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Grapes, Melons Implicated in Outbreaks

According to researchers , there is a new study on seedless green grapes which caused a salmonella outbreak that sickened 30 people across six Western states last summer and fall. Researchers were surprised to find that the outbreak of Salmonella serotype senftenberg// most often found in meats and poultry was outwardly spread to people through grapes. Dr.Alicia, at the International C...

To Reduce Risk Of Cancer Eat Grapes

According to a study in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry the chemicals present in grapes help in reducing // the spread of carcinogenic cells. Grapes contain chemicals called flavnoids and stilbenes that are active ingredients that can stop the growth of cancer in the body. However for the chemicals to show their cancer inhibitory effect the grapes need to be taken whole. Th...

Heart Disease In Women Can Be Reduced By Eating Grapes

Heart disease is traditionally thought of as affecting more men than women, but in fact it is the number// one killer of women worldwide . A recent study indicates that polyphenols found in grapes can actually reduce certain key risk factors for coronary heart disease in women .Polyphenols, antioxidant phytonutrients such as resveratrol, anthocyanins, catechins, and quercetin, are believe...

Compound In Grapes And Red Wine To Counter Alzheimer's Disease

Recent research shows that resveratrol, a compound found in grapes and red wine, lowers the levels of the amyloid-beta peptides, which cause the telltale senile plaques of Alzheimer's disease. // Wine is enriched in antioxidant compounds with potential neuroprotective activities. Resveratrol is an antioxidant, a group of plant-based chemicals being widely studied for their health benefit...

Bird Flu Virus in a Dead Mallard and a Gull near Budapest, Hungary

A government spokesman said that new cases of bird flu in a dead mallard and a gull were found in two different places near Budapest, and in two dead swans// in southern Hungary. Previously the government has confirmed eight case of the H5N1 virus detected in swans outside Budapest. The mallard was found in Szentendre, a town north of Budapest, while the gull was found in Sz...

Ethiopia Escapes Bird Flu Threat

The emergence of bird flu in Ethiopia has been dismissed by health officials, following the negative results from analysis// of samples that were tested for the presence of the H5N1 virus. Officials belonging to the health department said in a panel discussion organized on Thursday that no outbreak of bird flu has been reported so far, based upon the daily surveillance conducted in se...

Grapes are not sour…

Italian scientists have found that the grapes in most red wines have a sleep inducing ingredient, melatonin. That’s probably the reason why wine lulls //people to beauty sleep. Melatonin, a sleep hormone is produced by the pineal gland in the brain, which is like a sign board for the body directing it to hit the sack! The discovery of melatonin in grape skin could explain why so many...

Melatonin Hormone Found in Red Wine Grapes

According to the research conducted by the scientist Iriti Marcello at the University of Milan it was found that grapes used in the making //of red wine have high levels of melatonin. The study results were published in the journal of science of food and Agriculture. This is a hormone which is secreted by the pineal gland in the brain in all mammals. But now the hormone’s existence in pla...

Scientists Discover How HIV Escapes Cells

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions have discovered that the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) exploits a pre-existing transport system to leave one infected cell, and infect new ones. Published in Plos Biology, the new findings counter the prevailing belief that HIV and other retroviruses can only leave and enter cells by virus-specific mechanisms. I...

Gay Gang in Netherlands Lures, Rapes and Infects Fellow Homosexuals With HIV/AIDS

Gay sex, ecstasy tablets, orgies and rapes to infect the unsuspecting with HIV virus, it all reads like some spinechiller. Only it is not fiction. A gay gang in Netherlands did act out such horrid fantasies. They allegedly trawled the internet to lure fellow homosexuals, drugged those ventured out and went on to rape them with the deadly AIDS virus. Two of the three arrested reportedl...

Natural Compound in Grapes, Tea and Cocoa Helps to Enhance Memory

A study of mice has shown that a natural compound found in blueberries, tea, grapes, and cocoa has the potential to boost memory , and that its effects further increase when combined with regular exercise. The compound pointed at by the researchers is epicatechin, one of a group of chemicals known as flavonols that has been shown previously to improve cardiovascular function in peop...

Researchers Find How the Brain Hears Shapes

A new research by a Harvard Medical school researcher has shown how the brain hears shapes and how it can activate a particular area in the brain called LOtv that lights up when one identifies an objects shape. As part of their research, Amir Amedi and his team taught seven sighted volunteers to use a device called The vOICe, which converts visual details into sound, using pitch to...

Walking Upright Saves Humans 75 Pc More Energy Compared to Apes

Though as to exactly when humans started walking on two legs is something yet to be ascertained, scientists have nevertheless hypothesized that bipedalism evolved as a way of reducing locomotor energy costs. In the first study to fully examine this theory among humans and adult chimpanzees, the team of scientists from Washington University in St. Louis, University of California...