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• Fw: Mental sharpness is normal in elderly

  Created: Wednesday, August 17 2005 13:40

  CHICAGO, Mar 07, 2005 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Even mild loss of memory or language ability is not normal at any age say Chicago researchers, and is more likely a symptom of Alzheimer's or other disease. Researchers followed the hea...

• Pregnant Women Should Exercise to Keep Depression Away

  Created: Wednesday, August 17 2005 13:39

  March 8, 2005 - While much research focuses on healthy babies for pregnant mothers, little has been published about the physical and emotional health and changes that the mothers go through themselves. A study in a recent issue of the Journal of Gener...

• Cancer therapy/Black cohosh

  Created: Wednesday, August 17 2005 03:50

  Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2005 Apr;90(3):233-9. Alteration of the effects of cancer therapy agents on breast cancer cells by the herbal medicine black cohosh. Rockwell S, Liu Y, Higgins SA. Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale Cancer Center, Yale...

• Antibacterial plants

  Created: Wednesday, August 17 2005 03:39

  Curr Pharm Des. 2005;11(19):2405-27. Medicinal plants for the prevention and treatment of bacterial infections. Mahady GB. Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine, University of Illinois...

• Salacia oblonga/Diabetes

  Created: Wednesday, August 17 2005 03:39

  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2005 Jun 20; [Epub ahead of print] Salacia oblonga root improves postprandial hyperlipidemia and hepatic steatosis in Zucker diabetic fatty rats: Activation of PPAR-alpha. Hsun-Wei Huang T, Peng G, Qian Li G, Yamahara J, Roufo...

• Broccoli May Help Beat Bladder Cancer

  Created: Wednesday, August 17 2005 03:34

  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating broccoli may help prevent or slow the spread of bladder cancer, according to preliminary study findings. Working in the laboratory, U.S. researchers found that certain compounds in broccoli appear to interfere with...

• Hypertension/Glaucoma

  Created: Wednesday, August 17 2005 03:34

  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a study involving more that 27,000 people with glaucoma suggest that high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is significantly more common in this group than in those who do not have hypertension, UK rese...

• C-section Most Common US Hospital Procedure

  Created: Wednesday, August 17 2005 03:23

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most common U.S. hospital procedure is the Caesarean section, with 1.2 million of the operations done each year, according to a government report issued on Tuesday. Caesarean sections cost $14.6 billion in total charges in 20...

• Tylenol linked to high blood pressure in women

  Created: Wednesday, August 17 2005 03:23

  DALLAS - Women taking daily amounts of non-aspirin painkillers such as an extra-strength Tylenol are more likely to develop high blood pressure than those who don't, a new study suggests. While many popular over-the-counter painkillers have been linked...

• Tobacco Smoke Raises Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Teens

  Created: Wednesday, August 17 2005 03:12

  DALLAS, TX -- August 16, 2005 -- Teens, particularly overweight teens, who are exposed to tobacco smoke are at increased risk of the metabolic syndrome, according to a study published in the August 2nd issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart A...

• Low chromium levels may raise heart attack risk

  Created: Tuesday, August 16 2005 04:09

  Low body levels of chromium, a mineral involved in carbohydrate and fat metabolism, are associated with an increased risk of heart attack, according to a new report. However, the value and safety of chromium supplementation remains to be determined. Ch...

• U.S. Warns of Dangers From Patch Used for Pain

  Created: Tuesday, August 16 2005 03:59

  The government warned yesterday that painkilling skin patches could cause drug overdoses and said it was investigating reports of serious side effects and 120 deaths that might have resulted. The patches, containing the narcotic fentanyl, are markete...

• Idaho Probes Outbreak of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

  Created: Tuesday, August 16 2005 03:48

  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Idaho officials on Friday confirmed one case of naturally occurring Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and are investigating five other suspected cases, but said none are believed to be caused by eating infected animals. CJD is a...

• Prostate Cancer

  Created: Tuesday, August 16 2005 03:48

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A strict vegetarian diet combined with relaxation therapy and exercise may be able to control slow-growing prostate cancer, researchers said on Thursday. Diet guru Dr. Dean Ornish said his vegan diet program, which some studies ...

• Blood Pressure Lower in Adults with Long-lived Dad

  Created: Tuesday, August 16 2005 03:48

  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A middle-aged adult's risk of high blood pressure seems to be related in part to how long his father lived, new research findings suggest. In a study that followed more than 1,000 adults age 50 and up, French researchers fou...

• Food processors mimic elements of a healthy diet

  Created: Monday, August 15 2005 17:39

  Science's Quest to Banish Fat in Tasty Ways Low-fat fried chicken may seem like a contradiction in terms, but not to Stephen Kelleher. On a recent summer morning, he hovered over a whirling assembly line as a waterfall of gray liquid cascaded over sl...

• Intensive Lifestyle Changes May Affect the Progression of Prostate Cancer

  Created: Monday, August 15 2005 17:35

  J Urol. 2005 Sep;174(3):1065-1070. INTENSIVE LIFESTYLE CHANGES MAY AFFECT THE PROGRESSION OF PROSTATE CANCER. Ornish D, Weidner G, Fair WR, Marlin R, Pettengill EB, Raisin CJ, Dunn-Emke S, Crutchfield L, Jacobs FN, Barnard RJ, Aronson WJ, McCormac P, ...

• Total antioxidant capacity of diet inversely related to inflammatory marker

  Created: Monday, August 15 2005 17:33

  http://www.lef.org/newsletter/2005/2005_06_28.htm Life Extension Update Exclusive A study published in the May 2005 issue of the British Journal of Nutrition found that as the total antioxidant capacity of the diet increases, levels of C-reactive p...

• Diet and Dementia

  Created: Monday, August 15 2005 17:21

  Unique Identifier 15883362 Authors: Jayasooriya AP. Ackland ML. Mathai ML. Sinclair AJ. Weisinger HS. Weisinger RS. Halver JE. Kitajka K. Puskas LG. Institution: Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, University of Me...

• Study Finds Majority of Doctors Say Religion Influences Their Practice

  Created: Monday, August 15 2005 17:13

  Journal of General Internal Medicine 2(34) June 2005 Religious Characteristics of U.S. Physicians: A National Survey Farr A. Curlin, MD1,2,3, John D. Lantos, MD4,2,3, Chad J. Roach, BS5, Sarah A. Sellergren, MA6 and Marshall H. Chin, MD, MPH1,2,3 ...