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Statin drugs for arthritis and cardioprotection

Statin is a cholesterol lowering drug which is found to be protective in reducing the incidence of heart attack by reducing the cholesterol in the body and research // as also shown that statin is also helpful in reducing the inflammatory response in rheumatoid arthritis by killing ...

Re-evaluation of the soy protein’s effects to reduce cholestero

...nd in soy. It was found that they had no effect on lowering triglyceride level in the blood or on improving the level of good cholesterol. The committee also re-evaluated the studies of soy protein and isoflavones on menopause-related symptoms, such as hot flashes and found that they had no effect in easing...

Several helping of fruits and vegetables help the pressure off the pump- the heart!

...e and magnesium possibly accounted for some of the lowering effects on blood pressure. Belinda Linden, a spokesperson for the British Heart Foundation noted, "Understanding more about these vegetarian proteins could help guide us in how to prevent or treat heart and circulatory disease and allow us to lead ...

Low-Fat, High-Carb Diet For Post-Menopausal Women

...w fat high carbohydrate diet and its assistance in lowering the risk of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Diet-related education content was made available to the control group. The Participants lost about 5 pounds in the beginning and were about a pound less after 9 years as compared to the usual diet cont...

Statins reduces cardiovascular risk but no cancer risk.

...ch is used for reducing the cardiovascular risk by lowering the cholesterol levels was also reported by some researchers that it has anti-cancer benefits. Two individual studies by Professor // Michael White, University of Connecticut and Professor Eric Jacobs, American Cancer Society have found that statin...

Food labels to include information on trans fats in US

...te ways. Trans fats can wreak havoc on humans, lowering good cholesterol, raising bad cholesterol and reducing the quality of everything from testosterone to breast milk. They are worse than saturated fats that nutritionists have long warned about. Saturated fats raise the level of bad cholesterol, but ...

FDA allows barley producers to make healthy heart claims

... barley trade group, that 3 gram of it suffices in lowering cholesterol by 5 percent. About 13 million Americans are diagnosed with a heart condition, and it causes over 500,000 deaths annually, according to the National Institutes of Health. <br...

Government To Discourage Smoking

...ts in the veins, starving the heart of oxygen, and lowering the resistance of the body to diseases. Nicotine gum or nicotine patches will be offered to patients who want to give up the habit. The doses will depend upon the level of the withdrawal symptoms. Patients will also be given counseling for quittin...

Cholesterol; Can Be Reduced By Sunflower Seeds, and Pistachios

...terols are not the only food component involved in lowering cholesterol and that other compounds may also play a role. A well-balanced diet and frequent exercise are important keys to good health, they stressed. (Source: IANS)...

Cholesterol Can Be Effectively Controlled By Sunflower Seeds, Pistachios

...he effectiveness of 27 different nuts and seeds in lowering blood cholesterol levels; sunflower seeds and pist...f heart) makes nuts and seeds an ideal cholesterol lowering agent and thereby improve cardiac function. On analysis, sesame seeds and wheat germ were found to...

Smoking Related Scenes in Movies Increase Teenage Susceptibility To Smoke

... fewer restrictions. "This result indicates that lowering exposure by removing smoking from youth-marketed films will reduce the number of kids who start smoking. More than a decade of independent experimental and epidemiological research shows that the tobacco industry was smart, from a marketing point of ...

Severe Gum Disease Triples Heart Disease Risk

...ll-dense LDL. This enzyme could be responsible for lowering the atherogenic effects of LDL. In severe periodontitis this association between LDL-associated PAF-AH activity is lowered and thus may speed up cardiovascular disease. The study appears in the December issue of the Journal of Lipid Research and was ...

Diet Effective In Curing Diabetes

...gredients in a new generation of products aimed at lowering blood sugar levels, according to USDA researchers. In test tube studies, the compounds, called polyphenolic polymers, increased sugar metabolism in rodent fat cells 20-fold. The study was conducted by the USDA's Richard A. Anderson, Ph.D., and his co...

Killing two birds (cholesterol and Alzheimers disease) with the same stone

...ntly more slowly in the patients given cholesterol lowering drugs. Progression of the disease was rated at 1....rol levels. The authors conclude that cholesterol lowering drugs may effectively slow progression of Alzheimer’s disease, but suggest that a large trial will b...

A new study by John Hopkins University proposes formula for good health

...ll three diets reduced overall heart disease risk, lowering blood pressure and improving cholesterol levels," ...le, for blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and lowering their overall risk of heart disease. The OmniHeart Collaborative Research Group, which conducted thi...

Study Finds No Link Between Statins And Breast Cancer Risk

...cholesterol levels and the use of statins or lipid lowering drugs //to control the same. The details of the study are available in the October 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The article says that although some evidence has been uncovered in previous studies to ...

Cancer cells were killed even at reduced dose of radiation therapy in early stage Hodgkin’s.

...from University of Cologne, Germany has found that lowering dose of radiation in Hodgkin’s Lymphoma patients undergoing chemotherapy does not increase the risk of disease //progression but benefits in reducing the side effects of radiation therapy. The results of the study were published in American Society f...

The Falling Sperm Count In Men

...blem due to low sperm count. The reason for this lowering of the sperm count has been enigmatic. A reduction...ioxidants levels in the blood maybe the reason for lowering of the sperm count. The anti-oxidants clear the free radicals from the blood. The free radicals are ...

Sunlight For Healthy Gums And Teeth

...alth, but also give strong bones and teeth besides lowering the risk for rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease and diabetes....

Diabetic drug Pioglitazone found to reduce heart risk

... general improvement in various risk factors, thus lowering heart risk. A total of 5238 patients with type 2 diabetes who had evidence of macrovascular disease were enrolled in a long-term study to see if pioglitazone, could lower this risk in addition to its known function of controlling blood glucose leve...

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