Tag: "ginger" at medical news

Good Diet Includes Herbs

...d pressure. Ginger soothes stomach. Gingerols in ginger also control nausea. PRI...

Curry Could Help Keep Off Alzheimer’

...ric, is obtained from the root of the plant of the ginger family that grows in the Himalayas. Curcumin besides improving mental performance and helping to ward off Alzheimer’s has also been found to fight cancers. When used in combination with drugs it can prevent spread of breast cancer, and it also hel...

Dealing With Nausea When Pregnant

...ncient Indian sages recommended a healthy glass of ginger milk when pregnant. Another spice that can help is the clove. Just chewing on one slowly reduces the nausea. Pregnancy is a joyous time and need not be hampered by nausea if the correct steps are taken....

Ginger Offers Hope In Ovarian Cancer Fight

...earchers at University of Michigan has showed that ginger can kill cancer cells//, the results of which were... This study highlights that a commonly used spice, ginger could be used in the development of a new drug for cancer treatment. More research is needed however...

Spices Could Be Employed To Treat Certain Cancers

...Comprehensive Cancer Center, and colleagues tested ginger powder dissolved in solution by putting it on ovar... cell cultures. It was astonishing to know that ginger can kill ovarian cancer cells. But the study was done using cells in a lab dish, which is a long way...

Curcumin found to halt spread of breast cancer in mice

...e curcuma longa plant, curcumin is a member of the ginger family//. While it is not used in conventional medicine, it is widely prescribed in Indian medicine as a potent remedy for liver disorders, rheumatism, diabetic wounds, runny nose, cough and sinusitis. Various studies have examined the carcinogenic...

Red haired withstand to pain more than blond headed

...ene called melanocortin-1 (Mc1r) that is linked to ginger hair and fair skin and makes women, although not men, more resistant to pai....

An effective pain killer

... studies have shown that the active ingredients in ginger called gingerols,have a similar structure to capsa...of pain," explained Professor Roufogalis."By using ginger molecules that are less pungent than capsicum, we are hoping to achieve the same effect but without ...

Ginger Found To Reduce Nausea Associated With Chemotherapy

...tudying whether capsules of a standardized form of ginger can help relieve this delayed nausea. In a trial t...to one of three groups: low-dose ginger, high-dose ginger or placebo, taking the pill twice a day for three days after completing a chemotherapy infusion. The...

Ginger to reduce nausea for pregnant women

...esearchers who had worked to prove the benefits of ginger feels that taking ginger will not only alleviate morning sickness but will also have no side effects on the fetus as well. T...

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