Study: Oxidized LDL might actually be ‘good guy’
LEXINGTON, Ky (Sept. 4, 2014) -- A team of investigators at the University of Kentucky has made a thought-provoking discovery about a type of cholesterol previously believed to be a…
New evidence that green tea may help fight glaucoma and other eye diseases
Public release date: 21-Apr-2010 - catechins in green tea actually passed from the stomach and gastrointestinal tract into the tissues of the eye - The effects of green tea catechins…
Inflammation in prostate may reduce cancer risk
Contact: Emily Ng eng3@nshs.edu 516-562-2670 North Shore-Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Health System MANHASSET, NY – Doctors at the North Shore-LIJ Health System have discovered that increased inflammation in the prostate…
Lipid researcher, 98, reports on the dietary causes of heart disease ” dietary cholesterol is good for your heart “
Contact: Diana Yates diya@illinois.edu 217-333-5802 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign IMAGE: Fred Kummerow, a 98-year-old emeritus professor of comparative biosciences at the University of Illinois, explains the…
Oxidative Stress: Mechanism of Cell Death Clarified / this cell death could be completely prevented by Vitamin E, but not by water-soluble antioxidants
Public Release: 3-Sep-2008 Neuherberg/Munich, 3 September. Dr. Marcus Conrad of the Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology and Tumor Genetics at the Helmholtz Zentrum München has decrypted the molecular…
The benefits of green tea in reducing an important risk factor for heart disease
Public release date: 2-Jul-2008 More evidence for the beneficial effect of green tea on risk factors for heart disease has emerged in a new study reported in the latest issue…
VITAMIN D LINKED TO REDUCED MORTALITY RATE IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
Public release date: 7-May-2008 Washington, DC (Tuesday, May 6, 2008) — For patients with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease (CKD), treatment with activated vitamin D may reduce…
Vitamin D2 supplements may help prevent falls among high-risk older women
Public release date: 14-Jan-2008 Vitamin D2 supplements appear to reduce the risk of falls among women with a history of falling and low blood vitamin D levels living in sunny…
Relationship between environmental stress and cancer elucidated
One way environmental stress causes cancer is by reducing the activity level of an enzyme that causes cell death, researchers say. They found that stress-inducing agents, such as oxidative stress,…
Folic Acid Supplements Cut Stroke Risk
Folic acid supplementation may reduce the risk of stroke by 18 percent or more, but it's not clear whether it boosts outcomes for other cardiovascular conditions, researchers say. …
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