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New Therapies for Kidney Diseases
...rapies. The kidneys are the organs that help our body dispose of potentially harmful waste. Diseases that affect this fundamental function are very serious but so far only poorly understood. NPHP is such a disease; it causes the kidneys to degenerate and shrink starting early on in childhood often le...Sugary Diet can Be Helpful in Shedding Off Pounds
...69 overweight women (average age 41 years; average body mass index [BMI] 32 kg/m2) were given advice on ei...s the 'control' received no advice. Measures of body fat and markers of heart disease risk (such as waist circumference and cholesterol levels) were coll...Food Colour in Sausages, Burgers Could Trigger Cancer
... The EFSA experts said Red 2G was converted in the body into a substance called aniline. Following tests on rats and mice, the researchers concluded that aniline should be considered as a carcinogen or cancer-causing. "Based on similar metabolism of aniline in animals and humans, a carcinogenic risk for...A Spoonful of Sugar can Melt Away the Pounds
...69 overweight women (average age 41 years; average body mass index [BMI] 32 kg/m2) were given advice on ei...s the 'control' received no advice. Measures of body fat and markers of heart disease risk (such as waist circumference and cholesterol levels) were coll...FDAs Gesture for Firm Manufacturing Drug for Cushings Syndrome
... have high blood sugar, high blood pressure, upper body obesity, rounded face, increased fat around the ne...ey. The normal function of cortisol is to help the body respond to stress and change. It mobilizes nutrients, modifies the body's response to inflammation, ...FDA Approve S Robotic Device to Help Stroke Patients
...he field, notes that for stroke patients, a large body of evidence now suggests that repeated practice with an impaired limb can foster plastic changes in the brain. In other words, it can help the brain forge new connections between neurons or strengthen existing ones. For patients whose strokes have da...Selenium Supplements may Increase Type 2 Diabetes Risk
...rring trace mineral present in soil and foods. The body needs selenium in minute amounts to aid in metabolism. Saverio Stranges, MD, PhD, lead author of the study, and his team reviewed a study that was designed to assess whether selenium supplements prevented skin cancer and looked at the effects the ...Spain Withdraws Contaminated Chinese Toothpaste
...s agency INEPNEXT. The European Union's executive body Tuesday said it was alerting other EU member states to the hazard. Once a formal "notification" is made by one EU country, there is a legal obligation for other EU member states to take follow-up actions on their markets. The issue became prominen...Belgian Doctor Restores Woman's Fertility With Ovary Graft
...s made infertile in 1990 by chemotherapy and total body irradiation treatment before being given a bone marrow transplant. Donnez's success was to be published in the review Human Reproduction. His team achieved a world first in 2004, by helping a woman give birth after her ovarian tissue was removed,...Folicacid Fortification Very Beneficial
...s Mason and colleagues note, there is a compelling body of scientific evidence suggesting that habitually high intakes of dietary folate are protective against colorectal cancer. Mason explains, however, that There are several reasons why we may have inadvertently created the opposite effect with folic ac...Hormone Inhibitor in Prostate Cancer Treatment
...hibits production of male hormones anywhere in the body is showing promise in early trials. Male hormones such as testosterone are produced mainly in the testes, but are also produced by the adrenal gland and elsewhere in the body. These hormones can stimulate prostate cancer cells to grow, so the first...Armani to Launch First Spa in Tokyo
...the company said . "I dream of a place where the body and the being are revitalised together in a nurturing and liberating experience," Giorgio Armani wrote in a statement. Japan is dotted by natural hot springs, making bathing a popular form of relaxation....Study Confirms No HRT Benefit for Older Women
...ished today, make an important contribution to the body of knowledge about HRT when it is initiated in older postmenopausal women. The WISDOM team identified 5,692 healthy women registered at general practices in the UK, Australia and New Zealand with an average age of 63 years and 15 years after the me...Milk and Dairy Products Protect Against metabolic Syndrome
...y foods protect against the clustering of abnormal body chemistry known as the metabolic syndrome , sugges...re out of high blood glucose, insulin, blood fats, body fat, and blood pressure defined the presence of the metabolic syndrome in the men studied. The men...Listening to MP3s During Lightning Could Be Disastrous to Your Brains
...aid though a cartilage graft from elsewhere in his body was used to patch up the eardrums, but the patient was still suffering from 50 percent hearing loss, and would require hearing aids. The fractures and burns have healed. However, the iPod was destroyed irreparably. He would require hearing aids, Ne...Cane Sugar,corn Syrup Have Similar Effects on Hunger
...ken. Because of this, the authors suggest that the body does not readily discriminate between beverages sweetened with sucrose and those sweetened with HFCS 42 or 55....U.S Shows Increased Obesity Rate
... They defined adult overweight and obesity using body mass index cutoffs of 25 and 30, respectively. Chi...ified as being in the 85th and 95th percentiles of body mass index, respectively. The key findings include: 66% of U.S. adults were overweight or obese in......ceman guarding our internal body. They protect our body from various kinds of infections caused by bacteri...to excite the immune system, it may help the human body fight infection. Previously, everyone thought that these key cells of the immune system weren't pi...Drinking More Milk may Lessen Type 2 Diabetes Risk
...ty to generate or utilize insulin, the hormone the body makes to process sugar that is impaired in those with diabetes and pre-diabetes. Beside calcium and vitamin D, milk is the primary beverage source of magnesium, which a second meta-analysis found may also decrease the risk of type 2 diabetes (2). ......y foods protect against the clustering of abnormal body chemistry known as the metabolic syndrome , sugges...re out of high blood glucose, insulin, blood fats, body fat, and blood pressure defined the presence of the metabolic syndrome in the men studied. The mens...Other Tagstermination 2reefs 2reefs 3address 2address 3address 4address 5address 6address 7address 8address 9Other Contentsmicrobemicrobemicrobemicrobematsmatsmatsmicrobialmicrobialmicrobialmicrobialmicrobialmicrobialmicrobialmicrobialmicromeremicropylemicrospore
(Date:7/25/2008)...f certain cleaning products reduces lung function,... , FRIDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) -- A clean, ...ealth, depending on what type of cleaning and air ...suggests that exposure to cleaning products or air...c compound (VOC) called 1,4 dicholorobenzene (1,4 ...
(Date:7/25/2008)... Though the number of jobs cre...utical companies reported a different kind of slow...revious months. , Seattle... jobs created in the medical field slowed in June ...rent kind of slowdown that will be music to the ea...
(Date:7/25/2008)...er McKesson Corporation Executive, Robert J. Reill...wire/ -- Aethon Inc.,( http://www.aethon.com ), th...l supply chain logistics, today announced that Rob...e President -- Chief Financial Officer., Reilly, ...nager for,McKesson Corporation,s Specialty Pharmac...
(Date:7/25/2008)... finds fluid back-up in esophagus can cause immune...lthDay News) -- The first evidence linking gastroe...n discovered by Duke University Medical Center res...itions was first noted in the 1970s, and since the...0 percent of asthma patients also experience GERD ...
Breaking Medicine News(10 mins):Health News:Health Hazards in Household Cleaners Exposed 2Health News:Health Hazards in Household Cleaners Exposed 3Health News:The MedZilla Report: June 2008 Employment Outlook for Biotech/Pharma/Health 2Health News:The MedZilla Report: June 2008 Employment Outlook for Biotech/Pharma/Health 3Health News:Aethon, Inc. Names New Chief Financial Officer 2Health News:People With GERD More Likely to Develop Asthma 2(Date:7/24/2008)...rd, CASteroids bulk up plants just as they do huma...that tell the genes to boost growth and developmen...uman and animal cells. A new study by plant biolog...molecular approach called proteomics to identify k...ding how these plant hormones activate genes could...
(Date:7/24/2008)...4, 2008 A new study by researchers from Columbia ...sses one of the most challenging issues in infant ...sion in poor countries. In these settings, HIV-in...outcome for their infants, they should exclusively...six months after birth. But according to the study...
(Date:7/24/2008)...DGE, Mass. -- Scientists at Harvard University and... genetic evolution is strongly shaped by genes, ef...duction. , Their study also suggests that the co...malformed proteins themselves, rather than the los...uild up in long-lived cells, like neurons, and cau...
(Date:7/24/2008)...rms from Novel Structure Proteins (NSP), a new fam...ro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Med...d Technology, could be involved in apoptosis or pr...r years ago by Nianli Sang, then a doctoral studen... at Thomas Jefferson University and the Cardeza Fo...
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