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Quit coffee and help your heart

..., another drank between 1 and 3 cups of coffee per day and the third group drank more than 4 cups of coffee each day.The study period lasted for 8 weeks and each participant gave blood samples at the beginning of the study, after 4 weeks and at the end of the study period. After 8 weeks, participants wh...

Arterial stiffness prevented by light drinking

People who have one or two drinks a day have more flexible arteries than non-drinkers and heavy drinkers. Researchers at the National Institute on Ageing Gerontology have found another of those U-shaped relationships for alcohol consumption and health. In the U-shaped relationship, light t...

Acne may protect against infections

... incidence of certain cancers starts to rise. "One day we may all be popping pills of P. acnes in a bid to stay healthy."...

Beer does good

Scientists say one drink of beer a day will help people's sight by preventing cataracts. Beer, particularly ales and stouts, contain high levels of antioxidant chemicals, believed to cut the risk of heart disease. Scientists in Canada carried out tests on rat lenses and found antioxidants...

Drink alcohol for intelligence

... drank less than 540 millilitres of sake or wine a day had an IQ 3.3 points higher than men who did not drink at all. Women drinkers scored 2.5 points higher than teetotallers. Senior researcher Hiroshi Shimokata told New Scientist magazine said: "It's very difficult to show a cause-effect relationship...

FDA Approves Birth Control Skin Patch

...before being replaced with a new patch on the same day of the week. The regimen should be followed for 3 weeks, with no patch being applied in the fourth week. The treatment-free week allows a woman to have her period. Dangers associated with its use are similar to those of taking birth control pills, ...

Deprived sleep leads to ageing

.... The investigators took measurements during the day of glucose tolerance, cortisol concentrations (a hormone that helps to regulate blood sugar concentrations), heart rate, sleepiness, and the impact on the production of various hormones. Following the period of sleep deprivation, the researchers foun...

Erythromycin and infants’ intestinal disorde

...orns were given erthromycin by mouth in a 10-to-14 day course, usually because of maternal chlamydia at the time of delivery. Erythromucin has had a long history as a useful, safe, and generally well-tolerated drug, the researchers reported. However, as a result of their study they say that the antibioti...

Too much coffee is too bad

...ingestion-less than 16 ounces of brewed coffee per day or 32 ounces of brewed tea-is not associated with increased bone loss.Until it is practical to determine each person’s VDR genotype, physicians should recommend both adequate dietary calcium and moderate caffeine comsumption for their elderly patient...

Safe for people with asthma

...both injections, in a different pattern.// Every day for two weeks after each injection, the patients were monitored for peak expiratory flow, asthma symptoms and time off school or work, all as a measure of asthma exacerbation. There was no significant difference - 20 per cent had exacerbations after ...

Frequent meals can reduce cholesterol

... the day, while some people stick to three meals a day and no snacking between times. If these people eat... They found that those who ate six or more times a day had cholesterol levels about five per cent lower than those who just ate once or twice a day - even ...

High-protein diets may pose health risks

...y, which is one fifth of the minimum 100 grams per day that are necessary to prevent loss of muscle tissue....

Eating More Often May Help Lower Cholesterol

...and older adults who ate frequently throughout the day had lower "bad" LDL cholesterol levels compared with those who tended to down one or two large meals per day. This was despite the fact that the frequent eaters, on average, had a higher calorie and fat intake. The researchers looked at data on m...

Constipation can be a cause

...s defined as having less than one bowel movement a day - approximately 5% of the population are thought to be affected to this degree. Men who were constipated were 2.7 times more likely to develop Parkinson's as men who had an average of one bowel movement per day. The researchers took into account di...

Cut down on fries

A research suggests, that starting the day with a heavy breakfast and a steaming cup of tea m... to reduce the incidence of cancer is to begin the day with a light breakfast such as cereal or fruit. Cancer of the oesophagus - the food pipe connectin...

Early delivery can prevent cancer

... women. The research raises the possibility of one day developing a pill that could protect against breast cancer. In experiments, rats and mice given doses of natural hormones that mimic pregnancy were protected against breast cancer. When the animals were injected with a known carcinogen, they did no...

Night borns' risk

...rst risk period started from the end of the normal day shift and extended to the midnight shift. The second one, around 9am, was immediately after day shift staff were taking over responsibilities....

FDA attacks American Red Cross for blood violations

...t to grant it the power to levy fines of $10,000 a day as well as for each future safety violation inspectors discover....

Cinnamon combats Diabetes

...commend people take a quarter to a full teaspoon a day of cinnamon, perhaps in orange juice, coffee, or on oatmeal." Other researchers have found that the spice appears effective against the E.coli bacterium, which can cause food poisoning....

Miraculous Salads

...eriments on rats.// They said that 1g of onion a day can help prevent the process that causes the condition - resorption, where calcium seeps from the bones making them brittle. And 500mg mixed with garlic, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and parsley had a similar result. On a diet of onions the rats deve...

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