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Vaccine for Alzheimer’s diseas

...on suffered by human patients. But it is certainly encouraging and one can hope that some kind of human application willfollow....

A boost to quit smoking

...ubjects quit smoking altogether. Thus this is an encouraging news, because it shows that your health can start to benefit almost straight away. Hence this can motivate people to quit smoking....

Obesity a risk for pancreatic cancer

... it (although smoking is a risk factor). So it's encouraging to learn that you can do something to lower your risk of this highly lethal disease.Researchers at Harvard Medical School have new data from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study - involving nearly 47,000 men - and the Nurses' Health Study, which ...

Drugs disrupt formation of blood vessels

...en 60% and 88%. Dr Hanahan said: "Our findings are encouraging about the potential value of angiogenesis inhibitors for treating cancer; we believe we can do even better."...

Dopamine helps stroke survivors

...gs that can enhance the recovery process is a very encouraging advance for stroke survivors and their carers....

The mouth-heart connection

...butes to inflammation of the coronary arteries, so encouraging the deposition of fatty plaque which narrows the vessels. In fact, CRP is now being used as a new 'marker' for heart disease - the higher CRP is, the more likely you are to have a heart attack. The oral connection shows that looking after the health ...

The mouth-heart connection

...butes to inflammation of the coronary arteries, so encouraging the deposition of fatty plaque which narrows the vessels. In fact, CRP is now being used as a new 'marker' for heart disease - the higher CRP is, the more likely you are to have a heart attack. The oral connection shows that looking after the health ...

Steps To Improve Quality Of Plant-Based Drugs

...g laboratories. A notification is being issued for encouraging people to get these drugs tested, perhaps for a small fee, under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act....

Teen smoking declines

...e finding that fewer teenagers are smoking is very encouraging as more teens are making smart choices that will help them avoid tobacco-related health threats." Glen Hanson, acting director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, added: "We hope that our concerted effort to give adolescents science-based info...

Staying mentally energitic prevents Alzheimer's

...e seemed to have a lower risk of dementia. It's an encouraging result, for everyone can find some mental activity that gives pleasure - now knowing that it may also protect them from dementia. What's not yet clear is just how mental stimulation protects the brain. It's also possible that a predisposition to Alzh...

Winter months encourage binge eating

...h of day can be significant, with lack of sunshine encouraging more eating. This appears to be a little different from the comfort eating that many of us might indulge in during the winter months. The researchers found that people who were evening types, preferring to eat in dimmer lighting, were more likely t...

Novel research on liver cancer

...to the tumor and blocks off the artery, they found encouraging results. The researchers observe that with 3-bromopyruvate in the rabbits, healthy liver seems to be spared, but sections of healthy liver were damaged by chemoembolization. Doctors felt, at this time, the test is very experimental and has only bee...

Exercise therapy for fibromyalgia

...pment, and they are effective. The only problem is encouraging people to keep up the exercise, for drop-out rates are quite high....

Impact on Lung function based on exposure

... may also be linked to faster declines in FEV 1 by encouraging adverse smoking behaviors. FEV 1 declines were 8.2 percent in people without asthma who had never smoked, 10.1 percent in asthmatics who did not smoke, and 11.5 percent in people who smoked 15 or more cigarettes a day at the beginning of the study. A...

Gene treatment for macular degeneration

...ans, Dr. Davidorf says this type of therapy offers encouraging news for the future of macular degeneration treatment....

Imitating celebrity mums may prove unsafe for mom and child

...ve or six months after child-birth. The company is encouraging the use of "real mums", through it's campaign, in television and TV adverts to help women feel good about being pregnant and motivate themselves to stay fit for their own and their baby's sake....

Stem cells - New and richer source found

...s from pigs in the lab without losing potency. The encouraging results with the animal tissue, prompted the team of researchers to broaden their investigations to human umbilical cord matrix cells, which also produced similar exciting findings - human umbilical cord matrix cells also differentiated into neurons....

New lung cancer vaccine on the anvil

... for cancer. There was also the suggestion of some encouraging clinical findings in a minority of patients. For two patients, after successful surgical removal of the lung tumors, after three and half years of vaccine treatment, they remained cancer free. Five other patients had stable disease for 33, 19, 12, 10...

Painkillers may protect against Alzheimer's disease

...de. Etminan stressed that although the results are encouraging and could provide clues for the development of new drugs for Alzheimer's disease, people should not take an NSAID to prevent the illness because more research is needed....

A Tomato a Day Keeps Heart Disease Away

...d Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "They're encouraging enough for us to do more studies."// Sesso and his colleagues reviewed the diets of approximately 40,000 women from the ongoing Women's Health Study, which was begun 11 years ago to follow women who, at the time, were free from cancer and cardiovasc...

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