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Estrogen Therapy Protects Against Fading Mental Powers: Study

... therapy (HRT). The study suggests that estrogen protects the neurons in the post-menopausal female brain from inevitable, age-related deterioration if it is given around the time of perimenopause - the period before menopause when production of the sex hormones estrogen and progesterone begins to ease off....

Vaccine Ninety Percent Effective Against Cervical Cancer

A new vaccine protects nine out of ten women against cervical cancer linked to two strains of the deadly human papillomavirus (HPV), according to a study published Thursday. HPV types 16 and 18 account for 70 percent of cervical cancer cases worldwide, which number abou...

Boffins a Step Closer to Solving Puzzle of Lou Gehrig's Disease

...overed in the 1960s, is an antioxidant enzyme that protects cells from free radicals, unstable atoms or molecules that can cause cell damage. The link with ALS came when researchers sequenced the genes of people who have the inherited form of ALS and found that some of them have mutations in the gene that cod...

Singapore Extends Smoking Ban to Pubs, Nightclubs

...oo said the extension of the smoking ban "not only protects the members of the public but also the people working in entertainment outlets from secondhand tobacco smoke." Since July 2006, smokers have been barred from lighting up in outdoor eateries and cafes. They could only smoke at designated smoking cor...

Breastfeeding and Omega-3 Fatty Acids Help New Moms Fight Depression

...se, according to Kendall-Tackett. "Breastfeeding protects maternal mood by lowering stress. When stress levels are lower, the mother's inflammatory response system will not be activated, thereby lowering her risk of depression," she said. "However positive these results, I must issue one caveat: they only a...

Cause of Gender Differences in Blood Pressure, Kidney Damage Under Study

... looking at these gender differences to find what protects females, at least for much of their life, work that led to her selection for the 2007 New Investigator Award of the American Physiological Societys Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section. She presented her work May 1 during the Experimental Bio...

Some High Blood Pressure Drugs may Help Reduce Dementia Risk

...r, a specialized system of tiny blood vessels that protects the brain from harmful substances in the blood stream. Centrally acting drugs include captropril (Capoten), fosinopril (Monopril), lisinopril (Prinivil or Zestri), perindopril (Aceon), ramipril (Altace) and trandolapril (Mavik). The study found a li...

Hepatitis C Carries Another Risk-Cancer Of The Immune System

...he new vaccine against human papillomavirus, which protects against most cervical cancers. Giordano says that as there's no standard screening tool for lymphoma, there aren't any immediate practical implications from the findings. He said the findings may help researchers, and they may alert physicians to t...

Health Authorities Fear West Nile Season Again in US

... protect against insect bites. In particular, DEET protects against tick bites (which transmit Lyme disease) and mosquito bites (which transmit dengue fever, West Nile virus, Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), and malaria). DEET is believed to work by blocking insect receptors (notably those which detect ca...

Farm Milk Reduces Childhood Asthma and Allergies but Raw Consumption is Unsafe

...e moment we can only speculate about why farm milk protects children against asthma and allergies. Perhaps it is because farm milk has different levels or compositions of pathogenic and non-pathogenic microbes to milk sold in shops. "It is interesting that there was no difference in the farm milk results re...

New Strategy Identified for Preventing Acute and Chronic Brain Disease

...d protect the brain. They found that tau reduction protects brain cells against overstimulation, which can interfere with the brain's normal functioning and even cause seizures. Indeed, mice with reduced levels of tau were also resistant against epileptic seizures. "This connection between tau and neuronal ...

Multiple Sclerosis Could Be Checked Through Testosterone Gel

...that is already present. Still a treatment that protects the central nervous system against multiple sclerosis would be a major breakthrough for the 400,000 Americans with the disease. The average age of the participants in the California study was 46. After the researchers monitored the men's conditions...

Anti-inflammatory Drugs Interact With Hormone Replacement Therapy

...ous work about whether hormone replacement therapy protects against heart disease in women. In addition, any beneficial effect of hormone replacement therapy on the heart might be counteracted by NSAIDs which inhibit COX-2. Inhibition of COX-2 prevents production of prostacyclin, which has a role in preventin...

Drinking Three or More Cups of Tea a Day Reduces Heart Attack Risk

...ition. Another positive impact of tea is that it protects from dental plague which is a reason for tooth dec...n bone strengthening. However, whether the drink protects from cancer is not very clear....

Most Parents in U.S. Not in Favor of HPV Vaccine Mandates

...boys and girls to get the new booster vaccine that protects against tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough, or Tdap, before entering ninth grade. The survey found that 68 percent of parents support a mandate for the Tdap vaccine, while only 44 percent are in favor of a mandate for the vaccine to protect ag...

Folic Acid may Help to Cut Down the Stroke Risk

... got pregnant or are trying to conceive because it protects against birth defects. A new study now suggests that folic acid, a nutrient known to reduce homocysteine levels in the blood, also improves the health of arteries. The vitamin is known to lower levels of homocysteine in the blood, an amino acid b...

Breast Cancer Drug Curbs Heart Disease.

...d that lapatinib activates a critical pathway that protects heart cells from committing suicide as a result of...s indicate that lapatinib activates a pathway that protects cardiac muscle cells from the death-promoting effects of mediators of inflammation, which are activa...

Antibiotic Use in Infants may Lead to Asthma.

...has shown that the presence of a dog in early life protects against the development of asthma, said Dr. Kozyrskyj. Exposure to germs is lower in the absence of a dog. The administration of an antibiotic may further reduce this exposure and increase the likelihood of asthma development. Antibiotics are freq...

Breastfeeding and Omega-3 Fatty Acids Help New Moms Fight Depression

...se, according to Kendall-Tackett. "Breastfeeding protects maternal mood by lowering stress. When stress levels are lower, the mother's inflammatory response system will not be activated, thereby lowering her risk of depression," she said. "However positive these results, I must issue one caveat: they only a...

Diabetes The Leveler-Sweeping Across Nations

...lymorphism of the PPAR gamma gene Pro12 ala, which protects Europeans from the disorder is missing in Indians, while another polymorphism of the same gene Thr Threonine, which triggers the disease, is present in Indians. There are other studies that show that low fetal nutrition could also cause the problem...

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