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RISK GENES FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS UNCOVERED
2007-07-30 05:54:00 FINDINGS: Using a whole-genome association scan, an international consortium of scientists has found genetic variations in multiple sclerosis patients, findings that suggest a possible link between MS and other autoimmune diseases. RELEVANCE: Multiple sclerosis is a devastating disease with an inheritable component. These findings provide insight into the underlying cause of the disease, which may guide future ... More About: Research , Risk , Covered , Multiple Sclerosis , Genes
Innocent children struggle with the after-effects of mothers who drink
2007-07-30 05:48:00 Midori Harth knows she can be impulsive and easily taken advantage of by people with ill intentions.”Yeah, if I want to do something, I go and do it,” she says with a teenaged smile, sitting in a coffee shop in a trendy Regina neighbourhood. The 19-year-old once found herself in trouble when a friend asked her ... More About: Children , Drink , Healing , Innocent , Mothers
EarthTrends Update: July 2007
2007-07-29 06:53:00 Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries By Chris Ward Until recently, most research and policy initiatives related to climate change have focused on ways in which societies can reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and prevent the worst effects of global warming. Current scientific evidence shows, however, that some human-induced climate change is now inevitable and is in fact already occurring. The question ... More About: Research , Update , July 2007 , July
Researchers To Develop Method For Treating Heart Failure And Depression Sim
2007-07-27 07:28:00 The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine a three-year, $500,000 grant to develop a novel intervention strategy for simultaneously treating congestive heart failure and major depression. The study is designed to obtain the necessary feasibility and clinical data required to plan a large-scale trial, ... More About: Research , Depression , Alternative Medicine , Holistic Health
Brief Motivational Interviews Work Best Long Term For College Students Sent
2007-07-25 12:24:00 Students who break university rules on alcohol and drug use in residence halls are often sent to counseling or educational programs. Little is known about the long-term effectiveness of these interventions. New findings show that the effects of brief motivational interviews on drinking problems are still apparent 15 months after initiation. “Here at Rutgers University, all ... More About: Interviews , Research , College , Work
Broccoli and Other Vegetables Linked with Decreased Risk of Aggressive Pros
2007-07-25 12:22:00 Eating more cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower is associated with a reduced risk of aggressive prostate cancer. Several studies have demonstrated an association between eating vegetables and a reduced risk of prostate cancer, but study results have not been consistent and many have not investigated the association among patients with aggressive prostate cancer. Victoria Kirsh, Ph.D., ... More About: Vegetables , Research , Cancer , Alternative Medicine , Risk
Enzyme Discovery Sheds Light On Vitamin D
2007-07-25 12:18:00 Surprising findings by Queen?s researchers have shed new light on how the ?sunshine vitamin? D ? increasingly used to treat and prevent cancer and other diseases ? is broken down by our bodies. ?The effectiveness of vitamin D therapy is partly dependent on how quickly it will be broken down,? says Biochemistry professor Glenville Jones, an ... More About: Research , Cancer , Discovery , Alternative Medicine , Light
Researchers Discover New Method To Combat HIV
2007-07-25 12:16:00 Researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Drug Design have developed a new method to combat HIV/AIDS, potentially replacing the traditional cocktail drug approach. The new approach — proven accurate in lab tests — merges the features of two antiviral agents into one drug, achieving the same effect as when two or more drugs are ... More About: Research , Alternative Medicine , Combat , Discover , Disc
Safety Questioned When Combining Natural Health Products With Prescription
2007-07-25 12:14:00 The adverse effects of using prescription drugs side by side with natural health products (NHP) are being under-reported, so the potential risks may be underestimated by health-care professionals and the public, a study from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada shows. A literature review and survey of 132 pharmacists revealed that while 47 per cent ... More About: Health , Safety , Products , Research , Natural
Key To Cinnamon Anti-viral Extract Found In The Bible, Says Israeli Researc
2007-07-25 12:11:00 For most of his professional life, Tel Aviv University professor Michael Ovadia focused on snakes and the medicinal properties of their venom. But seven years ago, after meditating on a biblical passage, Ovadia’s career focus began to take a twist… a cinnamon twist to be exact. Today the spiritual scientist from TAU’s Department of Zoology is ... More About: Research , Bible , Viral , Alternative Medicine , Cinnamon
UPDATED COCHRANE REVIEW USED TO BASH VITAMIN C SUPPLEMENTATION
2007-07-20 05:08:00 A press statement issued yesterday, pre-empting the release of an updated review by the medical review group, the Cochrane Collaboration, has precipitated headlines around the world such as ?Vitamin C does not stop colds?. The Alliance for Natural Health (ANH) challenges this interpretation and says that this is little more than another cynical attempt to attack ... More About: Research , Review , Alternative Medicine
From ?Fire the grid? ??.time has come?..
2007-07-17 07:12:00 We are now in a time when natural disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes, and tidal waves are dramatically affecting our planet, and our lives on it. We now have the power to destroy this beautiful Earth quickly, with atomic power, or more slowly, with pollution and devastation of our resources, and overpopulation. I have been guided ... More About: Time , Grid , Fire , The G
Mayo Clinic Real-time 3-D Ultrasound Speeds Patient Recovery
2007-07-16 06:34:00 Mayo Clinic physicians have adapted real-time 3-D ultrasound imaging devices — including one designed to look at an infant’s heart — so that they can watch as they use a needle filled with anesthetic to numb individual nerves located inches under the skin. In this way, they can quickly block nerve function in selected areas ... More About: Recovery , Research , Time , Alternative Medicine , Holistic Health
Chronically unhealthy, truck drivers urged to shape up, become healthy
2007-07-15 07:55:00 Truck drivers - the people who deliver our food, cars and clothing - have one of the most dangerous jobs in America - accounting for nearly 15 per cent of U.S. work-related deaths. And that’s only counting the accidents.They are also more at risk than average workers for a number of health problems. Obesity is ... More About: Drivers , Fitness , Research , Truck , Shape
?Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda? ? New Study Sheds Light On How We Would Have Done
2007-07-14 07:33:00 If you’re like most people, you’ve probably experienced a shoulda-woulda-coulda moment; a time when we lament our missteps, saying that we should have invested in a certain stock, should have become a doctor instead of a lawyer and so on. Psychologists refer to this process, in which we evaluate how we would do things differently, as ... More About: Research , Study , Mental Health , Light , Would
When It Comes To Walking, It?s All Good, Says Mayo Clinic Researcher
2007-07-13 09:00:00 These days, it’s easy for people to get confused about exercise — how many minutes a day should they spend working out, for how long and at what exertion level? Conflicting facts and opinions abound, but one Mayo Clinic physician says the bottom line is this: walking is good, whether the outcome measurement is blood ... More About: Fitness , Research , Walking , Good , Walk
Seven thoughts that can make you thin
2007-07-11 05:21:00 You know those suggestive little voices that whisper in your ear … and suddenly you’re knee-deep in ice cream? Change the sabotaging, discipline-destroying thoughts, and you can change your life — or at least your weight. You’re out to lunch and you’ve ordered the grilled cheese. Don’t say, “I ordered the grilled cheese, so why not ... More About: Research , Thoughts , Make
Many Insomniacs Turn To Valerian And Melatonin To Help Them Sleep
2007-07-09 07:43:00 A study published in the July 1st issue of the journal SLEEP finds that large segments of the U.S. population use valerian or melatonin to treat their insomnia. The study, authored by Donald L. Bliwise, PhD, of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, focused on the data collected from 31,044 individuals from the 2002 Alternative Health/Complementary and ... More About: Research , Mental Health , Sleep , Insomnia , Turn
Antibiotic Used To Treat Fungal Infections Also Kills Cancer Cells, Researc
2007-07-07 05:21:00 Due to defects in chromosomal distribution, a majority of tumor cells would not be able to survive were it not for a trick that cancer cells have developed to avoid this chaos in the genetic material. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have discovered that the antibiotic griseofulvin counteracts this tactic ... More About: Treat , Infections , Kill
Harnessing The Power Of The Immune System To Fight Cancer
2007-07-04 03:37:00 Teaching a body’s own immune system to seek out and destroy cancerous tumours represents a promising way to fight a disease that kills more than 70,000 Canadians a year. Ongoing research has shown that cells of the immune system, when properly trained, have the capacity to circulate throughout the body and attack cancerous tissue. A team of ... More About: Power , System , Research , Cancer , Fight
Moving Ahead With Guidelines To Control Indoor Mold Contamination
2007-07-03 08:54:00 Amid growing public concern about mold contamination of homes and its associated health effects, a new study is recommending policy approaches for controlling mold in homes that could be used on local and nationwide bases. It is scheduled for publication in the July 15 issue of ACS? Environmental Science and Technology, a semi-monthly journal. The study, ... More About: Research , Moving , Holistic Health , Control , Guidelines
Researchers Discover Method For Identifying How Cancer Evades The Immune Sy
2007-07-03 07:04:00 One of the fundamental traits of a tumor — how it avoids the immune system — might become its greatest vulnerability, according to researchers from the University of Southern California. Their findings, demonstrated in human breast and colorectal cancers, indicate that a technique for determining a tumor’s “immune signature,” could be useful for diagnosing and ... More About: Research , Cancer , Disco , Discover , Disc
New Research Suggests Emotions Can Affect Recovery From Hip Surgery
2007-07-01 04:47:00 A patient’s emotional state plays a significant role in his or her recovery from hip surgery, suggests Saint Louis University research published this month. Orthopaedic surgeons typically use two tests to determine if a patient has recovered from hip surgery: one is a clinical measure of hip function given by the doctor, and the second is ... More About: Recovery , Research , Emotions , Holistic Health , Surgery
Desertification: UN Experts Prescribe Global Policy Overhaul To Avoid Loomi
2007-06-29 05:59:00 Desertification, exacerbated by climate change, represents “the greatest environmental challenge of our times” and governments must overhaul policy approaches to the issue or face mass migrations of people driven from degraded homelands within a single generation, warns a new analysis from the United Nations University. In the analysis for presentation June 28 at UN Headquarters, New ... More About: Research , Global , Policy , Experts , Avoid
Scientists Discover Role of Enzyme in DNA Repair
2007-06-28 02:37:00 Scientists from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Cancer Institute (NCI), and Integrative Bioinformatics Inc. have made an important discovery about the role of an enzyme called ataxia telangiectasia mutated protein (ATM) in the body?s ability to repair damaged DNA. NIAMS and NCI are part of the National Institutes ... More About: Research , Scientists , Role , Disco , Repair
Echinacea Helps You Avoid And Recover From Colds Say Scientists
2007-06-26 03:25:00 US researchers who reviewed over a dozen studies on the effect of echinacea have concluded that the popular herbal remedy reduces a person’s chance of catching a cold by 58 per cent. And they found that it also cuts the duration of a cold by an average of 1.4 days. The study is published in the ... More About: Research , Alternative Medicine , Scientists , Avoid
Yogabenefits
2007-05-04 08:40:00 The World Is Tuning In to the Ancient Art of YogaWhether on Oprah, the cover of Time magazine, or at your local gym, yoga is flowing into the mainstream. More than just a trend, however, it appears that yoga is here to stay. It’s not surprising, considering that yoga is over five thousand years old-and ... More About: Fitness , Healing , Bene , Benefits , Benefit
Wild Garlic and Other South African Plants May Have Potential For Treating
2007-05-02 14:08:00 Medicinal plants are an integral part of African culture, one of the oldest and most diverse in the world. In South Africa, 21st century drug therapy is used side-by-side with traditional African medicines to heal the sick. While plants have been used in African medicine to treat fever, asthma, constipation, esophageal cancer and hypertension, scientific ... More About: Plants , Garlic , Alternative Medicine , Wild
Pistachios Lower Cholesterol, Provide Antioxidants
2007-04-30 23:25:00 A handful of pistachios may lower cholesterol and provide the antioxidants usually found in leafy green vegetables and brightly colored fruit, according to a team of researchers. “Pistachio amounts of 1.5 ounces and 3 ounces — one to two handfuls — reduced risk for cardiovascular disease by significantly reducing LDL cholesterol levels and the higher dose ... More About: Research , Alternative Medicine , Ants , Lower , Hole
Free Weight Training Gets Workers With Rotator Cuff Injuries Back On The Jo
More articles from this author:2007-04-30 12:26:00 Resistance training, some of it job-specific, was successful in getting 90 percent of workers with severe rotator cuff injuries back to work, the majority (75 percent) at their previous job, after traditional physical therapy had failed to do so. Furthermore, all but one of the 42 employees in the study (98 percent) reported satisfaction with ... More About: Workers , Research , Weight , Training , Free 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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