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Why Aerobic Exercise Is Good for the Heart

...ous agent lipopolysaccharide (LPS) – gram negative bacteria – and then analyzed for levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) – an initial step in the inflammatory cascade. Substantially lower levels of TNF were found after aerobic training, in both the moderate and high intensity groups. “These findings sugge...

Bacterium Could Treat PCBs Without the Need for Dredging

... to cultivate in defined media naturally occurring bacteria that can extensively dechlorinate PCBs right at th...develop sediment-free cultures and to identify the bacteria that were breaking down the PCBs. Using molecular techniques, the research team determined that the ...

Children Under Stress Develop More Fevers

...until the immune system adapts to fight a specific bacteria or virus. "It may have something to do with the fact that children’s immune systems are still developing," Caserta said. "Or maybe they’re compensating for a defect someplace else. More research is needed to figure out why." The study followed 16...

Natural Antibiotics Yield Secrets to Atom-level Imaging Technique

...ll puzzling over exactly how the peptides wipe out bacteria and other microbes. Unlike conventional antibiotic...fore, during and after the process of attaching to bacteria and how they attach." Solid-state NMR spectroscopy is an ideal tool for answering such questions b...

FDA and CDC Remind Consumers of the Dangers of Drinking Raw Milk

...ilk potentially contains a wide variety of harmful bacteria – including Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7, Listeria,...caused by raw milk vary depending on which harmful bacteria are present. Symptoms may include but are not limited to: vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever,...

Typhoid Outbreak Linked to Samoa

..., South Auckland, last month. "We've looked at the bacteria and the strains are different types," Dr Nesdale said. "We're aware from our Pacific health networks that there is a lot of typhoid in Samoa, so travellers going to Samoa have to be particularly aware." She suggested that people intending to visi...

Good Oral Health Equals Good Health for Your Heart

... linked is still unknown. Scientists feel that the bacteria that damage the gums may enter the blood stream an...le to the arteries, or it could also be that these bacteria trigger a low–grade inflammatory response throughout the body. There is now one more reason to enc...

Susceptibility to TB is High Among the Smokers

...ird of the world’s population is infected with the bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB), but the organism is usually rendered inactive by the immune system, according to background information in the article. Active tuberculosis developed in approximately 8.8 million individuals in 2003 and is responsible fo...

XDR-TB: the Latest Global Terror

...ively drug-resistant tuberculosis as a form of the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that is resistant to st...s housing XDR-TB patients has created fears of the bacteria being airborne. Eighty percent of the animals tested positive. 'These outbreaks of this scary form...

E. Coli Bacteria Migrating Between Humans, Chimps

... in western Uganda are exchanging gastrointestinal bacteria – specifically Escherichia coli – with local chimp...sed in local wildlife, so the antibiotic-resistant bacteria in chimps clearly originated in humans. Goldberg said it was not clear whether the exchange of ba...

Discovery Leads to Way to Curb Anthrax Effect

Researchers have found a mechanism that anthrax bacteria use to elude the body’s defenses, which could lead...n the Department of Microbiology. A study of how bacteria steal iron from the body uncovered the mechanism that makes an end run around the body’s defense sys...

Research Offers Hope to Control Meningococci

...used mice that produce the human receptor that the bacteria bind to. Marking the bacteria to emit light, the scientists used cameras to monitor their activities in the living mice during the...

Newborns With Respiratory Distress Potentially Have Rare Genetic Disease

...D patients, the cilia, tiny hairs that move mucus, bacteria and particulates out of the respiratory tract, including the lungs, middle ear and paranasal sinuses, have abnormal or no motion. As a result, the airways become obstructed and infected, which incites a destructive inflammatory process in those organ...

Deadly Bug to Be Tracked Down

...o the death of 16 persons who were infected by the bacteria Clostridium// difficile. The deaths occurred at...ted persons were made to share a single bed. The bacteria C. difficile has been in circulation at Quebec for some years. There were 33 persons infected of w...

Convict Felled by Legionnaires

...reatment where a test revealed the presence of the bacteria Legionella pnuemophila, which causes the disease. ...rs, which are contaminated with bacteria, or other bacteria in the family Legionellaceae. If the bacteria reach the lungs it can cause the disease. The dise...

Tea Tree Oil-containing Beauty Products may Contribute to MRSA Increase

...of Ulster. Accordingly, the scientists who grew bacteria such MRSA, E.coli and salmonella in low dose conce...w concentrations (less than 4%), to make sure that bacteria are killed, not just stressed. Otherwise we are arming the bacteria against treatment by antibiotics...

More Research on Meningococcal Infection Called for

...e know about the broader role of the meningococcus bacteria in the throat, the better," Dr Patel said. About...ercent of the population carries the meningococcal bacteria and less than one per cent of these people develop disease. The routine vaccination for one type of ...

Xylitol Fights Oral Bacteria

...ter four weeks, the proportion of caries-producing bacteria was down by a third, but six months afterward the values had returned to the original levels. Despite the relatively high dose of xylitol used, no negative effects were reported, such as stomach troubles. Products with xylitol as the sole sweeten...

How Women Attract More Bacteria Then Men

..., that office desks apparently seem to harbor more bacteria then most workplace restrooms. Shocking yet tru...metics and makeup cases are ideal environments for bacteria to breed in. Cosmetics have a tendency to absorb germs. Spongiest and brushes used to put makeup ont...

Researchers Improve Soy Processing by Boosting Protein and Sugar Yields

...sed to grow lactic acid bacteria, Khanal said. The bacteria produce nisin, a valuable natural food preservative that's also used in cosmetic and health care products such as mouthwash and toothpaste. "Our preliminary economic analysis showed that the proposed technology could generate revenue up to $230 mi...

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