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Dark Chocolate Possible Medicine for Blood Pressure

...t eating a small amount of dark chocolate each day could lower blood pressure and cut the risk of stroke. D...n your calorie calculations, and packing on pounds could raise blood pressure. So portion control is necessary to help you have your dark chocolate and reap ...

Gene Variation Increases the Risk of Lung Cancer

...damage. However, prolonged or intense inflammation could lead to conditions within the lung environment tha...factor in many cancers, including lung cancer, and could provide an explanation how damage to lung tissue leads to cancer, Engels said. Knowing more about th...

Patients Find Healthy Vein in Old Austrian Mine

...o the mine over a four-week period, a course which could cost up to 600 euros (800 dollars). Patients come from all over for the treatment, Rieser added, remembering "one 81-year-old woman who came all the way from Australia."...

Epilepsy Increases Suicide Risks

...per medication, more than 70 percent of epileptics could be seizure-free, instead of the current 52 percent, Burns said. Michael R. Sperling, M.D., professor of neurology and director of the Jefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy Center in Philadelphia, said the Danish study was "frankly confirmatory of an ext...

Variation in Genes Related to Inflammation Increase Lung Cancer Risk

...on. Over time, the constant damage of inflammation could lead to genetic damage and cancer. Inflammation ...damage. However, prolonged or intense inflammation could lead to conditions within the lung environment that foster cancer, Engels said. The findings of th...

Anchoring Lives Aboard Warship: Nimitz

... themselves with rashes, bumps, and abscesses that could have been prevented with simple hygiene measures, ...oenteritis, but on deployment, preventive measures could save soldiers lot of trouble, he said. hore, but it can save you a lot of trouble here on deployment...

People With Higher IQs are More Patient in Financial Matters

...gave the test subjects 100 euros. The participants could put this amount straight into their pockets. However, they could also invest it for a year at a guaranteed fixed rate of interest. In this way the 100 euros would be...

Furore Over Spa Planned on Active Philippines Volcano

...elo Reyes said in a statement. Company spokesmen could not be reached for comment. Jung Ang bought a six-hectare (15-acre) area in Talisay town around Taal's crater rim that forms part of a 60,000-hectare (148,200-acre) protected area of the volcano. It won the backing of the Talisay municipal counci...

New Diagnostic Test for Mad Cow Disease Developed

...is unlikely to produce a rapid screening test that could be implemented in blood donation centres, it may well be suitable as a confirmatory test that could be conducted at a national centre," the Scotsman quoted Professor James Ironside of the National CJD...

New Antidotes may Harbour Treatments for Deadliest Poisons

...screened 14,400 small molecules for compounds that could halt this journey without disrupting normal cell function. According to New Scientist magazine, the researchers' work led to the identification of two molecules that may offer treatments for these toxins....

Common Environmental Chemicals Hamper Ovary Development in Foetus

...number of protein abnormalities. These differences could have implications for problems such as cancer in later life," Fowler said. The findings of the study were presented at 23rd annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology....

For Bangladeshis, a Nutritious Diet Would Cost 1,700 Pounds Per Week

...e to cast it in terms with which British consumers could identify. "What's new here is that for the first...of the poorest families in the village under study could not afford the lowest nutritional diet, put together from local foodstuffs like rice and lentils. ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Blamed for Backtracking in the Fight Against Carbon Emission

...any as a key appointee on climate change policies, could hamper California's efforts to implement its landmark Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) and other tough air pollution controls, legislative leaders and some observers said. Witherspoon also accused Democratic legislative leaders of being so focu...

Cat Exposure Increases Bronchial Responsiveness

...current research, it appears that many individuals could benefit from reduced cat ownership and exposure, s...e firm recommendations are made. The researchers could not rule out the possibility that cat allergen exposure or cat ownership could be a proxy for exposu...

New York, the City That Roars 24/7, is Forced to Quiet Down

...f they don't deliver, fines of up to 8,000 dollars could be imposed. New Yorkers whose cars are tricked out with impressive sound systems meant to rock passersby to their bones can be slapped with fines from 100-350 dollars if their reggaeton favorites, for example, can be heard at fewer than 6.5 meters ...

Influenza Virus Samples of 1918

...cientists exhumed her body in the late 1990s, they could recover enough viral RNA to sequence the 1918 strain in its entirety. This remarkable good fortune enabled these scientists to open a window onto a past pandemic--and perhaps gain a foothold for preventing a future one. Discovery and characterizati...

Insight Into Neural Stem Cells Has Implications For Designing Therapies

...ficantly shifts the perspective on how these cells could be used to develop cell-based brain therapies. T...s -- thought, feeling and movement. If scientists could figure out how to create specific types of new neurons, they potentially could use them to replace d...

France Steps Up Vigilance After Bird Flu Outbreak

...s ready to deal with a mutation of the virus" that could attack humans, said Bachelot on French television. Tests on the three swans found dead last week in northeast France confirmed the presence of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the agriculture ministry said in a statement. Agriculture Minister Michel ...

Pre-packed Sandwiches Saltier Than Crisps

...rsion may take us over the daily limit of salt and could affect our long-term health.' The British Sandwi...gs, such as a packet of crisps or biscuits then it could push over the required limit. CASH claims that if the nation reduced its average salt intake to t...

Diabetic Skip Jabs to Stay Slim

...woman had fallen into a coma but I still thought I could control it. I started lowering the dose I gave myself so I could eat less carbohydrates, but when you stop taking the insulin its like bulimia the food just goes th...

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