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Red Meat Increases Breast Cancer Risk

...e-menopausal women who have the greatest intake of fiber have cut their risk of breast cancer in half. Experts estimate that approximately 30% of all cancers in Western countries are linked to diet. Henry Scowcroft of Cancer Research UK, said women should maintain a healthy body weight, take regular ...

Biofeedback Treats One Type Of Chronic Constipation

...rengthening, and dietary advice such as increasing fiber and fluid intake. The biofeedback group received standard treatment plus six training sessions over three months in which the participants practiced pushing with a probe in the rectum and pushing out artificial stools. "We showed the biofeedback ...

MRI-safe Motor Makes Robotic Biopsies Possible

...ing the images on the MR. The motor is rigged with fiber optics, which feeds information back to the computer in real time, allowing for both guidance and readjustment. "The robot moves slowly but precisely, and our experiments show that the needle always comes within a millimeter of the target," says S...

MRI Robotic Biopsies Simplified by PneuStep

...ing the images on the MR. The motor is rigged with fiber optics, which feeds information back to the computer in real time, allowing for both guidance and readjustment. "The robot moves slowly but precisely, and our experiments show that the needle always comes within a millimeter of the target," says St...

Wholegrain Oats may Help Lower Cholesterol

...lthy diet. According to the group's web site, "The fiber found in unrefined whole-grain foods can help lower your blood cholesterol, which is important in preventing heart disease and stroke." GPL/L...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked to Nerve Damage

...itions, including carpal tunnel syndrome and small fiber neuropathy, which causes pain and lack of feeling in the feet. Those with bowel disease were also more than six times more likely to also have a disorder called sensorimotor polyneuropathy, a nerve disease that can cause weakness, pain, and numbness....

Lack of Timely Intervention Results in Needless Death Due to Stroke in US

...ted 1.9 million nerve cells and 7.5 miles of nerve fiber die each minute. Half of all strokes could be prevented if patients controlled their blood pressure, and others could be prevented by controlling other risk factors, like smoking....

Nanomedicine Gives the Way for Nerve Cell Regeneration

...ultured on unaligned nanofibers there was no nerve fiber growth onto the scaffolds. However, on aligned nan... biochemicals present on the nanofibers, the nerve fiber growth was enhanced 5 fold. In a matter of just 5 days, nerve fibers had extended 4 millimeters from...

Check Your Physiology Before You Choose A Diet

...were advised to eat the same amount of protein and fiber and to do the same amount of exercise.Out of these, half were told to follow a low-fat diet that derived 55% of calories from carbohydrates, 20% from fat and 25% from protein. This diet encouraged low-fat, whole-grain products, vegetables, fruits and...

Risk of Diabetes is Reduced by Intake of Grain Fiber and Magnesium

Higher dietary intake of fiber from grains and cereals and of magnesium may each ...tes Association guidelines include goals for total fiber intake, but research suggests that some types of fiber may be more beneficial than others. Findings ...

US Whizkids Create Eco-friendly Building Material from Mushroom

...selling "green" building supplies such as recycled fiber board and plant-based paints. The Environmental Home Center in Seattle sells an insulation made from denim scraps and another made from 100 percent recycled paper among their many green building products. After looking through about 800 patents, th...

Two MSU Professors Spearhead International Water Project

... For example, research to develop stronger hollow fiber membranes will unite the world-renowned expertise ...ry at Rice University with the knowledge of hollow fiber membrane manufacture and optimization at Frances National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse, he said...

A Centre for Glycemic Index Testing Opened in Chennai

... carbohydrates formed the bulk of calories and the fiber came from unrefined carbohydrates from whole cereals. But the milling technology, along with the need for longer shelf-life, led to the popularizing of highly refined carbohydrates such as polished cereals and finely ground flour that evoked much hig...

Breast Cancer Risk is not Reduced by a Diet Rich in Fruit and Vegetables

... adopted a diet very high in vegetables, fruit and fiber and low in fat. This group of women were compared ...ietary pattern very high in vegetables, fruit, and fiber and low in fat reduces the risks of recurrent and new primary breast cancer and all-cause death amon...

Laser to Fight Root Canal Bacteria

... credits the development of miniaturized, flexible fiber tips for allowing the laser to be used in endodontic (root canal) treatment. Dr. Ulrich Schoop and a team of researchers in the dental school at the University of Vienna used 60 extracted human teeth with one root each to test the effects of laser ...

Dental Lasers can Help Eliminate Bacteria in Root Canals

...udy credits the progress of miniaturized, flexible fiber tips for allowing the laser to be used in endodontic (root canal) treatment. Dr. Ulrich Schoop and a team of researchers in the dental school at the University of Vienna used 60 extracted human teeth with one root each to analyse the effects of las...

Traffic Control Boxes to Help Road Monitoring

...purchasing its own communication lines; ODOT-owned fiber optic cable now connects most loop detector stations inside the city limits. So the city has virtually unlimited bandwidth to capture data from the most congested areas. But ODOT doesn't own data lines outside the city proper, where burgeoning subu...

Snack Foods Fortified With Fiber

...rsity researcher is experimenting with ways to add fiber to the foods we love without changing what we lik...k into flour, ready to use for baking. "The more fiber you add, the more the dough quality deteriorates," Alavi said. "We're hoping this process will incre...

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