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Benefits Of The Worlds Most Widely Used Beverage

...nile diabetes is a different disease caused by the destruction of key pancreatic cells. In a recent study of 14,600 people, it was found that women who downed 10 or more cups a day had nearly an 80 percent lowered risk, while men who drank the same cut their risk by 55 percent. Harvard researchers said a loo...

Islet Cells May Lead to Diabetes CureChildren

...veloping the disease could be rescued from further destruction of their insulin-producing cells. In addition, patients with fully established diabetes possibly could have their diabetes reversed.” Type 1 diabetes happens when the body’s immune cells mistakenly attack the insulin producing islet cells of the pa...

Islets May Lead to Diabetes Cure

...veloping the disease could be rescued from further destruction of their insulin-producing cells. In addition, patients with fully established diabetes possibly could have their diabetes reversed."Type 1 diabetes happens when the body’s immune cells mistakenly attack the insulin producing islet cells of the pancr...

Adult stem cells in treatment for Multiple sclerosis (MS)

...ject to research on ESCs because this involves the destruction of embryos aged up to 14 days. These groups argue that adult stem cells are just as promising for medical research....

Green tea beneficial in preventing osteoarthritis

...as shown that EGCG in green tea protects cartilage destruction in test-tube models of cartilage loss that mimic what happens in the arthritic joint. Also, earlier studies have shown that EGCG reduces joint swelling and pain. The new discovery needs further testing on human volunteers. However, Sheffield Univers...

A way to slow the progression of Type 1 Diabetes

...o the beta cell, which is the target of autoimmune destruction in type 1 diabetes. This was in effect achieved, because the clinical effect we saw persisted long after patients had finished treatment with the anti-CD3 antibody....

Clotting Protein plays a role in nerve repair

... science level.// In multiple sclerosis, the slow destruction of myelin--the thin, protective coating that insulates nerve fibers in the brain and spine can lead to numbness, muscle weakness and stiffness, impaired vision and coordination problems. In nerves outside the brain or spinal cord, loss of myelin can ...

Researchers trick Alzheimer's Enzyme

...," to make a molecule that blocks neurotransmitter destruction caused by the brain enzyme acetylcholinesterase. The destructive enzyme catalyzes the so-called "click reaction" that creates its own worst enemy -- its most potent inhibitor. "Think of this as a Trojan Horse approach for battling disease, but this ...

Toxin connected to 'Flesh-eating' Pneumonia in Kids

... 30 cases of pneumonia marked by widespread tissue destruction in the respiratory tract. According to new study.....with a poor prognosis." Because of the extensive destruction it causes in the lungs and other tissue, they have dubbed the illness S. aureus necrotizing (death o...

Diabetics prone to periodontitis

...tics, Dr. Guthmiller said. "This self-perpetuating destruction could potentially further complicate diabetic control and pregnancy outcome in diabetic subjects." Past studies have tied periodontal disease to increased risk of preterm, low birth weight babies among other complications. "Our hope is that periodon...

Genes for lung disease

...sing shortness of breath. It's linked with gradual destruction of lung tissue and smoking is a major cause of the problem.// However, not all smokers go on to develop COPD. Researchers at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine have been investigating the genetic basis of COPD. They have looked a...

Heart disease threat starts early in life for Diabetics

Diabetes mellitus type I, is due to autoimmune destruction of the pancreatic islet cells that produce insulin. Result of this the body no longer produces insulin and and there is a raise in the blood sugar levels. Individuals with this type I Diabetes develop are at a higher risk to develop heart disease eve...

TB coupled with AIDS soars in Africa

...up by 10% in 2 years and there are no signs of the destruction slowing down. Health experts argue that the two diseases need to be treated together and the major stumbling block is the high cost of drugs used to treat tuberculosis. The classical symptoms are gradual loss of weight, evening rise of body temperat...

Vaccine for Alzheimer’s diseas

...he mouse models don’t seem to show the same neural destruction suffered by human patients. But it is certainly encouraging and one can hope that some kind of human application willfollow....

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