Cooking tomatoes boosts disease-fighting power
...ody from cell and tissue damage, which occurs when harmful molecules called free radicals, released as oxygen, are metabolized by the body. Lycopene, a carotenoid responsible for the red color in tomatoes and other fruits, has long been known as a powerful antioxidant that decreases cancer and heart-disease ...USC researchers find ozone lowers sperm counts
...NCHO MIRAGE, CA, April 19, 2002Ozone appears to be harmful to male fertility, according to Keck School of Medicine of USC researcher Rebecca Z. Sokol, M.D., a professor of obstetrics and gynecology and medicine. The high ozone levels produced in the lower atmospherethe result of the release of pollutantssee...Researchers say trees could affect land use, reduce skin cancer
...gy and in the winter. As much as 80 percent of the harmful rays still reach you through clouds and fog. Chil...r outdoor structures to aid in protection from the harmful rays....MMP enzymes play key role in stability and breakdown of atherosclerotic plaques
...MP enzymes show that they play both beneficial and harmful roles. As blood vessels and arteries develop and repair, MMPs help cells break down and reorganize or "remodel" their matrix the complex molecular scaffold that gives arteries structural support by holding cells together. The remodeling process co...Mercury ups heart disease risk
...l, some fish may contain methyl mercury in amounts harmful for humans, says study author Jukka T. Salonen, M.D., Ph.D, MScP.H., professor of epidemiology at the Research Institute of Public Health at the University of Kuopio in Finland. In the Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factor (KIHD) study, a tota...Non-traditional roles may boost risk of heart disease and death
...al roles and norms change with time, its hoped the harmful effects of having jobs or social roles that are considered outside the norm will be diminished, Eaker says....Researchers show beneficial role of bacterial DNA in fighting inflammatory bowel disease
...odel Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), reduces the harmful effects of this serious intestinal disorder while enhancing the immune system. And, because its a man-made version of bacterial DNA, the synthetic compound inhibits the experimental colitis in mice without imposing a bacterial infection. The findings...Cancer drug proves effective in treating sickle cell disease
...th of time patients are on the drug to ensure that harmful side effects do not emerge with time. An oral form of decitabine is in development. Sickle cell disease is found primarily in populations originating in the world's malarial belt. About one in 500 African-Americans suffers from the disease. Illinois ...Study finds potential danger to workers in food flavoring manufacturing
...d a number of substances that might potentially be harmful if inhaled in high concentrations, most notably acetaldehyde and capsaicin....Lonely people face higher risk of heart disease
... to increased resistance to blood flow that may be harmful in the long run. In contrast, non-lonely students had increased blood pressure from increased cardiac output, a more normal response to stress. The lonely students had resistance to blood flow before the stressors too, suggesting that these cardiovas...Study: Cognitive therapy at least as effective as drugs in treating severe depression
...n apply," DeRubeis said. Therapists explore these harmful ideas with patients, encouraging them to test the misperceptions that shape their negative feelings. Prior studies have shown that in most cases, even short-term cognitive therapy brings patients to regard the damaging hypotheses as invalid....Gout drug shows promise in treating chronic heart failure
...ure patients, possibly by blocking the creation of harmful free radicals, researchers report in today's rapid...is also linked to oxidative stress, an increase in harmful free radicals that can damage blood vessels. The free radical superoxide is a form of oxygen that n...Buck researcher makes progress in fight against Huntington's Disease
...e patients. The discovery of a "new player" among harmful proteases advances the fight against Huntington's disease, an inherited neurodegenerative disorder. As it progresses, the disease causes uncontrollable movements, rigidity, dementia and death. The most famous victim of Huntington's disease was Amer...With cues from nature, scientists develop new method to purify drugs
...ntain tens or hundreds of unwanted and potentially harmful molecules or materials, sometimes including the bacteria themselves. As a result, the drug has to be separated from the mixture, or purified, a slow and expensive process. The workhorse technology now used for purifying drugs, called chromatography,...Postmenopausal hormone therapy offers no protection against heart attacks
...estin therapy is not beneficial and does have some harmful effects." HERS II was a 2.7 year follow-up of the 4.1 year HERS study, the first randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled trial large enough to detect the effects of hormone therapy on disease outcomes. Participants in HERS were randomly assigned to r...Teens more anxious than assumed
...s study may help prevent adolescents from starting harmful behaviors like overeating and smoking and may help psychologists and other health care practitioners take better care of their adolescent patients." Teenagers with the highest levels of anxiety tended to spend more time alone but were less anxious wh...Antioxidant-rich diets improve age-related declines in mental function of rats, USF/VA studies find
...o reverse age-related accumulations of potentially harmful inflammatory substances in the brain. The USF researchers compared three groups of older rats. One group ate a diet supplemented by spirulina, a blue-green algae high in antioxidant activity. The second group was fed a daily ration of apple, a...Longer delays associated with better survival
...opular assumption that delay has a significant and harmful impact on survival, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers collected data from the case notes of 703 women resident in Scotland who were diagnosed between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1997 as having endometrial cancer. They calculated time i......heir patients to protect themselves from the sun's harmful rays, a new study reveals. "We expected physicians to report a higher use of sun protection behaviors because [their] medical training should translate to lower rates of cancer risk behaviors," explains lead author Christopher N. Sciamanna, M.D., M.P...