Studies find eating fruits and vegetables good for lungs
... associated with increased lung function. Eating a lot of apples and tomatoes also reduced the risk of wheezing. Lead researcher Sarah Lewis, Ph.D., notes that it is not known what nutrients in apples and tomatoes protect against lung problems. "The likelihood is that any effect is due to the concerted a...New recommendations proposed for safe use of herbal medications by patients having surgery
...nd to vary enormously from maker to maker and even lot to lot. Potency and purity are inconsistent. Product labels are not always accurate. In fact, Yuan, who studies the effects of ginseng , has had to work closely with a Wisconsin supplier to obtain consistent supplies of that herb for his researc...This summer, Camp Calcium is where the boys are
...ing, however. "I've learned that you should eat a lot better and get more calcium," he says. Information from a previous Purdue Camp Calcium was used by the National Academy of Sciences to establish new dietary guidelines for calcium in 1997. "All of us in the lab are quite proud of what we've been able......s attributable to womens greater fear of gaining a lot of weight if they quit, says NIDA Director Dr. Alan I. Leshner. It would be an important clinical advance if we find a way to successfully address those concerns, making it easier for more women to stop smoking. The Pittsburgh investigators randomly...Biomolecule studied for medical uses
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... and a tendency to view the program as requiring a lot of effort. Shiriki K. Kumanyika, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, 215-898-2629; skumanyi@cceb.med.upenn.edu . P27 Do women have more adverse outcomes than men following stroke? About 500,000 Americans have a stroke eac......d adherence to the treatment regimens. "There is a lot of mistrust in these treatments, such as concern that the drugsmay be poisons designed to harm them, rather than heal their symptoms," said Altice. Altice and his team surveyed 205 HIV-infected prisoners in four ambulatory prison HIV clinics. Sixty-...Study: Dental sealants for children on Medicaid can reduce dental costs
...y, however, and spare poor children at high risk a lot of pain from toothaches at the same time, sealants become an important preventive measure. The results also highlight the need for further research to find good ways to identify high-risk children to reduce overall costs of a sealant program to Me...UNC to share in $34 million study of what happens to cancer patients
...aracteristics and experiences. "Well learn quite a lot from this study, including whether being poor, living in rural areas or being a minority affects how patients do with either of these two important cancers," Sandler said. "Of special interest to us will be patients survival and quality of life. We b...Tissue engineering could become new coronary bypass
...e muscle and it could encourage the formation of a lot of vessels through it and around it." To test the polymer, the researchers implanted four different versions of the material under the skin on the backs of laboratory rats. One polymer held just VEGF, one just PDGF, one had both with the PDGF in tim...Pre-teens involved in hobbies and sports get better grades, are better behaved
...who spent more time playing outdoors or hung out a lot were less likely to have good grades and more likely to show bad conduct at both ages. Reading appears to be a double-edged sword: the 10-year-olds who read more tended to have better grades but also were more likely to report symptoms of depression....Unique study to begin examination of whether treating periodontal disease cuts heart disease
...C School of Dentistry. These studies have raised a lot of interest among researchers, dental practitioners and the public, but many questions remain because several other studies have not found an association. What were starting now is a pilot study to determine whether we can do a much larger comprehens...Garlic supplements can impede HIV medication
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...cular biologists -- to carry out their studies. A lot of research remains to be done before the work done by Good and her colleagues is translated into medications that can prevent or treat Alzheimer's disease. *The results of her studies must be confirmed by other scientists. *New medications must be d...Study: many poor children live in pain because barriers to dental care too great
...Carolina at Chapel Hill study. Cavities can hurt a lot -- disrupting sleep and meals -- and other children ridicule their unsightly front teeth. Despite substantial federal funding, barriers to dental care for such youngsters are just too great for many to overcome. The new work was confined to the Tar ...UF study: Healthy aging depends on social as well as physical activity
...id. For much of the century, there has not been a lot of support for women to be active, yet we see a large number who have gym memberships and are pursuing a wide range of physical activities, she said. The UF study found that the women surveyed viewed retirement as a chance to finally do things their...Drug-free therapy gives patients reprieve from panic disorder
...hose who choose CBT," he said. "With the latter, a lot of people can get results in a very short amount of time." Schmidt conducted the research with graduate assistant Kelly Woolaway-Bickel and assistant professor Michael Vasey, both ...Air pollution may trigger asthma in young athletes
...es. "Team sports are an indicator of kids who do a lot of physical activity," he says. "Theyre breathing more ozone than a kid sitting in front of a TV inside the house." Athletes get a higher dose of pollutants to the lung, because they must breathe rapidly and deeply. In addition, most sports are playe...Duke researchers identify the mechanisms by which drug combinations kill fungal infections
...s stop growing, but they don't die. As a result, a lot of fungal isolates become resistant to the azoles," Heitman said. The study was funded by grants from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Unlike bacteria or viruses, fungi are eukaryotic cells that resemble cells of the human b...