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Herbs for Rememberance

...hat Brahmi "not only arrests further loss but also slows down the process of subsequent reduction in senile dementia". The herb has been shown to arrest memory loss due to normal ageing.Brahmi is a fascinating herb which has been said to improve brain and peripheral circulation, improve mood, promote pos...

Control of inflammation

...ceptors, which then initiate a chain reaction that slows and eventually stops inflammation. <br...

Coenzyme Q10 may reduce risk of Parkinson's disease

...The researchers believe that the compound actually slows down the condition, but want to carry out brain imaging studies to confirm this....

A Drink a Day may Keep Diabetes Away

.../because alcohol increases insulin sensitivity and slows blood sugar intake from a meal. Most of these studies, however, have been conducted among men. In this study, researchers used data from the nurses’ study to assess diabetes risk in women who never drank or who consumed light, moderate, or heavy amou...

Better Diet Even Late in Life May Prolong It

...ary restriction increases the life span because it slows down the damaging effects of processes, like oxidation, that occur as food is digested. But Partridge says this theory can't explain why flies changed to restricted diets later in life did just as well as those who had been on restricted diets their ...

Black tea said to lower cholesterol

...s are being conducted to determine if the beverage slows the body's ability to absorb LDL cholesterol, the scientists said. There was no effect on the level of high-density lipoprotein, or the good type of cholesterol, according to the study of a small group of individuals.This may indicate that drinking ...

Improving Survival Rate Of Lung Cancer Patients

...hat interferes with the growth of cancer cells and slows their growth and spread in the body. As part of the International Adjuvant Lung Cancer Trial, researchers randomly assigned 1,867 patients to receive either three or four cycles of cisplatin-based chemotherapy or observation. In addition to cisplat...

Hope for Babies Born With Spinal Muscular Atrophy

...led ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. The drug riluzole slows the progression of ALS, and a small study shows it may do the same for babies with SMA. Of the 10 babies in the trial, three received a placebo. All died in the first year. Seven were given riluzole. Four of those babies died too, but three survive...

Smoking Linked to Blindness

...ar degeneration. The study showed quitting smoking slows the development of the blinding condition. On the other hand, continued smoking can affect the long-term response to treatments such as laser therapy. One in five cases of the condition in England, where the study was done, may be attributable to s...

Enhancing Survival Rate Of Lung Cancer Patients

...hat interferes with the growth of cancer cells and slows their growth and spread in the body. Researchers randomly assigned 1,867 patients to receive either three or four cycles of cisplatin-based chemotherapy or observation. In addition to cisplatin, the drug etoposide was given to about 56 percent of p...

Research unearths how caffeine prevents us from sleeping

...rol the entire activity of the brain. As the brain slows down, the process reaches to all the neural functions of the body resulting in feeling tiredness and settling down to sleep. According to the researchers, most of the major psychiatric disorders have sleep problems as a symptom. The new study will h...

New Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis B

...itis B in adults.// The new medication Baraclude slows down the progress of the disease by interfering with the reproduction of the virus. The drug was approved on the basis of three studies that were conducted to see the effect of the new medication versus another drug called lamivudine. The results of ...

Drug Tarceva for End-stage Lung cancer

...er. Tarceva is one of the new class of drug that slows down tumor growth by arresting the specific cellular pathway that regulates the cell division. Dosage is 1 pill once a day. Tarceva not only increased the survival rate but also had no side effects and improved the quality of life. Patients taking Ta...

Eating disorder occurs due to increased weight consciousness

...xcessive fasting where the activity of the stomach slows down and secretion of gastric juices are reduced. For more information read: http://www.medindia.net/ HomeRemedies/Anorexia.asp Anorexia: Anorexia (Anorexia Nervosa) is a serious medical condition that leads to problems with eating. People havin...

Sleep pattern to lead to depression

...everal times each night. The activity of our brain slows progressively throughout the first four stages and in the REM stage the brain is geared up and looks like a person is awake with muscle movements inhibited, this is also known as paradoxical sleep.// Giles states that this is the first physiological...

Chest Pain Can Be Identified By New Tracer Chemical 30 Hours After Pain Relief

...us exercise, sets off a metabolic disturbance that slows down or halts the way fatty acid is normally utilized. The condition is called myocardial ischemia. The disturbance causes the heart to switch from fatty acid as its primary fuel to glucose. The new tracer test keys in on this metabolic disturbance ...

Scientist affirm mother’s advice

...e common colds to be seasonal. Cooling of the nose slows down clearance of viruses from the nose and slows down the white cells that fight infection. This may have been common knowledge to mothers for year...

Scientist Affirm Mom’s Advice - Keep Yourself Wrapped Up To Avoid Cold

...e common colds to be seasonal. Cooling of the nose slows down clearance of viruses from the nose and slows down the white cells that fight infection. This may have been common knowledge to mothers for year...

Gene responsible for developing prostate cancer identified

...les. This dramatically decreases Ack1 activity and slows tumor formation,' Earp said. In addition, the team compared Ack1 activation in advanced prostate cancer tissue from patients with that found in benign prostatic hypertrophy, or non-cancerous prostate enlargement. The team showed the levels of the ...

Scientists Discover Prostate Cancer Triggering Molecule

...les. This dramatically decreases Ack1 activity and slows tumor formation,' Earp added. The team also found that Ack1 levels were much higher in benign prostatic hypertrophy, or non-cancerous prostate enlargement than in advanced prostate cancer. "Because we found Ack1 is more active in advanced prostate tu...

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