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A Blood test for suicide risk?

...ies, Coryell believes the test could prove to be a powerful tool for the mental health community....

Tomato Sauce reduces Cancer Risk- Study

...ods such as tomatoes that were high in lycopene, a powerful antioxidant. According to the author, these most recent findings add support to the notion that a diet rich in tomatoes and lycopene-containing foods, as well as other fruits and vegetables, may reduce the risk of prostate cancer. Researchers analy...

Ultrasound helps stroke treatment

...now stroke experts are trying to determine if less powerful ultrasound can improve the efficacy of the clot-bu...er infusion. Alexandrov said sound waves are very powerful and a low thumping "could mechanically shake apart a clot." But that approach would be dangerous bec...

Aspirin surpasses Modern Anti-clotting Drugs

... abandoned, the use of aspirin has increased. This powerful pill will //reduce pain, fever, inflammation, prevent blood clots, and even reduce the risk of heart attacks and stroke. In the more than 35 years since aspirin's potent anti-clotting effects were first discovered, relatively few drugs have been de...

Tea can prevent aging

...uch as thearubigins and theaflavins which are very powerful antioxidants and prevents the process of aging....

Attacking therapy with electricity

...ry of drugs. The effectiveness of many potentially powerful treatments //including cancer therapy and gene therapy are limited by the difficulty of getting drug molecules in through cell membranes. Researchers in San Diego, California, have been developing a new way of delivering drugs called electroporation...

Further support for use of statins in Alzheimer’s disease

...by nearly 80%. Statins have been proved to offer// powerful protection against heart disease for people with high blood cholesterol. The findings provide the strongest evidence to date that statin drugs may also help protect people from Alzheimer's disease. An earlier, smaller study had suggested these drug...

Painkiller Linked to Deaths

...ngredient, oxycodone, to control the dosage of the powerful narcotic.// But if the pill is chewed or crushed and sniffed, it gives a stronger dose--providing a high that can be addictive and dangerous. The controversial Purdue Pharma painkiller OxyContin has been implicated as the direct cause or main contri...

Dietary cure for fighting Helicobacter pylori

...ns of the stomach. A compound found in broccoli is powerful against the bacterium that is likely dependable fo...stage is to see if broccoli itself can have such a powerful effect, rather than just the extracted compound, and to progress to studies in animals and human sub...

Researchers find new HIV hiding place

...e the AIDS virus can hide out, even in the face of powerful drug therapies.Dr. George N. Pravlak, a senior scientist at the National Cancer Institute in Texas, //found that their findings show a type of NK (natural killer) cell a significant cell of the immune system could be infected by HIV. Not only do the...

New technique for heart enlargement

...rchers used Doppler tissue imaging (DTI) as a more powerful way to diagnose hypertrophic cardiomyopathy earlier in a patient's life.// Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) causes thickening of the left ventricle of the heart and is the most common cause of sudden cardiac death in the young, affecting one in 350 ...

Scan correlates susceptible heart plaque

...association with computed tomography (CT), makes a powerful imaging technique for monitoring the state of atherosclerotic plaque. Functioning with a group of 40 patients, they saw several 'hot spots' - areas of plaque which took up more of a radiochemical called FDG. This is normally used to locate active are...

The importance of vaccines

...ss terrorism. Despair for one's lost children is a powerful tool to recruit new terrorists or to appeal to those who are discontent with their government....

A new way to exercise

...may look more like a children's toy, but they're a powerful new fitness tool. //They suggest to use a slightly deflated ball of 55 to 65 centimetres diameter. The balls work by constantly changing your body's stability base - so you have to work your muscles to keep your balance. A workout using the ball wi...

Laser dental treatment

...erted into the tooth through a hole made by a more powerful laser and then the tooth can be sealed....

Function of genes in heart failure

...may already be programmed. Gene influences were as powerful or even more so than blood pressure level, age, gender, weight, where your live or whether you have diabetes. Previous research by Dr. Kitzman showed more than half of those with heart failure had diastolic heart failure. When looking at gender, 60 ...

Back pain treated with Opioids

...ved their use will lead to addiction. Yet they are powerful relievers of suffering and deserve to be made available wherever someone might benefit. The team of researchers hope that there will now be better clinical trials into the use of opioids in back pain, for the subject has been under researched....

Brachytherapy for breast cancer

...rding to a latest study, radiation implants are as powerful in treating early stage breast cancer as external beam radiation. Brachytherapy involves implanting a radiation source into a tumour so that a continuous dose// of cancer-killing radiotherapy is received by the patient. Researchers at William Beaumo...

Vitamin E rich diet guards from Parkinson's

...idative damage of brain tissue, and vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant. No protective role was found for vitamin E supplements, however. It should also be borne in mind that the health professionals in this study may have healthier lifestyles than the rest of the population and this, in itself, could protect...

Indian Cherry: Richest Source of Vitiamin C

...igan State University, West Indian Cherry contains powerful anthocyanins and flavanoids, which can inhibit col...-cancer agent. Vitamin C in cherry fruit acts as a powerful anti-oxidant, which prevents cell damage that eventually leads to diseases. The West Indian Cherry ...

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