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Food Preparation may Play a Bigger Role in Chronic Disease

...eat down and maintaining the water content in food reduces AGE levels," Dr. Vlassara says. A 50 percent reduction in AGE intake could have a significant and positive impact on overall health and may even help extend one’s lifespan, according to Dr. Vlassara. In other studies, the team has found that cutting ...

Better Risk Management Could Cut MRSA Infection Rates

...th other insurance settings, the cover it provides reduces the need to try to minimise exposure to claims, because the insurer, not the hospital, will be paying the claim. In the NHS, the insurer, the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA), overcomes this problem by outlining strict risk management standards. The ...

Lifestyle changes not prescription drugs to fight diabetes, say scientists

... changes alone. Rosiglitazone is an oral drug that reduces the amount of sugar (glucose) in the blood. It is used for treating patients with type 2 diabetes. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that is important for controlling the levels of glucose in the blood. Insulin stimulates the cells of t...

Study Finds the Effect of Alcohol and Aspirin in TBI Patients

...el 1 Trauma Center. Aspirin thins the blood, and reduces the risk of clots forming in key blood vessels, yet can cause bleeding problems in people with certain conditions Theoretically, TBI patients who are aspirin users could be prime candidates at risk for increased hemorrhaging associated with aspirin c...

Ethanol Could Be Damaging for Human Health, New Study Says

... harmful effects on the environment, significantly reduces harmful exhaust emissions, ethanol blends dramatically reduce emissions of hydrocarbons, a major contributor to the depletion of the ozone layer and it can reduce net carbon dioxide emissions by up to 100% on a full life-cycle basis. As an octane en...

Nutrients in Certain Vegetables may Provide Cancer-fighting Benefit

..., we know that increased consumption of vegetables reduces the risk for certain types of cancer, but now we are beginning to understand the mechanisms by which certain vegetables like broccoli may help our bodies fight cancer and other diseases." Dr. Singh’s study is based on phytochemicals, called isothio...

Chondroitin may Not Have Any Beneficial Effect on Arthritis, New Study Says

...is, yet another study says. It neither prevents or reduces joint pain, researchers said after an analysis of ...pular supplement combo glucosamine and chondroitin reduces joint pain. While glucosamine is believed to stimulate production of cartilage-building proteins, ...

MS Drug Helps Reduce Vision Loss

A drug that slows disability and reduces relapse rates in multiple sclerosis (MS) has been found to also reduce vision loss in patients with relapsing MS. //Vision loss is one of the most common and debilitating symptoms of MS. The findings are published in the April 17, 2007, issue of Neur...

Novartis Gleevec Found Effective in Treating Gastro-intestinal Tumors

... time demonstrated that targeted molecular therapy reduces the rate of recurrence after complete removal of a primary GIST." Diane Young, Head of Global Medical Affairs at Novartis Oncology, said, "With these new data, we see that Gleevec may help patients with early GIST. We will now work with the invest...

Gene Screening Points Way to More Effective Chemotherapy

...motherapy drugs without compromising effectiveness reduces debilitating side effects, said Dr. Michael White, professor of cell biology at UT Southwestern, associate director for basic science at the Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, and senior author of the study. “Chemotherapy is a very blunt instrume...

Genes That Spread Breast Cancer Fast Identified

... Turning off all four genes at once dramatically reduces the ability of breast tumors to spread - or metastasise - a study in mice showed. Reporting the results in Nature, the US team said they were planning clinical trials of drugs known to target two of the genes in the set. Once the cancerous cell...

Use Filtered Blood for Transfusion: Expert

...ving the foreign white cells from transfused blood reduces the chances of a negative reaction by the host immune system. In 1998 the University's Strong Memorial Hospital was among the first hospitals in the country to begin using leukoreduced blood for all cardiac surgery cases. Since then, the hospital has...

Breast Cancer? ER Positive or Negative

...se of tamoxifen after surgery, which substantially reduces the risk of recurrence in ER-positive tumors only; and widespread use of screening mammography, which is more likely to detect the slow-growing tumors that tend to be ER-positive,' said Ismail Jatoi, MD, PhD, Director of the Breast Cancer Center in t...

Promoting Circumcision to Prevent HIV is Misguided and Will Backfire: ICGI

...s. Scientists also report that female circumcision reduces HIV transmission; are WHO and UNAIDS going to promote female genital cutting, too?" There is significant risk of HIV transmission by the operation itself through the use of contaminated instruments and unsterile conditions according to researchers...

Switching Genes to Overdrive Improves Muscular Dystrophy Symptoms in Mice

... activity. Conversely, disease or lack of exercise reduces PGC-1alpha activity, causing a loss of NMJ function and weakening, or atrophying, of muscles. Spiegelman’s team had previously bred a strain of mice with higher-than-normal levels of PGC-1alpha in their muscles. Also available for the research was ...

Hormone-based Heart Pill to Control High Blood Pressure

...Clearly, this novel oral form of BNP significantly reduces mean arterial pressure in an experimental model of high blood pressure," says Dr. Burnett. "Our findings are both exciting and important because they advance an innovative strategy of orally administering BNP therapy for cardiovascular diseases such ...

Drug Helps Prevent Hip Fractures in Parkinson Disease

...vely controls the progression of osteoporosis, and reduces the risk of hip fractures,” said study author Yoshihiro Sato, MD, with Mitate Hospital in Tokyo. Sato says the findings also show risedronate is stronger than the drug alendronate, which has been found in previous studies to reduce bone loss and pr...

Surgeon Develops Procedure to Prevent Arm Swelling in Breast Cancer Patients

...y lymph nodes. This is a less invasive surgery and reduces the likelihood of complications. However, the ly...uption of the lymph node system during surgery and reduces the risk of developing swelling in the arm,' Klimberg said. 'We are the first to study lymph node dr...

Drug for Blood Pressure also Treats Lung Cancer

... The researchers believe that angiotensin-(1-7) reduces cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), an enzyme that regulates cell growth. COX-2 is found at higher levels in 70 to 90 percent of malignant lung tumors. Theoretically, drugs to reduce COX-2 would also be effective at shrinking tumors. But the drugs, such as V...

Transcendental Meditation Can Help

...stent with previous research demonstrating that TM reduces factors that contribute to the cause or progression of heart failure, such a high blood pressure, stress, metabolic syndrome, left ventricular hypertrophy (enlargement of the heart) and severity of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). Further...

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