Study shows grapefruit extract can heal stomach ulcers
...cohol-related liver injury than males. DDW is the largest international gathering of physicians, researchers and academics in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery. "Choices in food and the amount of alcohol intake can influence a number of bodily systems, most n...Red delicious, Northern Spy apples have most antioxidants, chemists find
...gricultural and Food Chemistry . ACS is the worlds largest scientific society. Researchers have long known that apples are a good source of antioxidants, a group of chemicals that scavenge and neutralize unstable molecules called free radicals. Free radicals, which can wreak havoc on cells and tissues, appea...Ramelteon demonstrates no abuse potential according to study results
...iary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, the largest pharmaceutical company in Japan. In the United States, Takeda currently markets oral diabetes and cholesterol-lowering treatments. Through the Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc., the company has a robust pipeline with compounds in dev...Men with spouses, partners, fare better after prostate cancer treatment
...trol, treatment and education. One of the nation's largest comprehensive cancer centers, the JCCC is dedicated to promoting cancer research and applying the results to clinical situations. In 2004, the Jonsson Cancer Center was named the best cancer center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Re......e capital of Columbus , which is the nation's 15th largest city and 33rd largest metropolitan area. That survey included 1,257 homeowners. The participants were asked to suppose th...Study shows Philip Morris pursued tobacco regulation to enhance its image
...uing any FDA bill that is palatable to the world's largest tobacco company," she said. "There are likely to be unintended consequences that will benefit 'big tobacco' and hurt public health." A bill supported by Philip Morris granting FDA authority over tobacco products that was rejected by the House of Rep...Skin infections caused by MRSA are cured more often when treated with Pfizer's ZYVOX
...ant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to the largest MRSA cSSTIs study to date published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Of the total study population, including those treated for methicillin-susceptible infections, the number of patients cured with ZYVOX was comparable to those cured with v...Experimental shingles vaccine proves effective in nationwide study
In one of the largest adult vaccine clinical trials ever, researchers have found that an experimental vaccine against shingles (zoster vaccine) prevented about half of cases of shingles--a painful nerve and skin infection--and dramatically reduced its severity and complic...Exposure to aircraft noise may affect children's reading and memory
...y environmental noise affects child health. In the largest study of its kind to date, Stephen Stansfeld (Barts and the London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, UK) and colleagues, assessed the effects of road traffic and aircraft noise on children's cognitive development a...Is there a link between childhood cancer and overhead power lines?
...00 with leukaemia, were included in the study, the largest of its kind to date. The children were aged 0-14 years and were born in England and Wales between 1962 and 1995. They were compared with a group of control children individually matched for sex, approximate date of birth, and birth registration distr...Oslo press event launches 46664 Arctic and spearheads a four-day spotlight on Africa
...m the Nelson Mandela Foundation, together with the largest international financiers of global health, will urge the G8 to provide new funds for healthcare systems strained by AIDS and preventable childhood diseases, and will release new data on the impact of effective disease-fighting strategies that can be ...Overly tired teen? Sleepiness may signal serious health problem
...p research and treatment center that is one of the largest in the country. "Physicians also need to be on the alert," Millman said. "While most teens are tired because they are sleep deprived, chronic drowsiness may, in some cases, be symptoms of an underlying sleep disorder." The Pediatrics report is a firs...IBM and EPFL join forces to uncover the secrets of cognitive intelligence
...ailed model of the circuitry in the neocortex the largest and most complex part of the human brain. By expanding the project to model other areas of the brain, scientists hope to eventually build an accurate, computer-based model of the entire brain. Relatively little is actually known about how the brain w...Endocrine Society honors UNC physician for key contributions to hormone research
...6, the Endocrine Society is the world's oldest and largest organization devoted to research on hormones and clinical endocrinology. The society's membership consists of more than 12,000 scientists, physicians, educators, nurses and students in more than 80 countries....Blood-based TB test matches up to old skin test in study among health workers in India
...ealth and lead author of the paper. "It's also the largest study of its kind among health care workers, a group that is at high risk for occupational TB." There are about 9 million new cases of TB each year, and a large proportion of the disease burden is in developing countries. Most people infected with TB...Research links heavy drinking and increased mental health risk
...nd Study of Pregnancy (MUSP), which is Australia's largest longitudinal study tracking mothers and their children from pre-birth to early adulthood. Dr Alati said light drinking up to 5 drinks per week was associated with the lowest rates of anxiety and depression when women were in their early 30s. But ...Zero increase in prescription drug spending with generic promotion programs
...xpress Scripts, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESRX) is one of the largest pharmacy benefit management (PBM) companies in North America, providing PBM services to over 50 million patients through facilities in 13 states and Canada. Express Scripts serves thousands of client groups, including managed-care organizations, insu...US specialists call for heart patients to be screened for psychological distress
... is the result of findings from one of the world's largest population-based studies on psychological distress in heart disease patients. It has established that men and women with heart disease in the USA suffer from higher than normal levels of distress yet only a third have been seen by mental health prof...$3.68 millon grant to boost public health 'informatics'
...The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to improving the ...ery. The National Library of Medicine, the world's largest library of the health sciences, is a component of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department......0% of all emissions into the U.S. environment, the largest source of uncontrolled mercury pollution in the U.S. The Clean Air Act requires the EPA to make public health its first and only priority, and the law mandates that these plants reduce their mercury pollution by up to 90 percent of current emission...