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Non Hormonal Therapies for Menopause Not Proved to be Effective

...n the article. Estrogen has been used as a hormone supplement for nearly 60 years to treat menopausal symptoms. However, recent studies reporting adverse effects such as cardiovascular events and breast cancer have raised important concerns about its use and have led to increased interest in other therapies for...

High Levels Of Folic Acid May Increase The Chances Of Twins After IVF

...lowing in vitro fertilization. They found that the supplement might be linked to higher rates of multiple births after fertility treatment. However, the researchers said that folic acid, a vitamin B that protects against birth defects such as spina bifida, does not affect overall chances of becoming pregnant ...

Study Shows No Difference between Policosanol and Placebo

...ding to a trial result it is said that the dietary supplement policosanol is no better than a placebo. This drug is used as an alternative to reduce cholesterol.// It is made from the waxy coating on sugar cane and sometimes from beeswax, wheat germ and rice bran. The study results were published in the Journa...

E-gym is the latest fad: bring the gym home online!

...rsonal trainers, but it's definitely going to be a supplement that people can use.' So there are two views regarding this new approach....

Work –Related Stress:A Survey On British Male

...bove the age of 18, was done on behalf of vitamin supplement manufacturer, Vitabiotics ,and found that 22 percent of the subjects were depressed as a result of work-related stress. The findings also revealed that 28 percent of men suffer due to exhaustion from stress, 20 percent have outbursts of agg...

Govt to Shift its Focus From Curative to Preventive Mode of Healthcare

...st is estimated at Rs.3.5 billion,' he said. To supplement the IDSP, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases would be expanded and renamed as National Centre for Disease Control, the minister said. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will soon be made a separate department in the health m...

Transporter offers reliable clues for safer pain medicine

...or the treatment of pain, maybe even a nutritional supplement to prevent pain,' says Dr. Ganapathy. 'You could use such a treatment to block this transport activity for HIV patients as well as other patients to control pain.' (Souce:Eureka)...

Infant Formula With High Iron Content Packs Brain Disorder

...t humans,’ said Andersen, ‘We’re not saying not to supplement infant formula with iron, but perhaps the levels need to be adjusted.’ Human infant formula, which is regulated by the FDA, is supplemented with iron to prevent iron-deficiency anemia, which can lead to mental retardation. Although iron supplementati...

A herbal delight for athletes in solving cramp and pain problems

...was an observation period and participants did not supplement with Pycnogenol. Symptoms related to venous disorders, and the number of cramping episodes each participant experienced over the two observation weeks was recorded. Next, all the participants were given 200 mg of Pycnogenol once a day for four wee...

Classes on Proper Use of Diet Supplements for Low Income Group Elders

...e to carry a list of their medications and discuss supplement use with their doctors. Although the overall effec...people who said they talked to their doctors about supplement use increased by 12 percent in the group taking the classes, compared with 3 percent in the group wh...

Vitamins may not protect against cancer say researchers

...ancer Society says "There is no vitamin or mineral supplement proven to reduce the risk of cancer." Dr. J. Michael McGinnis, chairman of the vitamin study spearheaded by the National Institutes of Health reports says “More than half of Americans are taking dietary supplements - mostly multivitamins - but scie...

NZ To Opt For Folate Fortification Of Bread

...alf the recommended amount, therefore the need for supplement tablets. Folate fortification of foods has been permitted in New Zealand since 1996 and has been added voluntarily to breads, breakfast cereals, and various other products. However the food agency research in 1998 showed that average folate consu...

Aortic Dissection - A Deadly Condition

...likely to survive. The findings are published in a supplement to the journal Circulation. The study, performed by an international team led by specialists at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center, involved data from 303 patients. All were treated in the late 1990s and early 2000s for the most seriou...

Regular Exercise Can Help From Recurrence of Colon Cancer

...xercise, it's important that exercise be seen as a supplement to, not a replacement for, standard therapies." The two studies used different sets of data to arrive at their shared conclusion. One study involved 832 patients with stage III colon cancer (involving the lymph nodes around the tumor but with no si...

Studies Advocate Natural Form Of Vitamin E

...In the first study of this form of the nutritional supplement in humans, Ohio State researchers determined that ...ant, and another, lower concentration at which the supplement offers non-antioxidant protection. Both functions of TCT are directed against neurodegeneration. The...

Calcium Intake Reduces Occurrence of Pre- Eclampsia

...12 different studies showed that 1 gram of calcium supplement taken during pregnancy is very effective in reducing the risk of suffering from pre-eclampsia// by 50%. The study was carried out by the Cochrane Collaboration and it found that calcium supplements cuts the risk of this condition. Hence pregnant wo...

Older, More Rounded, and Artier Applicants make Better Medical Students

...s: An A level in a humanity or social science to supplement the "stringent science requirement" would allow successful candidates to be better primed for the social science elements in the medical curriculum. And would help shift the pure science focus in "both training and temperament." Any A level that invo...

Using Multivitamins Before And After Conception Averts Preeclampsia

...attributed to other differences among multivitamin supplement users and nonusers that investigators did not iden...ultivitamin use rather than a random assignment of supplement use. Even so, the association between multivitamin use and diminished risk of preeclampsia strongly ...

Unmasking Nutrition's Role in Genes and Birth Defects

... birth defects and that folic acid is an essential supplement in some women for the prevention of spina bifida in the developing fetus," said Gitlin. "The ultimate goal of this research is to bring the power of genomic medicine to every woman. The knowledge of genetic variations serves as a unique, individual g...

SWAN system for navigation

... The researchers have also learned that SWAN would supplement other techniques that a blind person might already use for getting around such as using a cane to identify obstructions in the path or a guide dog. The researchers' next step is to transition SWAN from outdoors-only to indoor-outdoor use. Since GPS...

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