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The advantages of berries

According to researchers feeding rats with black raspberries reduces the risk of colon cancer. It is well known that a good intake of fresh fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of cancer. Now researchers are beginning to find out more about the protective compounds that various types of produce contain. //The latest report, from researchers at Hopkins University, is about black raspberries -...

The advantages of oxygen therapy

According to a new research, oxygen therapy at home reduces hospitalisation in those with lung disease. Researchers at the University Hospital of Denmark, have studied the effects of oxygen on 200 patients with smoker's lungs// - where the blood becomes deficient in oxygen. The oxygenation was begun in an outpatient clinic, then continued at home. Having oxygen therapy, for at least 1...

Advantages of Red Wine

Researchers from France observed in a study that red wine drinkers have increased HDL cholesterol, commonly referred to as the "good" cholesterol. This helps show some light on why red wine is believed to be protective against cardiovascular disease. // Researchers compared HDL cholesterol levels between 40 men who drink every now and then, those who are regular drinkers and those who...

Fish food has lot of advantages, but only if cooked in the right way

It is important for fish food to be cooked the right way to harness the benefits to the maximum. This is because the cooking preparation is as important as the amount of fat and calories in your meals. // Ready to dive into the nutrition facts? Just one piece of batter-dipped fish has 170 calories and 11 grams of fat. Fish or shrimp preparations accompanied by fried stuff, hushpuppies...

Disadvantaged Students May Not Go In For College Education

The Review of Policy Research has revealed why intelligent students who belong to communities that are disadvantaged are unable to utilize the college options// which are available to them. One reason for this is insufficient scholarship information available to them. The other reasons are group identity, self-contrast, and social identity, according to Jennifer A. Zimbroff, the author...

Stent’s Benefits Outweigh Disadvantage

The drug-eluting stent which costs US$ 2,300 is used for heart diseases, and prevents the recurrence of clogging arteries. Even though they are likely to result // in allergic reactions, the risks are far outweighed by its benefits, according to recent studies. The Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Dr. Charles Davidson has said that the use of drug-eluting stent should not be limited....

Inactivation of Rad9 in Tumor Cells Would Be Advantageous In Cancer Therapy

A study conducted by Tej K. Pandita, Ph.D., associate professor of radiation oncology at Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital said that // inactivation of mammalian Rad9 in Tumor Cells Would Be Advantageous In Cancer Therapy. Rad9 checks for DNA damage, and fixes dangerous breaks in the DNA double helix. It is active in telomeres w...

Another advantage of breastfeeding kids: lower chances of respiratory illnesses

A new study has found out that babies breastfed for six months have reduced respiratory illness that those breastfed for 4 months. This research was conducted by investigators at UC Davis Children's Hospital, //the University of Rochester and the American Academy of Pediatrics, Center for Child Health Research. In the words of Caroline Chantry, a pediatrician with UC Davis Children's...

Competitive Advantage Are Attained In Which Freeloaders Are Punished

According to a study conducted by the University of Erfurt in Erfurt, Germany, it was found that people are willing to inflict financial pain to achieve// collective gain. The study results were published in the journal Science. Researchers have found that groups in which individual members have the option to punish freeloaders were more popular than groups without this option. Thoug...

Retro Running Is Found To Be More Advantageous

Exercise is a good way of relieving stress and providing the mind with a positive focus. A number of studies have shown that exercise can lift a person's spirits// , and there is even evidence that physical activity can aid in treating clinical depression. Exercise helps in the reduction of anger, fatigue and tension, as well as increased vigor. Of late Retro walking or running has become popular...

Advantage India: Growth Pills Abound For Pharma Companies

It's advantage Indian pharma companies and the needy patients who would have to fork out much less to purchase life-saving drugs, with global pharma giants like Merck and Pfizer losing// their patent on drugs commanding multi-billion annual sales. Domestic pharma majors Ranbaxy and Dr Reddy's Laboratories are being touted as major beneficiaries to tap on a multi-billion dollar sales...

New Antipsychotic Medications have Little Advantage Over Older Drugs

Among patients with schizophrenia whose medication is changed because of ineffectiveness or harmful side effects, second-generation// antipsychotic drugs do not appear to offer significant benefits compared to first-generation antipsychotic drugs, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The findings run contrary to...

"New" Clear Advantages In Nuclear Medicine

Generally the word "nuclear" conceives a hazy flawed perception in the mind concerning an indefinable ethereal energy that permits doctors// to peer non invasively into the body. In the words of Jonathan M Links the former president of Society of Nuclear Medicine(SNM), who has presented his views in the current issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, regarding unders...

HIV Takes Advantage of Rivalry among T cells

Houston: A novel HIV study has demonstrated how intense struggle among the human immune system's T cells gives the leeway to the virus to survive harm and take on a more virulent form, developing into the advanced stages of AIDS. // The study, which uses a computer model of simultaneous virus and immune system evolution, also gives a hint of a new strategy for using vaccines against the virus. T...

Advantage Coffee and Disadvantage-Diabetes

Coffee drinkers the world over may rejoice and celebrate with a cuppa coffee, as new study has underlined the benefit of coffee drinking in offsetting a major lifestyle// disease, Type 2 diabetes. A recently published study in the November issue of the journal Diabetes Care found that consuming caffeinated coffee lowered the risk of developing diabetes by 60% so much so that even th...

Obesity - An Advantage For MHD Patients

Despite of the significant improvements in dialysis treatments, over 20% of 350,000 MHD patients die each year in U.S. Hemodialysis International, which published the// study, finds that this high mortality rate may be attributed to malnutrition. Large Body Mass Combats Effects of Malnutrition From Treatment. Maintenance Hemodialysis (MHD) patients experience what has been termed the...

Advantage, Obese Men!!

American Heart Journal recently reported a study which states that fat men are able to handle heart attacks better than lean men. //This research was conducted by a team of researchers from University of California. According to this study, when obese men were hospitalized with heart attacks, they were able to recuperate better than thin men. This is said to be due to the presence of f...

Heart Care for Disadvantaged Children With American Help

A hospital in Chennai has tied up with an American university and a NGO in the US to bring low-cost heart care to disadvantaged children in India. There are an estimated 40,000 kids needing such heart correction procedures. The Lifeline multi-speciality hospital here has set up a foundation with the University of Missouri and the Gift of Life International (GOLI) which "will facilit...