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New heart-healthy corn due in stores by 2007

...oleic fatty acid -- a type of unsaturated fat that raises levels of good cholesterol to prevent arteries from clogging.Oleic acid also lowers the bad cholesterol that damages the heart. Susan Duvick, a plant biologist who led the project, said conventional corn contains about 20 percent oleic acid and 60...

Mad Cow Disease Might Be Linked to Blood Transfusions

...od transfusion from a donor who later died of vCJD raises the possibility that this infection was transfusion transmitted.” The second study, conducted in monkeys, found the BSE prion is transmitted just as effectively through the intravenous route as the oral route, leading them to conclude, “In view of ...

Childhood Weight Gain Found To Increase The Risk of Diabetes

...increased risk for the disease. Current research raises several important issues, yet it is still unclear if delaying weight gain or changing the timing of it would reverse the negative health impacts say researchers....

Pollution can cause damage to fetus in womb

...ing the risk of cancer in such babies. The study raises concern over the fact that even our unborn children are no longer protected from the environmental pollutions, and it is time that we do take immediate step to reduce pollution in the cities. http://www.newsbug.net/news/2005-02-16/i.phphttp://www.c...

Understanding The Link Between Celiac Disease And Osteoporosis

...d osteoporosis drugs. Researchers say their study raises the question of who should be screened for celiac disease and when, hence they suggest that further study be done inorder to more clearly define the population at risk....

Epilepsy Drug Valproate and Lamotrigine Linked To Malformed Fetus

... valproic acid during first trimester of pregnancy raises the risk of major congenital malformations in babies. In a different study published in the same journal the anti-epileptic treatment drug Lamotrigine was also linked to congenital malformations in the fetus when mothers were treated with the drug i...

Diabetes and Alzheimer’s linked to each other

...hat originates in the central nervous system. This raises the possibility of "type 3" diabetes which is believed to open the way for targeted treatment to the brain....

Research finds new explanations for dyslexia

...ng the rest in their visual periphery. This theory raises doubt on the previous magnocellular hypothesis that held that dyslexics had inability to process rapidly passing visual signals. The research is published in the current issue of Nature Neuroscience....

New insight for neuro-degenerative diseases discovered

...rm in the brain. Researchers feel that their study raises the question regarding the toxicity of the plaques in the Alzheimer’s’ disease, what if they are non toxic and therefore harmless? If more research establishes the doubts raised by the current research then this could change the views scientists hav...

Simple Urine Test Can Help To Monitor Disfiguring Birthmarks

...d predicting // vascular anomalies. The study also raises the possibility of treating these with anti-angiogenesis drugs The July issue of the journal - Pediatrics, has published an article about vascular anomalies in children. Vascular anomalies can be found in about 10% of newly born infants and include...

New Race –Specific drug

...ne's ethnic origins is a long-standing one, and it raises a number of legal and ethical questions. There is a powerful lobby which is in favour of racial profiling when it comes to drug development, backed by evidence that suggests a degree of truth in the ethnicity theory. The reasons for the difference in...

Nutrient Profiling System Launched By Food Officials in UK

... and vegetables that it contains. The model thus raises attention to foods that are high in fat, salt or sugar, but at the same time recognizes the importance of fruit and vegetables, cereal, meat, and dairy-based products in the diet, says the FSA. Examples of products typically advertised to children ...

Heart can repair itself after heart attack

...e traced back to stem cells.// This finding raises hope that it may be possible one day to induce cardiac stem cells to migrate to a damaged area of the heart to repair it with new cells. Dr. Anversa speculated that this could also be used to treat other condition that lead to heart failure through t...

Heart grows new cells

... be traced back to stem cells. This finding raises hope that it may be possible one day to induce cardiac stem cells to migrate to a damaged area of the heart to repair it with new cells. Dr. Anversa speculated that this could also be used to treat other condition that lead to heart failure through t...

Angina to be treted by gene therapy

...to carry genes into cells. However, this technique raises concerns over safety. The Manchester researchers are investigating an entirely new method of inserting genes, using ultrasound to "drive" them into the target cells. Early laboratory tests look encouraging. Dr Christopher Chater, one of the team, s...

Genetic failure in cloned animals

...productive cloning," he told UPI. "This definitely raises a red flag for anybody who would want to use cloning for reproducing humans." The cloning process -- which involves transferring DNA from a single cell of an animal into an egg cell and creating a relatively exact copy of that animal -- does not ade...

Couples in Britain can have “designer” babis

...ment published by the UK department of health also raises the possibility of allowing research on human embryos such as the creation of animal human “chimeric” embryos. The ministers in the UK government want the British public to submit its views on whether couples should be able to use embryo-screening or...

The Link between obesity and Breast Cancer

...udies in the past have also shown that weight gain raises the risk of breast cancer thus researchers say that it could possibly be due to hormones that interact with gene mutations when a woman puts on weight....

Short Workouts May Not Prevent Weight Gain And Diseases

...d stretching to save time. Aerobic exercise, which raises your heart rate and improves cardiovascular health, has proven long-term payoffs. According to the Harvard Health Letter, a workout routine that doesn’t include aerobic exercise is sorely lacking. While these quickie workouts are shortcuts that mos...

CT Scans Found To Do More Harm Than Good

...y 100 times more than an ordinary X-ray film. This raises serious concerns about high radiation exposure to patients and the subsequent development of cancer. The whole body CT scan is likely to pick up some abnormality or the other and, someone screened in this way may then go on to have invasive surgery ...

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