Cancer-fighting foods, supplements explored in day-long symposium, March 25
... 25, 11:25 a.m.) Drinking cloudy apple juice daily may help prevent colon cancer Researchers in Germany say that drinking two to three glasses of cloudy apple juice (unfiltered) per day may help keep colon cancer at bay. In a ten-week study using a mouse model for colon cancer, animals that were fe...Blueberries contain chemical that may help prevent colon cancer
...Nine of the animals were then placed on a balanced daily diet, while the other nine were given the same diet supplemented with pterostilbene (at a level of 40 parts per million). At the end of an eight-week study period, the rats that were fed pterostilbene showed 57 percent fewer pre-cancerous lesions i...Crestor effective at halting early atherosclerosis
...were randomly assigned to receive 40 mg of Crestor daily and 282 were randomly assigned to receive a placebo, or inactive tablet. Male participants were between 45 and 70 years old and females were between 55 and 70. Crestor arrested the development of artery thickening overall and in all 12 sites of th...Educational video increases knowledge but not behavior
...iors, sufferers of AMD are often unable to perform daily tasks such as reading, writing, driving, and face recognition, which can cause a loss of self-esteem, employment, independence and social interaction. Low vision patients experience emotions ranging from depression to despair and might even entertain...LIALDA -- the first oral once-daily mesalamine for ulcerative colitis -- now available
...e. LIALDA is the first and only FDA-approved once daily oral formulation of mesalamine. The U.S. Food and ... available mesalamines require three to four times daily dosing and six to 16 pills a day. A study found that patients who are not compliant with their mesal...Spirituality increases as alcoholics recover
...d significantly in the six month period, including daily spiritual experiences, the use of religious practi...ng. Those who had experienced an increase in their daily spiritual experiences were less likely to participate in any heavy drinking, as were those who had e...Americans still not eating enough fruits and vegetables, according to 2 recent studies
...ervings and 25% of participants reported eating no daily vegetable servings. There was no improvement in Americans fruit consumption during this period and there was a small decrease in vegetable intake. In the article, Tiffany Gary, PhD, states, "Low fruit and vegetable consumption with no indication of...Headache-related work absences have a considerable socio-economic effect
...per cent said they felt hampered by headaches on a daily basis, according to the March issue of Cephalalgia. "Migraines and tension-type headaches are much more common in peoples forties, when they are often at their most productive, so the socio-economic implications of this chronic disease are consider...First ozone and nitrogen dioxide measurements from MetOp-A
...April 1995, and provides near-global coverage on a daily basis. The instrument measures profiles of atmosph...t, nitrogen dioxide can be measured worldwide on a daily basis, and at a city-size scale. Clearly visible in this picture are high tropospheric nitrogen diox...US adults now discovering the secrets of probiotics
...percent) indicate a willingness to take probiotics daily to improve their intestinal health: 20 percent ... who have taken probiotics indicate they take them daily as a preventative, even if they are not on medication More than half of U.S. adults (57 percent)...Sign language at your fingertips, anytime, anywhere
...tact as a major issue for Deaf people in shops and daily life. The next step for us will be to construct a phrasebook in order that more extensive interaction can be supported." Chris John, Technical Director at the Centre, explained: "The need was for a very simple interface to allow easy access and to...New study: Pine bark significantly reduces endometriosis
...d with Pycnogenol took 30 mg capsules orally twice daily for 48 weeks immediately after morning and evening meals. Patients who received the Gn-RHa therapy received injected leuprorelin acetate depot, 3.75 mg intracutaneously, six times every four weeks for 24 weeks. (Leuprorelin treatment completely block...Queen's studies find new links between wine, fermented foods and cancer
...ct on people who ingest low levels of the chemical daily over many years, and perhaps over a lifetime. "We believe that people should not be apprehensive about consuming these foods and beverages: if consumed at low levels, they probably don't pose a risk. It might be prudent, however, to have a varied d...Obesity and environmental chemicals -- New research probes potential link
...fat cells of growing male rats that were fed PBDEs daily for a month acted metabolically like the fat cells of obese rats, although the PBDE-fed rats weighed the same as a control group. Tagliaferro, whose research interests concern whole-body energy and metabolism questions, will assess sensitivity of a...Both minor and major ECG abnormalities linked with increased risk of cardiovascular events in women
...ymptomatic women with intact uterus who received 1 daily tablet containing 0.625 mg of oral conjugated equine estrogen and 2.5 mg of medroxyprogesterone acetate or a matching placebo. Participants were enrolled from 1993 to 1998. The researchers found that among women with absent (n = 9,744), minor (n =...Drug treatment improves learning in mice with Down syndrome symptoms, Stanford/Packard study shows
... and adults with Down syndrome after being fed 17 daily doses of milk containing a compound called pentyle...human Down syndrome patients. Fernandez gave low daily doses of PTZ and investigated the animals responses to unfamiliar objects and a T-shaped maze. In th...Editorial: Pay more attention to genital herpes infections in HIV-infected persons
...pon the initial work the group did by showing that daily antiviral therapy to treat HSV-2 infection can red...eplication rate of HIV-1. "The demonstration that daily anti-HSV-2 therapy can reduce the viral load by this amount is thus of direct importance for treatme...Over 50s have the highest carbon footprint in the UK
...e products and services that over 50s use in their daily lives. The footprint analysis breaks down the UK's 698 million tonnes of carbon dioxide associated with consumption into over 40 kinds of household expenditure categories. Using age specific expenditure data, it calculates the carbon footprint by age...Slow-release morphine reduces level of intractable cough
...rm, treatment-resistant chronic cough reduce their daily cough score levels by 40 percent. The research r... and highly significant reduction by 40 percent in daily cough scores was noted by patients on slow-release morphine sulfate." Patients responded quickly ......d. Among other findings, it was determined that a daily intake of 3.4 grams of xylitol was sufficient to c... asked to chew gum three times a day, with a total daily dose of 6.0 grams of xylitol. The amount of plaque and the production of lactic acid declined drama...