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Diet, Sunlight connected to Breast Cancer Risk

... B vitamin folic acid, as well as whether exercise helps cut breast cancer risk. "The search for dietary factors continues," Thun said. As for the role of sunlight, Grant found an association between latitude and breast cancer suggesting that higher UV-B exposure was protective. UV-B rays spur the producti...

New device for detecting artery blockages

...tudy a device was found using new technology which helps prevent stroke. One important way of screening people for potential stroke involves looking, by ultrasound, at any blockages in the carotid arteries that serve the brain.// Researchers at Texas University in the US have pioneered the use of a porta...

Acupuncture to bring relief to patients with dry mouth

...athways that run through the body, and acupuncture helps keep this natural energy flow running smoothly. Modern science as well has suggested that acupuncture can help ease a range of conditions, from arthritis pain and migraine to morning sickness. But researchers are still trying to apprehend it works. ...

Defeating colon cancer

...f Texas, they highlighted how dietary intervention helps those with a family history of colon cancer. The research covered nearly 50,000 female nurses whose family history of dietary habits were known. This showed that those who had a genetic risk of colon cancer were two and a half times more likely to de...

A new recovery for heart attacks

...ustralia have correlated a molecular 'switch' that helps our body's cells make up when oxygen levels fall, a finding that could provide the basis for future drugs to help in recovery from stroke and heart attack.// A team from the University of Adelaide's Molecular Biosciences department and CSIRO Health ...

Nose plug: switch that stops smelling

...e journal Science show that a protein called CNGA4 helps plug the ‘nose’ of odour receptor cells.The main job of these neurons is to detect smells and send that information to the brain as an electrical signal. The ‘nose’ is really a channel in the neurons’ membrane that opens when an odour is presented ...

Fat findings

...nty of antioxidant rich fruits and vegetables also helps fight plaque build up....

Failure of Drug-Coated Stent

Evidence is growing that stents with certain drugs helps them do a better job of keeping blood vessels open after these vessels have been cleared surgically. But a new report suggests not all drugs work equally well.// Researchers found that stents coated with a derivative of the cancer drug paclitaxel - w...

FDA debates status of decongestant drugs

...can increase the risk of stroke in some users. PPA helps constrict blood vessels, thus relieving nasal congestion, and has been shown to aid in weight loss.// The compound is in hundreds of over-the-counter cold, cough and allergy medicines and appetite suppressants. And while products containing such in...

Spirituality relieves stress

... quite a bit of research showing that// meditation helps people improve both their physical and mental ill health. Researchers at West Virginia University in the US have been looking at how a meditation programme called 'mindfulness training' can help people who describe themselves as 'stressed out'. T...

How brain works

... of memory depends on how well the UNC-13 protein helps to gather up the neurotransmitter filled balloons and release them from one cell to another, he stated. Jorgensen said the research was aimed at understanding how the brain works, how information is stored and transmitted....

Right side of the brain helps in awareness

The right side of the brain helps people recognise themselves in a picture, say US researchers. A team from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston report their findings in the current issue of Nature.// The study joins a growing body of evidence that demonstrates the rig...

Liver key to extending life

... Interestingly, alcohol is one such substance that helps to punch holes in the liver blood vessels — which could explain the so-called 'wine paradox'. Alcohol in moderation is beneficial to health but too much is bad....

Clotting Protein plays a role in nerve repair

According to a new study, fibrin, a protein that helps form blood clots, may also be involved in regulati.... As it does in other types of injury, the protein helps stop bleeding, he said. But fibrin also helps choreograph the repair process, he explained. The pre...

Elevated Ozone Levels Hurt Sperm Count

...n health, and far up in the stratosphere, where it helps shield the Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation. According to Sokol, in these very fertile young men, the drop did not make much of a difference. Their average counts were 80 million sperm per cubic centimeter. But in less fertile men, it could ...

New operation for swallowing problems

... ingenuous technique which reshape the throat area helps people who cannot swallow because of paralysis. Swallowing is a very complex operation, involving the co-ordinated action of various of the cranial nerves. One of these, the vagal nerve, controls the swallowing at the upper end of the digestive tract...

A way to slow the progression of Type 1 Diabetes

... the development of diabetes. They believe it also helps to retain insulin production well into the course of the disease. Kevan Herott, M.D., of Columbia University, felt that, the goal of this trial was to induce tolerance to the beta cell, which is the target of autoimmune destruction in type 1 diabete...

Enzyme stimulates growth of adult stem cells

...P-9). Injury turns on MMP9, Rafii explained, which helps release growth-promoting substances which, in turn, wake up the stem cells. The stem cells then move to a portion of the bone marrow where they can multiply and be released. Rafii and his team discovered the significance of MMP9 when they examined m...

A new genetic label for stroke

...s to have a defect in a gene called PON1. The gene helps HDL (the good cholesterol) combat the damaging eff...for producing paraoxonasc, or PON1, an enzyme that helps HDL cholesterol prevent the oxidation of LDL cholesterol. This process plays a major role in the dev...

Adequate intake of Vitamin D is essentia

...in D is essential for healthy bones and teeth, and helps prevent osteoporosis and any bone related disease. Doctors believe that natural sunlight helps the body produce vitamin D.// Just10 to 15 minutes of natural sunlight three times a week should be ...

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