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Grape fruit seed extracts can heal stomach ulcers

...emically induced with stomach ulcers and different concentration of the seed fruit extract was given to measure its...r giving the extracts, the rats produced decreased concentration of gastric secretion. The gastric secretion reduced by 50% and the progressive decrease in ulcer was...

Eating disorder occurs due to increased weight consciousness

...oblem with their physical fitness and have reduced concentration at work place. Though, the treatment options for treating completely anorexia can take a long time, it can be effectively treated with the help of a psychiatrist. Anti-depressant drugs can be used to regulate eating habits. Medindia on Anorexi...

Vitamin C – Supplementation A Boon For Asthmatics

...igher intake of fat and a higher blood cholesterol concentration compared with the other subjects. In addition, lung function was better in subjects with high blood vitamin C and low blood cholesterol concentrations. The study suggests that patients with severe asthma may benefit from an adequate intake of antio...

Disease chromosomes identified

...hromosomes which are believed to carry the highest concentration of disease genes.Out of 23 pairs of human chromosomes, 3 are believed to be associated with genetic disease. Over the next 20 years the research at the Wellcome Trust's Sanger Centre, near Cambridge, eastern England will have a large impact on trea...

DNA and clones

...igh failure rate of cloning and gene therapy - the concentration of genes at the core of the nucleus.The discovery, announced at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, shows that DNA has an internal structure that scientists were previously unaware existed. It ...

Fat Cell Protein Hits Type-2 Diabetes

.... The question was that iIf we simply doubled the concentration of this adipose-derived hormone and then carefully measure the hepatic glucose production -- or action of insulin on the liver-- are we generating a significant effect?' The answer we found was a clear-cut'Yes, according to Roseveltte. What's really...

Blood Test May help Heart Prediction

...mpany Astra Zeneca, researchers measured the blood concentration of the apolipoproteins as well as the traditional triglycerides, total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol in 150,522 Swedish people and followed them for five and a half years, on average. By the end of the study, 800 men and 300 women had died of a he...

Disease chromosomes identified

...hromosomes which are believed to carry the highest concentration of disease genes.Out of 23 pairs of human chromosomes, 3 are believed to be associated with genetic disease.Over the next 20 years the research at the Wellcome Trust's Sanger Centre, near Cambridge, eastern England will have a large impact on treatin...

Arsenic in drinking water

...rsenic in drinking-water increases as the targeted concentration lowers. It varies with the arsenic concentration in the source water, the chemical matrix of the water including interfering solutes, availability of...

WHO Steps Up To Create A Public Awareness About The Consequences Of Exposure To Radon

...ir. Radon gas in the air is present worldwide, its concentration depending on the highly variable uranium content o...t studies have shown that, when exposed to a radon concentration of 100 Bq (Becquerels)/m3, a non-smoker’s risk of lung cancer by age 75 years increases by 1 in a 10...

Quitting Smoking Made Easy By Track Of New Chemical

...s where smokers need to pay attention: lower blood concentration in smokers' lungs, as evidenced by their holding onto the enzyme-binding tracer, could be a possible factor behind why you eventually need to smoke more to get the same effect. This new finding could be the basis of better treatments to quit smokin...

East Or West Yoga Is The Best

...ut most of these do not really lead to the path of concentration and meditation, the real essence of classical yoga," he says. Professor Ingo Froboese, head of the Cologne Sport University's centre of health, says Asian body arts can help in relaxation, strengthen muscle system and improve the heart and circulat...

Cured Alcoholics Can Be Cured Of Smoking Also

...erum cotinine (a meta-bolic byproduct of nicotine) concentration in smokers with sustained remission from alcohol dependence (greater than 12 months with no relapse for drug or alcohol abuse) to determine the nicotine patch dosages. Investigators hoped to show that maintaining a more consistent level of serum coti...

Blood Test To Detect Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease/Mad Cow Disease

... from entering the human food chain, but the prion concentration in blood is too small for it to be detected. So, the researchers have taken a different approach of using a biochemical techniques to amplify the quantity of prions in diseased blood millions of times, making them easier to detect. Scientists believe...

Junior Doctors Working Long Hours May Perform Poorly

...ated with a .04 to .05 grams percent blood alcohol concentration during a light call rotation. Compared with light call, heavy call reaction times were 7 percent slower and lane variability and speed variability during the simulated driving test were 27 percent and 71 percent greater, respectively. Speed variabili...

Is your house safe enough to protect against asthma attacks?

...tained detectable levels of endotoxin. The average concentration of endotoxin ranged from 80.5 units per milligram ...ons of 63.9 units per milligram of dust; sofas had concentration levels at 44.8; and 35.3 units on bedroom floors. "Interestingly, endotoxin exposure worsens asthm...

Adding Sorghum Compounds To Dietary Supplements May Help Lower Cholesterol

...a period of four weeks, plasma non-HDL cholesterol concentration was found to be lowered by 69 per cent in hamsters... compared with controls. Liver cholesteryl ester concentration was also significantly reduced in hamsters fed the supplement , however there was no alteration seen...

Green Beans for Cancer Prevention and Treatment.

...itol pentakisphosphate chemically so that required concentration can be had by the humans for cancer prevention and treatment, as chemical stability of the compounds are very fragile and can be toxic, so an effective chemical compound of Inositol has to be developed which blocks the enzyme effectively. Dr Falasc...

Molecule Behind Multiple Sclerosis Discovered

...d depression. IL-6 has been implicated in mood and concentration disorders. Source: Newswise...

Optical Imaging Added To Ultrasound To Improve Imaging Of Breast Cancer

...ectrum, the researchers were able to calculate the concentration of oxygen-carrying blood cells--or hemoglobin--and...ve cancers have a two-fold higher total hemoglobin concentration compared with benign lesions, the findings which demonstrate that the technique has great potential ...

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