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Cinnamon combats Diabetes

...ble for dealing with excess blood sugar lose their ability to respond to insulin, the hormone which instructs them to perform this function. The increased blood sugar levels cause symptoms such as fatigue, weight loss and blurred vision, and can make the patient far more prone to heart disease and stroke....

Fight against E.coli

..., said: "Cinnamon contains a compound that has the ability to kill bacteria. It has natural killing power. "If cinnamon can knock out E.coli 0157:H7, one of the most virulent food-borne microorganisms that exists today, it will certainly have antimicrobial effects on other common food-borne bacteria such as ...

Stem cell research

...t hope has been placed in stem cells because their ability to grow into any type of cell means they could be used to develop new tissues for disease treatment, and possibly organs for transplantation. If nerve cells can be grown from scratch in the lab, for example, they may eventually be able to be injected...

Hope For Stiff-Person Syndrome

...own less often, and reported improvements in their ability to perform work-related and household tasks. The ...rson syndrome and significantly improves patients' ability to perform the activities of daily living and thus, their quality of life. While the treatment had ...

Depression increases heart attacks

...art rate variability is the rythm of the heart and ability to contract, which can affect its ability to handle stress or exertion. These findings suggest that if depression can be diagnosed and treated...

Artificial lenses- Boon to cataract patients

...unlike most elderly people, who gradually lose the ability to focus at different distances as the natural lens becomes more rigid with age....

High vitamin A increases risk of hip fractures

...One theory is that too much vitamin A inhibits the ability of Vitamin D to help the body absorb calcium, said lead author, Diane Feskanich, an epidemiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. She said previous studies also suggest vitamin A affects cells that work in bone remodeling. The adverse ef...

Sex exploitation connected to Schizophrenia

...uma can cause changes to the brain that affect its ability to handle stress. According to him some people are more likely to suffer from schizophrenia because of their genes....

Water regulation in humans

...ce of a certain protein interferes with the body's ability to regulate its water levels.Reported in the New E...ho have a deficiency of the protein have a limited ability to reabsorb water through their kidneys. The finding may help to develop treatments for diabetes in...

Women's strong sense of smell

Researchers suggest that women's ability to smell better is due to the boding of the hormone, estrogen.A US study shows that women who are of procreative age are far better in sensing the fragrance than men do. Tim Jacobs, Professor of Physiology at Cardiff University, said: "Some studies ...

Broccoli's role against cancer

... indirect anti-oxidant effects are both due to its ability to make cells create a diverse group of enzymes, called “phase 2” enzymes, that protect against cancer by blocking select chemicals from becoming carcinogens. The scientists studied sulphoraphane’s effects on a variety of cell types and oxidants i...

Immune cells halt round in space

...o make it harder for cells to communicate as their ability to interact is reduced by the rigid round shape. Researchers do not understand why the T-cells stay round in microgravity but suggest that intermolecular or submolecular forces such as hydrogen bonding might play a larger role in determining the cell...

Leukemia pill shows promise against stomach cancer

...ve in treating both forms of cancer because of its ability to target and kill cancer cells without attacking healthy cells and causing severe side effects. // Approved last spring for a common type of adult leukemia, Gleevec can now be used to treat gastrointestinal stromal tumors, or GIST, which affect as...

Knee fat turns into cartilage

... from a person's own cells. Central to this is the ability of stem cells primitive cells that can go along one of several developmental pathways - to become more specialised. Working with patients who would just had a knee operation, researchers at Hopkins University now report that it's possible to conver...

WBC linked with periodontitis

... disease to develop. "We think that the decreased ability of the white blood cells to reach infection sites permits overgrowth of all bacteria, including harmful types," said Dr. Niederman. "Bone loss may be initiated when the amount of harmful bacteria rises above a certain level." The current research s...

Mutation connected to Osteoporosis

...bone researchers understand why the body loses the ability to make new bone cells as people age.// Later, L...erly men. Up until age 30 healthy people have the ability to grow new bone but after that time the bone building cells, called osteoblasts die off and with th...

Wheat wards off colon cancer

...mists are optimistic about wheat's cancer-fighting ability because their preliminary testing shows some available wheat strains already contain a great number of orthophenols.Antioxidants can be found in several vitamins, including vitamins E and D, but research shows that eating whole grain products and whe...

AIDS drugs linked to heart attack risk

... attacks. Protease inhibitors influence the body's ability to regulate sugar and fat levels in the blood, and there is some evidence of an overall increase in heart attacks among people being treated....

Smoking during pregnancy increases risk of cleft palate

...hild's appearance, cleft lip and palate impede the ability to breathe, eat, hear and speak. Correcting the defects involves many successive operations and years of therapy, but can still leave behind scars, speech impediments and emotional detriment. Just as public health messages about the risks of drinki...

Importance of Fatty food In Hypercholestrolemia

...hin three to six hours, losing 20 percent of their ability to accomodate the blood travelling through them. Though Nestel thinks the effect lasted only a few hours, he believes that regularly eating high-fat meals could lead to permanent changes and raise the risk of high blood pressure and heart attack....

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