Heart-healthy compound in chocolate identified
In a multifaceted study involving the Kuna Indians of Panama, an international team of scientists has pinpointed a chemical compound that is, in part, responsible, for the heart-healthy benefits of certain cocoas and some chocolate products. The researchers, who are from the University of California, Davis; the Heinrich-Heine University of Duesseldorf, Germany; and Harvard Medical School,...Chocolate milk could be key to longer, healthier life
The popular saying goes that 70 is the new 60 and 60 is the new 50, unfortunately for much of New Zealand's ageing population declining muscle function means it simply isn't true. New research however from The University of Auckland's Faculty of Science aims to develop a non-pharmaceutical means to maintain muscle function and quality of life in older individuals. The good news is the answ...Researches discover gene critical for protection against septic-shock-induced death
Disruption of a single gene, Nrf2, plays a critical role in regulating the body's innate immune response to sepsis and septic shock, according to a study by a research team led by Shyam Biswal, PhD, at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The researchers found that the absence of Nrf2 caused a dramatic increase in mortality due to septic shock in mice. The study's findings...Heat-shock protein vaccine reduces alveolar bone loss
Heat-shock protein (HSP) can be utilized as a vaccine to cross-protect against multiple pathogenic species. Investigators from Pusan National University (South Korea) today presented the findings of a study they performed to evaluate the bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis heat-shock protein (HSP) 60 as a vaccine candidate to inhibit multiple bacteria-induced alveolar bone loss.Recombinant P. ging...Chocolate, wine, spicy foods may be OK for heartburn, Stanford study finds
Patients have been known to hug Lauren Gerson, MD, so overjoyed are they at hearing her words. What does she say to them? Go ahead and eat chocolate. Indulge your passion for spicy cuisine. Drink red wine. Enjoy coffee when you want it, have that orange juice with breakfast and, what the heck, eat a grapefruit, too. Gerson says that for most heartburn patients, there's insufficient evidence to su...Anti-Heat Shock Protein 75 (hsp75) (TRAP-1) Ab-2 Monoclonal Antibody, Unconjugated from Lab Vision
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This trip to Zurich was my first in 21 years (although I had been to Basel, Lausanne, and Gen...Antioxidants found in chocolates
All plant-derived substances contain some antioxidants, often as compounds known as flavonoids. It has been found in a study that chocolate contains higher levels of health-promoting flavonoids than apples or orange juice. Antioxidants block the action of harmful free radicals, which are produced when oxygen burns glucose in cells to release energy. Unchecked, free radicals damage cell...Antioxidants found in chocolates
All plant-derived substances contain some antioxidants, often as compounds known as flavonoids. It has been found in a study that chocolate contains higher levels of health-promoting flavonoids than apples or orange juice. Antioxidants block the action of harmful free radicals, which are produced when oxygen burns glucose in cells to release energy.// Unchecked, free radicals damage ce...Eating chocolate makes you happy
According to a web-based survey, biting a bar of chocolate every day is connected to good mood and happy feelings. Eventhough chocolates are high in fat and sugar, it has long been seen as a pleasurable indulgence.// However, recent evidence suggests that, like other plant based products, it also contains antioxidants, which can protect from chronic disease. Researchers at the Univers...Dark chocolate benefits the heart
There is good news for all chocolate lovers, as against the general thought that chocolate is bad// for health, there comes news that dark chocolate can actually improve heart function. Athens Medical School, Greece investigated and studied effects of dark chocolate consumption on blood vessel function in 17 young and healthy subjects. The scientists found that these subject...Schockett Double Ended Depressor w/Clip
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First RNA Antagonist Medicine to Be Tested in Patients ReducesSeverity of Adult Leukaemia Copenhagen, 6th June 2007 - Santaris Pharma, the Danishbiopharmaceutical company, announced today that SPC2996, theCompany's new RNA Antagonist of Bcl-2, has shown early evidence ofefficacy in an initial Phase I/II clinical study in ChronicLymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL). The results of the study...Ad hoc: Interim report about clinical trial of BF-200 ALA in actinic keratosis
LEVERKUSEN, Germany, 30 April 2007 - Biofrontera AG announcedthat an interim report regarding the clinical study of BF-200 ALAin actinic keratosis was received today from an independent reviewcommittee. The objectives of the study are to investigate theefficacy and safety of several doses of BF-200 ALA in photodynamictherapy. The comments received today refer to the clinical resultseight...Extracorporeal shockwave therapy
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