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Flaxseed fights cancer risk

...x plant has been used for thousands of years - the fibres to make linen and the ground seeds in bread and cereal.The seeds are rich in lignans, which resemble the female hormone oestrogen.// High levels of oestrogen are linked to breast cancer and lignans may lower levels by blocking oestrogen synthesis. ...

New snoring cure

...his is done in an area of the palate with few pain fibres so it doesn't hurt like the more standard treatment. And radiofrequency treatment works well - most patients in the trials experienced a significant decrease in snoring, which was maintained for several months following the surgery....

Protein can change worn muscle fibres

A protein can change easily worn muscle fibres into energy-producing muscle fibres – mocking the effect of exercise. Recently, researchers at Harvard Medical School discovered a prote...

Researchers developed world’s smallest toothbrus

...bristles are usually made of animal hairs, polymer fibres and metal wires. Thesehave problems of corroding, wekening and melting. But the new toothbrush will have no such problems. This unique feature will probably give them an advantage to be motorised as well. The researchers who had designed the brushes...

Re –growing Brain cells destroyed by Parkinson’s disease

...as now been shown to stimulate growth of the nerve fibres damaged by the disease. When delivered directly t... examination of his brain also revealed that nerve fibres in the putamen had “sprouted” – specifically in the substantia nigra region where the cells that pro...

Fibre Rich Food A Boon For Lowering Cholesterol

...aims that individuals should consume diets rich in fibres and reduce the risks of heart diseases. Patients w...aims that individuals should consume diets rich in fibres and reduce the risks of heart diseases. Patients with high cholesterol levels can also benefit from ...

Slowing Down The Progression Of Alzheimer’s Disease

...eptide Abeta (1-40) in vitro, dissolving the dense fibres that form in the brain over time. Researchers believe that this data provides the molecular basis for explaining the beneficial effect of Colostrinin in patients with mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease. Researchers at ReGen say that their company ...

Psychological Stress Delays Wound Healing

...d to. And they didn't develop the tiny contractile fibres that help pull together the edges of the wound," M...ssion of the gene that codes the protein for those fibres was impaired." However, when the animals received hyperbaric oxygen (oxygen at a greater pressure th...

Neurological Disorders Overcome By Proteins

...ls develop abnormally, the shield protecting nerve fibres can dysfunction or get destroyed... nerve pathways are affected and neurological disorders occur". A nine-member team from the Medicine School of the National University of Singapore here, which made the finding, said the discovery would help them b...

Wound healing affected by Psychological stress

...d to. And they didn't develop the tiny contractile fibres that help pull together the edges of the wound," M...ssion of the gene that codes the protein for those fibres was impaired." However, when the animals received hyperbaric oxygen (oxygen at a greater pressure th...

Hyaluronic Acid – A Boon To The Problem Of Premature Infant

...ke myelin (the insulating sheath surrounding nerve fibres in the brain and spinal cord) throughout life. In ...brain. The white matter is made up of long nerve fibres wrapped in myelin. Different kinds of white matter injury cause cerebral palsy and learning problems...

Studying brain anatomy without surgery

...r infrared laser diodes is cariied through optical fibres to a person's head. The light penetrates the skull where it assesses the brain's oxygen level and blood volume.The scattered light is then collected by optical fibers, sent to detectors and analysed by a computer.By examining how much is absorbed, Gr...

Increase Cereal Fibre To Combat Atherosclerosis

New research findings elevate the role of fibres further by stating that cereal fibre and whole-gra...ase and death. Investigating the effect of dietary fibres from cereal, whole-grains, fruit, and vegetables, and refined grain products on the progression of e...

Women Feel More Pain Than Men

...ciety of Plastic Surgeons, women averaged 34 nerve fibres per square centimetre of facial skin while men averaged only 17. At present 15 to 20% of the US population suffers from acute pain and 25 to 30 percent suffer from chronic pain. 'Eighty-seven percent of the 9.2 million cosmetic surgery procedures...

Stroke Destroys Nearly 32, 000 Neurons In Just A Second!

...s (connections between nerve cells) and myelinated fibres approximating to 7.5 miles are lost in just a single minute following the attack. He has been conducting extensive research on brain imaging (helps quantify the size of a stroke), stroke treatment and quantitative neurostereology (a three-dimension...

Study finds no link between fibre and cancer risk

... has been defining what fibre actually is. Dietary fibres are not usually fibrous, and are certainly not jus...oughage. They are mostly sugars. And whatever else fibres are, they are a highly confounded lifestyle factor. People who eat fibre do a whole lot of other thi...

FDA allows barley producers to make healthy heart claims

...ile its flour is used in baking. Barley is rich in fibres which health experts believe helps in reducing the risk of heart diseases. New data shows, according to the barley trade group, that 3 gram of it suffices in lowering cholesterol by 5 percent. About 13 million Americans are diagnosed with a hear...

Try a consortia of cholesterol-lowering foods for best results

... almonds and margarine into their daily lives. The fibres and vegetable protein were more challenging since they require more planning and preparation, and because these types of niche products are less available. It's just easier, for example, to buy a beef burger instead of one made from soy, although the...

New Method Developed To Cut Down Chemotherapy Deaths

...e University of Bath, England, involves using tiny fibres and beads soaked in the chemotherapy drug, which a...the cancerous area in the patient's body. These fibres are bio-degradable and compatible with body tissue, which means they would not be rejected by the pa...

'Oncomodulin'- Path To Nerve Regeneration

Absence of nerve regeneration in injured nerve fibres in the mature central nervous system has always baffled scientists and researchers worldwide, //but researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston have discovered a naturally occurring growth factor Oncomodulin which could well be an answer to nerve damag...

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