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Myth of 'female impotence' created to boost sales

...meetings are defining a new category of illness to boost the sales of these companies. Doctors caution that the danger in creating such a myth is that it is likely to encourage doctors to prescribe drugs to change sexual function when attention should be paid to other aspects of a woman's life such as stre...

Caffeine is not the only culprit in coffee!

...n the coffee. Caffeinated coffee has been found to boost blood levels of homocysteine, a protein component associated with an increase risk of heart disease. However, a new study by Dutch researchers that was published in// the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition claims that caffeine might not be the on...

Bioengineering production strains - Microbia develops new methods

...ty, they will be able to selectively alter them to boost yields and improve other production parameters. The Nature Biotechnology authors constructed genomic fragment microarrays for Aspergillus terreus and then utilized these arrays for transcriptional profiling of strains engineered to produce varying l...

Immune function could benefit from exercise

...e elderly in protecting their bones, it also helps boost the immune function, thus reducing the risk of Upper Respiratory Infections(URI). URIs, which could be caused by virus, bacteria// or other organisms, are the most common reason for absence from school or work, and a frequent problem in the ambulator...

Less sleep:more risk for heart attack in women

...age differences. Women who sleep six hours a night boost their heart attack risk by 30 percent. However, it was also indicated that those women who slept nine or more hours a night increased their heart disease risk by 57 percent. Dr. Najib T. Ayas, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of ...

Resistant tumors could be treated with the discovery of a new molecule within cancer cells

...that new drugs which inactivate the molecule could boost the response of cancer cells to treatment....

Herbal supplement ephedra posing threat to people's health

...pplement ephedra, often used for weight loss or to boost energy, is posing a threat to people's health and experts are calling for authorities to ban or restrict access to the supplement. The study used data gathered by the American Association of Poison Control Centers. Researchers claim that out of the t...

Changes in cabin pressure pose risks for moms-to-be

... in barometric pressure that precede a storm could boost conception rates, no research has proved any such link. Air pressure changes during air travel, however, have concerned doctors enough to issue warnings against women //flying in late stages of pregnancy. According to the American College of Obstetri...

Anthrax hammers immune system

...dy shows. The results suggest medical treatment to boost the immune system at the earliest stages of infection could counteract the toxin that anthrax produces in its initial attack. Antibiotics, like Cipro, could be used in concert to kill the bacteria themselves. The federally supported study began ...

Sunshine Reduces MS Risk

Catching some rays has been shown to boost vitamin D levels and now researchers say it may also reduce the risk of disease. Higher sun exposure during childhood and early adolescence is associated with a reduced risk of multiple sclerosis, according to the study. Australian investigators cond...

New Help for Head and Neck Cancer

... zinc sulfate and other substances thought to help boost the immune system. Patients received the Multikine injections for 10 days. Two patients had a complete regression of their cancer, and another two had a partial regression. Laboratory studies of the tumors showed positive effects from the treatment....

Extra hormone found to cut appetite by a third

...ment for obesity: A high-fiber diet is believed to boost the body's production of PYY. The PYY hormone, one of a number of hormones that stimulate or suppress hunger, is released by the gut as you eat. It tells the part of the brain that controls appetite when you are full.Dr. Rudolph L. Leibel, an obesit...

Breast cancer ignorance revealed

..., commissioned by charity Breast Cancer Care, will boost women's knowledge about the disease. The charity's chief executive Christine Fogg said: "It is crucial that all women - and especially women over 50 - understand that the strongest risk factor for breast cancer is age, and that 80% of breast cancer...

Ginseng Associated with Pregnancy Risks

...ment thought to have anti-cancer properties and to boost stamina, improve physical and mental abilities, and help people cope with stress.Previous studies suggest it is regularly used by pregnant women, particularly in Asian countries. // Studies done, found up to 10 percent of women had taken the supple...

Black tea said to lower cholesterol

...enefits are among several factors that have helped boost tea consumption in the last decade. Consumers also have been flooded with newer shapes, sizes and flavors that have made their way beyond traditional supermarkets and into drug and convenience stores. Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agricultu...

Common Cold Found to Fight Cancer

...ould grow in cancerous cells. However, they had to boost the activity of another gene to ensure that the virus would not grow in non-cancerous cells. Specialists say, “When the virus infects cells, it takes the altered genes with it, and those genes attack cancer cells while leaving normal cells intact.” ...

Human Growth Hormone Found To be Dangerous For Human Use

...doctors have prescribed daily injections of HGH to boost levels in patients whose levels are “too low.” However, no studies prove using the hormone can actually “undo” what aging does. Specialists say there are benefits of boosting low human growth hormone levels in older people. They include increased m...

Wrestling found To Be Good for the Immune System

...olved in wrestling early, and it may significantly boost his immune system.// A new study reveals the levels of all groups of white blood cells rose significantly, particularly natural killer cells, in boys ages 14 to 18 after a one-and-a-half hour session of wrestling practice. Investigators also tested...

Fish Found To Improve Fetal Growth

... study. Researchers say a diet rich in fish // may boost the fetal growth rate during pregnancy. They found the more fish a woman ate, the less likely she was to deliver a low birth weight baby. Researchers say that low birth weight normally occurs in one in 10 pregnancies. In women who ate no fish, that...

Common Cold Found to Fight Cancer Cells

...ould grow in cancerous cells. However, they had to boost the activity of another gene to ensure that the virus would not grow in non-cancerous cells. Specialists say, “When the virus infects cells, it takes the altered genes with it, and those genes attack cancer cells while leaving normal cells intact.” ...

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