate a worsening of their disease. That’s the conclusion of a new study published in BJU International. The findings may help physicians identify patients with… Read More ›
Public release date: 9-Nov-2011 Scientists are reporting development and successful laboratory testing of an electrochemical sensor device that has the potential to measure blood sugar levels from tears instead of blood — an advance that could save the world’s… Read More ›
Public release date: 17-Oct-2011 Omega-3 fatty acids shown to prevent or slow progression of osteoarthritis According to the University of Bristol study, funded by Arthritis Research UK and published in the journal Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, omega-3-rich diets… Read More ›
Public release date: 4-May-2011 Scientists are reporting an in-depth analysis of how the caffeine in coffee, tea, and other foods seems to protect against conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and heart disease on the most fundamental levels. The report, which… Read More ›
Public release date: 31-Jan-2011 Findings point to digestive bacterial influence on choline metabolism Choline deficiency also implicates genetics, since many people lack the genes to efficiently make choline internally. The more we learn about biology, the closer we get… Read More ›
13 January 2011 by Debora MacKenzie – entered the brain directly through nasal nerves You catch flu by inhaling germs – now it seems you can catch prion diseases that way too. Prions are misshapen proteins that cause brain degeneration… Read More ›