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Ginseng aids Diabetes

...omponent in ginseng from the berry of the plant to determine if mice had a positive effect on diabetic symptoms. Mice that were genetically engineered to have type 2 diabetes received injections of the substance daily for 10 days. They were then compared to mice that didn't receive the injections. Researchers...

Increase in renal problems

...er’s disease. “However, more studies are needed to determine if this could be useful in humans,” he said. The researchers are hopeful that antioxidants might be used in the future to treat, or even to prevent, cognitive dysfunction. An estimated 100,000 people in the UK suffer from some form of kidney disease...

Role of Diet in Oral Cancer

...king and alcohol consumption. The objective was to determine if any particular aspect of the Greek diet could explain the low incidence of mouth cancer in the population. Researchers recruited more than 80 patients with newly diagnosed mouth cancer and an equal number of control subjects matched for age and g...

Effect of Osteosarcoma predicted by scans

...of Germany have used a technique called FDG-PET to determine prognosis in osteosarcoma. In PET (positron emission tomography), a radioactive, biologically chemical is used as a tracer to show the activity of a part of the body in 'real time'. This study showed how a form of glucose - FDG (fluorodeoxyglucose) -...

Ultrasound test may detect heart condition early

...are involved. Therefore, another way was needed to determine if the disorder is present. According to Solomon, Doppler tissue imaging "allows us to look at something we haven't really been able to evaluate before--the relaxing ability of the heart. They found that patients with HCM, regardless of whether hype...

What makes young girls smoke

.... Researchers used annual, in-depth interviews to determine factors early in life that increased the risk of later smoking. In addition to weight concerns, factors identified include stress, a parent with a high school education or less, being from a one-parent household, drinking alcohol, poor academic perfo...

Heart patients should play Golf

...ems. The men underwent a graded exercise test to determine their exercise capacity. Then they played nine holes, pulling their own golf cart and wearing portable devices to assess their oxygen uptake. On average, those with heart disease worked at 57 per cent of the capacity, while healthy men worked at only...

A closer look at Vitamins

...School of Medicine in Florida conducted a study to determine if vitamin E, vitamin C or a multivitamin could de...ongoing large clinical trials will be necessary to determine if these benefits exist....

Heart attack risk starts at 20

...heart disease within 10 years. This can be used to determine who would be a candidate for aspirin or cholesterol-lowering drugs, Pearson said. The guidelines recommend low-dose aspirin for those with an increased risk for heart disease. Aspirin can cause bleeding in the intestines and stomach and increase the...

New therapy for PMS

...ylvania Medical Center in Philadelphia, set out to determine whether half-cycle dosing PMS patients would work. Half-cycling means the medication is started 14 days prior to the start of menstruation. Previous research shows half-cycling is effective when treating premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), a seve...

Gene researchers make Malaria-resistant mosquito

..." to the treatment. Much work needs to be done to determine if such an approach could work, according to an editorial by Gareth Lycett and Fotis Kafatos, of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany. Lycett and Kafatos note that the researchers studied a type of parasite that causes mal...

Breastfeeding may decrease Breast Cancer Risk

...ncer. Researchers say the goal of the study was to determine if breastfeeding protects against breast cancer in the same way childbearing is known to do. Results of the study show an overwhelming association between smaller family size and reduced breastfeeding and an increased incidence of breast cancer. On ...

Mental illness a key factor in suicide

...y a major role. Researchers in Denmark set out to determine the risk of suicide in young people based on family and individual psychiatric and socioeconomic factors. They identified 500 cases of suicide that took place from 1980 to 1995 in people between ages 11 and 22 years. Each case was matched to a random...

Outcome of common medications

...beliefs. In a new study, the researchers worked to determine the true side effects of beta-blockers. Doctors reviewed files of 35,000 patients in 15 clinical trials. They found no increased risk in depression but say there was a very small increase in fatigue and sexual dysfunction. The researchers conclude t...

An effective drug for lung cancer

...n the United Kingdom conducted a clinical trial to determine if the anticancer drug combination of pemetrexed and carboplatin was safe in patients with Mesothelioma. Twenty-seven patients were treated with five different doses of the drugs. The study found that not only was the drug safe, but about one-third ...

Oral memory indicates future Alzheimer's patients

...stigations on 1,000 Alzheimer's patients to try to determine the best methods of early diagnosis. They find that those who performed poorly on a test called the California Verbal Learning Test were most at risk. This involves testing verbal memory. The learning test was a stronger predictor of future Alzheim...

Almonds Improve Cholesterol

...ies. Researchers from Canada, conducted a study to determine if almonds can reduce heart disease risk by lowering cholesterol. The Almond Board of California and the Canadian government funded the study. 30 patients took part in the study who had high cholesterol. Participants each went on three different die...

Stretching does not rule out soreness after exercise

... injury or soreness. Further research is needed to determine what would be more beneficial. Meanwhile, the findings suggest that much of what we think we know about sport and exercise may not be on a firm scientific foundation. Researchers felt that, in future aspects of physical activity will probably change ...

Vitamin E supports Female Hearts

...vitamin levels. Ultrasound exams were conducted to determine plaque levels in key arteries, and results showed 60 percent had some evidence of plaque build up. The remaining 30 percent showed no evidence of plaque. The ultrasound results were then compared with the food frequency questionnaires and the blood ...

Ideal therapy for warts

...viewed studies available on warts in an attempt to determine which treatments were most advantageous. Their analysis, however, showed many of the studies contained poor methodology and reporting, making answers hard to determine. The best evidence in the collective studies pointed to salicylic acid, which has...

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