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Beer to Ward off Osteoporosis

...omocysteine, linked to an early onset of heart and vascular disease, is also present in beer. However those who drank wine or liquor showed an increase of up to 10% in their homocysteine levels. It was also noted that those who drank beer showed a 30% increase in vitamin B6 in their blood plasma, thereby prov...

Micro vascular Disease Enabled with a Superior Test, Courtesy: Women’s Heart Progra

Advanced diagnostic tests for micro vascular cardiac disease on the lines of what the Cedars-Si...recent years have physicians become aware of micro vascular disease - a dysfunction of the heart’s small arteries - as a significant problem for women,” explain...

Blood Clots, A Common Feature Of Vascular Dementia And Alzheimer's

...dies have established that Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia can account for a major proportion of all dementias, the exact reason for this association has been largely unknown. The study consisted of 170 patients, consisting of Alzheimer's disease (50%) and Vascular Dementia (50%). The frequency of...

Heart Disease Increasing At An Alarming Rate In New Zealand

...tes is leading to a new wave of coronary heart and vascular disease in ethnically predisposed populations and relatively younger people in both developed and developing countries around the world," Dr Sharpe wrote admitting that the trend was global and not limited to New Zealand alone. "The task of turning b...

Chocolate to Treat Heart Disease

...udy. Intrigued about the effect of flavanoids on vascular function, Corder recommends the study of these ingredients as well as grape seed extracts on patients with cardiovascular disease. Corder’s theory has not met with much popularity as most cardiac doctors view chocolate consumption itself as part ...

Alcoholism Linked To Higher Death Rates Among Older Men

... found that moderate drinking can reduce risks for vascular disease and death, said Dr. Alison Moore, associate professor of geriatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and the study’s lead researcher. “None of these studies have specifically looked at the interaction of alcohol use and condi...

'Expedition Everest' Finds New Species

...gest U.S. states). Fully 50 percent of the Earth's vascular plants and 42 percent of terrestrial vertebrates exist only in these 34 hotspots. Hotspots face extreme threats and have already lost at least 70 percent of their original vegetation. "Being part of the Mission Himalayas team has given us all a renew...

Disney’s New Attraction Showcases the Discoveries of the Himalayas Expeditio

...gest U.S. states). Fully 50 percent of the Earth's vascular plants and 42 percent of terrestrial vertebrates exist only in these 34 hotspots. Hotspots face extreme threats and have already lost at least 70 percent of their original vegetation. "Being part of the Mission Himalayas team has given us all a ren...

Loneliness Results In High Blood Pressure In Elders

... the loneliness is related to increased peripheral vascular resistance among young people. Although both lonely and non-lonely people in that study experienced stress, subjects in both studies reacted to stress differently. “Lonely people differ from non-lonely individuals in their tendency to perceive stre...

10-Kilo Tumor Removed From Cancer Patient

...ide and was pressing the aorta and lungs, creating vascular and respiratory problems,' surgeon Darko Milinovic stated. 'The operation was complicated by the size of the tumour and during this the patient received four packages of blood transfusion.' Tumours of that size are almost always benign, but can kil...

Is Aricept, the Alzheimer’s Drug Safe to Use against Vascular Dementia

...ut at present it was being tested in patients with vascular dementia, the second most common form of dementia ...bos. On the other hand the drug is approved for vascular dementia in a number of smaller markets, including South Korea and India....

Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Could Improve Quality Of Life After Radiatio

...efficacy in mild to severe Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia. The results of this initial study encourage continued investigation of donepezil and other AChE inhibitors.” The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has also approved the drug for this use. The researchers decided to go in for trying the drug...

Carotid Stenting Can Help Patients With Silent Disease

...as a major catalyst in the field of interventional vascular medicine...

Australian Snake Venom Can Arrest Bleeding During Surgery And Trauma

...an rapidly arrest bleeding during major trauma and vascular surgery.The finding could eventually pave way for // development of the next generation of therapeutic drugs for humans. Taipan venom has been found to contain high amounts of a blood-clotting protein, referred to as factor X. The gene responsible ...

Statins For Erectile Dysfunction- An Alternative To Viagra?

... (ED) in men more commonly signifies an underlying vascular abnormality involving the lining of the blood vess...t when the body does not make enough of it, due to vascular disease, erectile dysfunction manifests. Viagra, which is most commonly used for treatment of ED, pr...

Getting Basic Science to Work For Medicine

...nsive, hands on training experience in the area of vascular disease," said Bonham. "We've also established a d...riculum." The first batch of students will take up vascular biology with emphasis on heart and vascular diseases, stroke and related areas of metabolic syndrome...

Treatment Resistant Tumors Can Be Targeted Better Using Botox

...toxin (Type A) into mouse tumors. As expected, the vascular architecture of the tumor opened, destroying the previously resistant cancer cells. The study is the first of its kind to test the use of Botox as an adjuvant in the effective treatment of resistant tumors. In addition, pre-treatment with Botox de...

Women Display Different IHD Symptoms

...ffer the first description of this female-specific vascular disorder. Although the ‘diffuse atherosclerosis’ that many women experience is not seen on coronary angiography, it results in abnormal resistance that limits the blood flow to the heart tissue. But without angiographic evidence of a blocked artery...

Do not get unduly stressed or emotional as it may affect the heart!

... an unhealthy lifestyle and risk factors to cardio vascular disease. In the words of Russ Newman, Ph.D., J.D., APA executive director for professional practice,” Achieving a healthy lifestyle comes from adopting behaviours over time that help to manage stress in effective ways that don't at the same time tak...

Increased Risk Of Losing Sight In Obese People.

... of all these diseases except Cataract is that the vascular system is affected and excess pressure causes pulmonary problem due to this blood vessels of the eye are affected leading to blindness. But in the case of Cataract, it is a disease of the lens and the researcher says that obese people are at a very...

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