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Reducing Disabilities By Following A Healthy Diet

...ability , calcium and vitamin D in dairy foods may decrease the risk of disability associated with osteoporosi...ch could slow disability associated with aging and decrease the risk of chronic diseases that can lead to disability....

Improving The Survival Of Lung Cancer Patients By Blocking The Effects Of Estrogen

...fective at shrinking the tumors, with a 59-percent decrease in tumor volume compared to a 49-percent decrease using gefitinib alone and a 32-percent decrease using fulvestrant alone. In another study done res...

Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 Effective In Reducing The Risk Of Hip Fracture After Stroke

...nts taking folate and B12 experienced a 38-percent decrease in their plasma homocysteine levels whereas participants in the control group had their levels increase by 31 percent. In conclusion researchers say treatment with folate and vitamin B12 was effective in reducing the risk of post-stroke fractures....

Drug Keeps The Weight Off

...rams of rimonabant a day resulted in a significant decrease in body weight and waist circumference -- a marker of cardiovascularly dangerous visceral fat. It also improved HDL (good) cholesterol, triglycerides, and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in overweight/obese patients. The drug also exhibited s...

Yogurt To Control Obesity

...in a coordinated increase in lipid utilization and decrease in lipogenesis. The study took recordings of two groups of obese subjects, one group was put on balanced deficit diets and the other was put on yogurt treatment. Dietary macronutrients and fiber were held constant for both the groups. Records were...

Baking Soda Treatment for Life-Threatening Asthma

...o were treated with sodium bicarbonate there was a decrease in blood carbon dioxide levels accompanied by a reduction in their blood acidity. All but one of the patients showed an improvement in respiratory distress as well. However additional studies have to conducted before sodium bicarbonate can be used to...

Stretching May Not Decrease Risk Of Injury In Power Sports

...ercises before any form // of power sports may not decrease the risk of injury, as thought so till date. Since early 1980s doing stretching exercises before sports is considered to prevent injuries and improve athletic abilities. Researchers had decided to conduct a study to see if stretching did at all do t...

Peppermint or cinnamon smell can make drivers more alert

...ermint remained the more effective one, as it will decrease fatigue and frustration while driving, more than cinnamon, both of them seem to be equally effective in decreasing feelings of frustration and boredom and increasing alertness. The study was presented at the Association for Chemical Reception Scienc...

Meditation may reduce stress and help you live longer

...ons, those who had learnt to meditate showed a 23% decrease in the mortality rate, for causes such as cardiovascular disease or cancer. He results suggest that specific stress decreasing interventions like certain forms of meditation can be used to prevent and control high blood pressure, rate of deaths due t...

Low glycemic diet effective for reducing cardiovascular risk

...ydrates and fat. The results of the study showed decrease in body weight significantly after being on the former diet for six months. There was also a decline in plasma triacylglycerols in the first type of diet than the conventional low fat, low carbohydrate diet. The research shows that food with low glyc...

Birth weight and adult body weight increases heart disease

... kg increase in birth weight, there were about 23% decrease in risk of coronary heart disease and 11% decrease in risk of stroke. Ischemic stroke is also inversely related to birth weight. Women who have a high...

Extracts of grapefruit heals stomach ulcers

...duction of gastric acid secretion and a continuous decrease in the gastric ulcers in about a week of treatment. The treatment also increased the amount of blood flow to the site of the gastric ulcers. Researchers are of the opinion that the combined effect of grapefruit seed extracts, COX-1 and COX-2 activiti...

Mothers diet in pregnancy and after can prevent daughter’s breast cancer

...aternal diets that are high in omega-3 fatty acids decrease the maternal estrogen levels. This in turn affects the increase in immunity that leads to less risk of breast cancer in daughters’....

More soy benefits on blood glucose levels, and cholesterol

...s one percent drop in cholesterol levels can cause decrease in double the amount of risk for cardiovascular disease. The new study by the researches of University of Kentucky says that soy may be used as healthy snack for children to control childhood obesity. Soy intake in the participants of the study not ...

Trans fatty acids increase the risk of gallstone disease.

... increase LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol)and decrease HDL cholesterol (the good cholesterol)thereby increasing the risk of heart disease. A prospective study published in the May issue of theArchives of Internal Medicine has shown that higherconsumption of trans fatty acids increased the risk ofgallst...

Trans fatty acids increase the risk of gallstone disease

...increase LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) and decrease HDL cholesterol (the good cholesterol)thereby increasing the risk of heart disease. A prospective study published in the May issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine has shown that higher consumption of trans fatty acids increased the risk ofgalls...

Frailty in Older Women may be due to Chronic Infection

...o become frail and what potential treatments could decrease risk of poor outcomes in those who are frail, particularly with the aging population.” About the Authors: Dr. Heidi N. Schmaltz Clinical Assistant Professor University of Calgary, Canada heidi.schmaltz@calgaryhealthregion.ca. Linda P. Fried, MD, ...

Vitamin D Supplement in Teenage Girls essential in Winter months

...irls who took supplements during the winter had no decrease in vitamin D status during this time and actually ...ants who received 10 micrograms/day, no wintertime decrease in vitamin D status was found . Interestingly they found that the bone mineral accumulation in the f...

Vitamin D Supplement in Teenage Girls essential in Winter months

...irls who took supplements during the winter had no decrease in vitamin D status during this time and actually ...ants who received 10 micrograms/day, no wintertime decrease in vitamin D status was found . Interestingly they found that the bone mineral accumulation in the f...

Sleep Not Critical For Early Brain Development Of Baby Dolphins

...died sleep and rest after birth and only gradually decrease their sleep requirements as they grow. "Somehow, these seafaring mammals have found a way to cope with sleep deprivation, facilitating rather than hindering a crucial phase of development for their offspring," said Dr. Jerome Siegel, a neuroscientist...

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