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An Anti-cancer Smart Bomb delivered using a Nanocell

...therapy are its toxicity to healthy cells and drug resistance by cancer cells," Sasisekharan said. "So cancer researchers were excited about anti-angiogenesis," the theory that cutting off the blood supply can starve tumors to death. That strategy can backfire, however, because it also starves tumor cells of ox...

Fasting, Feasting Your Way To Health

...eficial effects on glucose regulation and neuronal resistance to injury in these mice that are independent of caloric intake," Mattson wrote in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Trials on humans revealed that going without food one day and making up for it the next is not nearly as difficult...

Dairy Products Reduce Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes In Men

...wn that dairy consumption is linked to the insulin resistance syndrome among young obese adults. Hyon K. Choi and colleagues at Harvard University found that dairy intake may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes in men in a new study. The study followed 41,254 male participants who had no history of diabetes, ca...

Size Of The Waist In Children Linked To Diabetes

...has been linked to the health condition of insulin resistance and diabetes type 2. The research report is publis...ent predictor for elevated blood pressure, insulin resistance and elevated high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level. There was a significant correlation betwee...

Teenage Obesity And Metabolic Syndrome

... blood fat disorders, high blood pressure, insulin resistance etc. these people are at increased risk of having coronary heart disease, stroke etc that might result from build up of plaque in the walls of the arteries, and diabetes type 2....

Combing Hair More Effective Than OTC Medicine For Head Lice

...ally developed “Bug Buster” kit. However, chemical resistance is a problem, while wet combing is unproved as a treatment. The study involved 126 young people with head louse infestation: 56 were allocated to the Bug Buster kit and 70 to insecticide treatments. Presence of head lice was assessed 2-4 days after ...

Increasing Insulin Response In Type 2 Diabetics With New Protein Mixture

...oach. A protein-based diet could help in improving resistance in Type II diabetes. A recent study shows that consuming a protein hydrolysate and amino acid mixture with carbohydrates increases insulin production in type 2 diabetics, and could therefore help individuals control their blood sugar levels after a ...

New Flu Vaccine Can Give Lifetime Protection

...ars old, diabetes patients, people with diminished resistance or chronic kidney, heart and lung disorders. Howev...seem to be related to youngsters' relative lack of resistance to infection and to contacts with other children in schools. The common cold causes irritation and d...

Children's Waistlines A Predictor Of Future Heart Disease

...s regarded as an important risk factor for insulin resistance syndrome in children. Waist circumference serves as a readily available means to estimate abdominal obesity in the office setting. Children with abdominal obesity, as determined by WC (waist circumference), have increased metabolic risk factors for ...

Antibiotic from crab blood indentified

...very of antibiotics that could sustain the growing resistance of the bacteria is a rage. Thanks to the researchers of singapore, they have identified the protein in the blue blood of crab that can fight bacteria. Infact they have cloned this protein that can kill the bacteria. They have found that th...

Scientists crack mechanism of Leptin-Obesity Hormone

... Drugs could also be developed to reverse leptin resistance in obese individuals, Dr. Low said. In may cases obesity associated with a resistance to the effects of leptin in the same way that type 2 diabetes is caused by a resistance to the hormo...

Prostratin- Drug to eradicate HIV

...e clinical community, there would be some level of resistance to. This is something that would turn the virus on and clinical prognosis is related to the levels of virus in the system. In fact, determining how much of the virus needs to be "turned on" in order for the immune system and the HAART drugs to kill i...

Fat Cell Protein Hits Type-2 Diabetes

...humans, might cause severe hepatic (liver) insulin resistance because less of a hormone-like protein, Acrp30, is secreted by the fat cell. The researchers used a genetic approach in cells to generate an exact copy of the Acrp30 protein. They injected mice with Acrp30 until they doubled the protein level. The ...

Malarial gene ascertained

...as historically evaded control efforts by building resistance to virtually all of the drugs used to treat malari...cruing within the cell. The mutation helps confer resistance to the drugs mefloquine, quinine, halofantrine, chloroquine, and artemisinin. If a drug can be devel...

Laughter – best medicine to good healt

...that research has revealed that laughter increases resistance power by increasing ``Lymphocytes'' in the body. ``Lymphocytes'' are responsible for increasing the body's immune power. The book says that snoring is caused by illness of the soft pallet in the throat. As laughter provides enough exercise to the so...

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome(PCOS) linked to Diabetes

...d that those with PCOS could have a subtle insulin resistance and that healthcare professionals need to recognize anybody who has clear-cut signs and screen them for diabetes. Although PCOS typically is perceived as a gynecological disorder -- because it impairs fertility and can cause irregular periods or no p...

Obesity Hormone -' Leptin' may treat Metabolic Disorder

...by high levels of blood fats called triglycerides, resistance to the blood-sugar-regulating hormone insulin, and diabetes. Diabetes occurs when the body loses sensitivity to insulin and blood sugar levels rise out of control. Typically, this rare form of lipodystrophy is treated with a combination of insulin an...

Elevated Insulin Levels To Influence Levels Of Inflammatory Markers

...d by Archives of Neurology. Conditions of insulin resistance and hyper-insulinemia are associated with elevated...or diabetes mellitus, hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance are widespread conditions that affect many nondiabetic adults with obesity, impaired glucose toleran...

Alzheimer's Disease Caused By Insulin Increase

...r diabetes mellitus, hyperinsulinaemia and insulin resistance are widespread conditions that affect many non-diabetic adults with obesity, impaired glucose tolerance, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension. Our results provide a cautionary note for the current epidemic of such conditions, which, in the contex...

Gastrin, Much More Than The Weight Management Hormone

...ving gastrin production triggered obesity, insulin resistance and metabolic changes that — in turn — increased the risk of colon cancer in the animals. The discoveries likely will have wide implications for clinical research on obesity, colon cancer and metabolism. The team leader was Pomila Singh, Ph.D., prof...

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