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Eating Greens fights cancer

...ey also warned// that over-heating the green would reduced its cancer-fighting goodness. This research is one of many the studies that will build our knowledge of immune-enhancing foods. This research could lead plant breeders to produce more cancer-fighting foods, offering an natural cure for diseases....

Depression drugs help baby

...onclude that number of factors could influence the reduced weight gain....

Mammograms Reduce Risk of Dying

...mmograms, the risk of dying from breast cancer was reduced by 44 percent compared to the early 70s, before mammograms became routine. However, even women who refused mammograms saw a 16 percent reduction in the chance of dying from disease, an indication that factors other than mammography, such as better dr...

Hope for 11 million children facing death from illnesses

...eventable communicable diseases can be drastically reduced through three activities: the Expanded Programme o...eople. Injuries community-based interventions have reduced the rates of injuries in many countries but further work is required to broaden the range of effecti...

Eating Fish Helps the Heart

...ong been known that eating fish is associated with reduced risk of heart disease, but only recently have researchers had scientific evidence to explain the effect. Researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle present a detailed explanation of how omega-3 fish oils benefit the heart. Animal experi...

Diabetics Need to Guard Against Nail Fungus

...cause of poor circulation in the extremities and a reduced ability to fight infection, people with diabetes are at greater risk for nail fungus.// For people with diabetes, nail fungus may start out as an embarrassment. But if left untreated, nail fungus can progress to skin and bone infections or even tissu...

Epilepsy Drug Helps Diabetic Nerve Damage

... as well, says Dr. Vinik. His study shows the drug reduced triglycerides, decreased hemoglobin A1C levels (a measure of long-term blood sugar control), lowered LDL or "bad" cholesterol, and lowered total cholesterol. Since about 65 percent of people with diabetes will die of heart disease, these are signific...

Breaking up Dangerous Clots

... clots that often develop after hip surgery can be reduced by 96 percent when patients receive about a month’s worth of treatment with a new type of blood thinner. That’s the major finding from a new study published in this month’s Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers from Sweden studied about 650 pati...

Gynecological Surgeries Reduce Cancer Risk

...my were associated with a 30-percent to 50-percent reduced risk of ovarian cancer. The risk rate was dependen...nd BRCA2 mutation carriers and non-carriers have a reduced risk of ovarian or peritoneal cancer after gynecologic surgery. The authors write, "Clinical decisio...

Drug Reduces Risk of Clogged Arteries, Veins

...placebo group. The study also found that the drug reduced fatal pulmonary embolisms and showed a trend toward reducing overall death - 3.3 percent in the study group compared with 6 percent in the placebo group. The incidence of bleeding in both groups was 0.2 percent....

Adding Fish to Diet May Reduce Risk of Alzheimer's

...ers found an association between eating fish and a reduced risk of Alzheimer's even after adjusting for age, sex, ethnicity and risk factors like heart disease. If the finding holds up, it could provide a simple way for people to reduce their risk of Alzheimer's, said Neil Buckholtz, chief of the dementia di...

Pizza could cut cancer risk

Italian researchers claim eating pizza regularly reduced the risk of developing throat cancer by 59 percent. The risk of developing colon cancer also fell by 26 percent and mouth cancer by 34 percent, they claimed. The researchers polled 3,300 people who had developed cancer of the mouth, esophagus, throat...

What Makes Teens take Drugs

...tself may be effective. Boys' substance use may be reduced by directly altering those family and peer characteristics that are most influential," Silberg says....

Cholesterol drugs improve strange heart problem

...th simvastatin (Zocor), a type of statin, modestly reduced total and LDL ("bad") cholesterol levels without changing triglyceride or HDL ("good") cholesterol levels, the authors report. Patients who received the drug were also more likely than untreated patients to show an improvement in how their heart pump...

Antibiotics May Help Prevent Strokes

...chers note. Past penicillin use was also tied to a reduced stroke risk, but the benefit was not as strong as with current use. Two or three studies are currently underway to see if antibiotics can prevent problems like stroke in heart attack patients, Dr. Brassard noted. If these go well, perhaps the stroke...

Sunshine Reduces MS Risk

...ildhood and early adolescence is associated with a reduced risk of multiple sclerosis, according to the study. Australian investigators conducted a study in Tasmania, which is located at high latitude and has a high prevalence of multiple sclerosis. //Researchers surveyed 136 patients with MS and 272 healthy...

Estrogen in Food Reduces Cancer Risk

... lignan, but not coumestans, was associated with a reduced risk of endometrial cancer. Researchers found obes...l of the American-style diet are associated with a reduced risk of endometrial cancer...

Better Drug for Heart Transplant

...of the currently used drugs. Specifically the drug reduced the incidence of a serious disorder that can cause...s have shown everolimus combined with another drug reduced the rejection and risk of infection in kidney transplant patients. Researchers from Temple Universit...

An hour of exercise a week cuts hypertension

... amount of aerobic exercise spread out over a week reduced systolic blood pressure -- the top number on a blood pressure reading -- an average of 12 points and the lower or diastolic reading by 8 points. "There were no greater reductions in systolic blood pressure with further increases in exercise volume,"...

Return of SARS possible this fall

...The suspicion of Asians as carriers of the disease reduced patronage of Asian businesses and communities in the United States and sparked travel bans against Asian tourist groups and conference participants worldwide."...

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