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Beta-Carotene May Aid Diabetics

Abnormal low-density lipoprotein(LPD), lipid composition and anti-oxidant content are associated with an increased liability to oxidation of LDL derived from diabetic patients.//Researchers designed a study to compare the oxidation of LDL drawn from patients with diabetes mellitus to normoglycemic controls. They also sought to follow-up the effects of dietary beta-carotene supplementation...

B-Carotene Increases Oral Cancer Risk In Smokers

Vitamins have been considered to improve general health of people. With health consciousness spreading steadily, the number of people taking vitamin supplements for improving health // status has considerably increased. The approach requires caution because the need for beta-carotene supplement would be dependent to a large scale on the smoking history. Beta-carotene is a n...

Carotid Endarterectomy Beneficial for Stroke Prevention

Stroke may be reduced with the help of carotid endarterectomy, said a report in the recent issue of the journal Neurology. Carotid endarterectomy is the most frequently performed operation to prevent stroke//. There is scientific evidence to support its use to prevent future stroke, according to a clinical practice guideline published in the journal of the American Academy of Neurology...

Carotenoid Absorption Explained In A Better Manner

Carotenoids are being hailed as extremely important nutritionally and studied extensively. A pioneering method developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists has revealed new findings about how carotenoids are absorbed in the body.// Using isotopes to tag carotenoids from kale, researchers at the ARS Beltsville (Md.) Human Nutrition Research Center (BHNRC) monitored the nu...

Beta-Carotene Linked With Lower Incidence Of Deaths In Elderly

A new study has linked beta-carotene to heart diseases. The correlation states that intake of beta-carotene //shows lower incidence of deaths in elderly with heart diseases. The association between the risk and beta-carotene intake is still significant after considering other risk factors, according to the authors of the study. The finding apparently contradicts previous studies...

Statins Reduce Deaths And Strokes After Carotid Surgery

Statins taken for a week before carotid endarterectomy surgery can reduce the risk of near-term death by 80%, and the risk of early stroke by 65%, say Johns Hopkins researchers//. Bruce A. Perler, M.D., chief of vascular surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, said, "We found that among patients on statins, the 30-days stroke incidence was only 1.2%, versus 4.5% among patients who were...

Christmas, Carols And Unique Indian Christianity

New Delhi: Christianity came to India much before it went to the west, perhaps a reason why India's 25 million Christians prefer to be catholic in faith // , oriental in worship and Indian in culture. It has been a two-way process - a process of osmosis where Christianity has over the centuries become an indelible part of Indian plurality. Not only for the urban middle classes enthusia...

Inclination of North Carolina’s Elderly Population towards Home Remedie

A study conducted by Thomas Arcury, Ph.D., lead researcher, from Wake Forest University School of Medicine said that older adults in rural North Carolina// widely use folk or home remedies, such as taking a daily tonic of vinegar or using Epsom salts. Their use is largely limited to home remedies, vitamins and minerals. The aim of the study was to study more about what complementary and...

Carotid Stenting Can Help Patients With Silent Disease

Results from the largest-ever multi-center U.S. registry on the efficacy of carotid stenting shows that the procedure is safe in patients who are at high risk for standard surgical therapy.// The registry, an FDA-required post-approval study, known as CAPTURE (Carotid ACCULINK/ACCUNET Post Approval Trial to Uncover Rare Events) was presented today at the American College of Cardiology’s...

Dental Disease Linked with Carotid Atheromas and Stroke

Recently an UCLA study by a team of researchers have revealed the connection between gum diseases and increased carotid atheromas formation in patients //at a higher risk for stroke. Researchers have explained that this link may be due to blockages containing calcium in the main blood vessels leading to the brain by carotid artery. These blockages, or atheromas, contain calciu...

Carotid Stenting Could Avert Depression In Stenosis

A new study in the August issue of Radiology says that placing a carotid stent in a narrowed carotid artery helps ward off depression that could arise as a result of carotid stenosis. //"The patients in this study who received carotid stenting showed significantly fewer depressive symptoms than those who did not," said lead researcher Wolfgang Mlekusch, M.D., specialist of clinical angiol...

Heat Spells Trouble in South Carolina

South Carolina is simmering in the wake of a strong summer, which is only getting worse due to elevated humidity levels. No respite for sometime, weather experts predict//. They have forecasted that all places south of Interstate 85 will be under the heat spell. Though the temperatures are not as high as it was during the nineties, yet humidity levels have been rather high during thi...

Surveys Find Outright Hunger among Latino Immigrants in North Carolina

Wake Forest University School of Medicine researchers have found high rates of hunger in surveys of immigrant Latino families in eastern and western North Carolina,// southwestern Virginia and Forsyth County. “Although the United States enjoys a relative lack of hunger, there are segments of the N.C. population – Latino immigrants – with hunger more severe than areas of persistent pov...

Beta Carotene Pills Do Not Remedy Age-related Macular Degeneration

Chicago- Beta carotene was thought to remedy eyesight problems, an extension of the advice most of us have grown up with- about carrots// being good for eyesight. A novel research has suggested that beta carotene pills may not be of much use in improving age associated macular degeneration. Age related macular degeneration is common amongst the older generation, which could eventually lea...

Dental X-rays of Carotid Artery Cannot Estimate Stroke Risk

Detection of calcified tissue in the carotid artery by dental x-rays is not enough evidence to estimate a patient's stroke risk was the conclusion// of a review published in the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA). Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability among adults in the U.S. It occurs when a blood vessel that brings oxygen and nutrients to the br...

Number of Uninsured in North Carolina on the Rise

The percentage of North Carolinians under the age of 65 who lacked health insurance for a year has risen from 15.3 percent in 2000 to 17.2 percent in 2005//. The proportion of uninsured residents ranged from a low of 13.4 percent in Wake County to a high of 27.5 percent in Tyrrell County. Lack of health insurance is a particularly acute problem in Eastern North Carolina; nine of the 1...

Standards for Measuring Narrowing of Carotid Arteries too Aggressive

Standards for the use of ultrasound as a screening tool to measure narrowing of the carotid artery may be too aggressive, resulting in some needless follow-up tests and procedures according to researchers at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Narrowing of the carotid can be a precursor to a stroke. Hisham Bassiouny, MD, director of the non-invasive vascular lab and interim s...

New Balloon Catheter Available Worldwide for Carotid and Renal Angioplasty

Today at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery, Cordis Endovascular, division of Cordis Corporation, announced the worldwide launch of the Cordis AVIATOR (TM) Plus Balloon Dilatation Catheter for use in angioplasty procedures for patients with carotid and or renal artery blockages. AVIATOR(TM) Plus combines a unique high-pressure expansion and low profile .014 inch r...

Yoga Session at North Carolina State University

The Hindu Students Council chapter at North Carolina State University held a prayer and yoga session during the weekend . "It's a concentrated dose of culture, friendship and a lot of learning together," said Kanchan Banerjee, founder of the first chapter of the Hindu Students Council, after the event Saturday. It has been 17 years since the Council first organised the...