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September 2009

Persistent Pain May Accelerate Signs Of Aging By Two To Three Decades In Middle-Aged Adults

September 21, 2009 News & Research

Younger people with pain look similar in terms of their disability to people who are two to three decades older without pain, according to a study published in this month’s issue of the Journal of the American Geriatric Society. The results of the study uncovered that people with pain develop the functional limitations classically associated …

Tagged as: Obesity

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Less Than 10 Percent Of Americans Have Low Risk For Heart Disease

September 18, 2009 Cardiovascular Research

After two decades of improvement, the percentage of Americans without major heart disease risk factors is dropping, according to a report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. “From a preventive health point of view, it’s important that individuals achieve as many of these goals as possible, and it’s disappointing that less than 10 …

Tagged as: Heart, Obesity

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New Evidence That Green Tea May Help Improve Bone Health

September 18, 2009 Cardiovascular Research

Researchers in Hong Kong are reporting new evidence that green tea — one of the most popular beverages consumed worldwide and now available as a dietary supplement — may help improve bone health. They found that the tea contains a group of chemicals that can stimulate bone formation and help slow its breakdown. The beverage …

Tagged as: Heart, Osteoporosis

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Customer Finds Relief With AllerPhase

September 18, 2009 Allergies

I have been coughing uncontrollably for three years. I couldn’t stop coughing and was worried that I maybe had lung cancer. I couldn’t even sing anymore or have a conversation for long without coughing. Finally I was diagnosed with asthma, but unfortunately, all the medications I tried had terrible side effects and ultimately I could …

Tagged as: Allergies, Asthma

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Can Your Home Trigger Asthma?
 Environmental Toxicologists Link Household Bacteria To Asthma

September 16, 2009 Asthma Research

Scientists have found that chemicals called endotoxins can inflame airways and trigger asthma. Endotoxins are shed by bacteria in household dust. Experts say better home hygiene, washing bed linens in hot water at least once a week, and using allergen-prevention pillow cases and mattress covers can reduce the risk of asthma attacks. Researchers say asthma and allergy triggers may be commonly found at home. That means there are things you can do to reduce the cause of your family’s symptoms.

Tagged as: Asthma, Inflammation

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Anti-Influenza Effects of Radix Isatidis

September 15, 2009 News & Research

Radix Isatidis is one of the most commonly used and studied anti-influenza virus herbs in Chinese medicine. This study indicates that an extract of the herb is capable of preventing the virus from attaching itself to cells, a mechanism that may assist in preventing spread of the virus.

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Study exposes how bacteria resist antibiotics

September 14, 2009 News & Research

Scientists have discovered how bacteria fend off a wide range of antibiotics, and blocking that defense mechanism could give existing antibiotics more power to fight dangerous infections. Researchers at New York University said on Thursday that bacteria produce certain nitric oxide-producing enzymes to resist antibiotics. Drugs that inhibit these enzymes can make antibiotics much more potent, making even deadly superbugs like Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA succumb, they said.

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Medicine Wheel Model For Nutrition Shows Promise For Control Of Type 2 Diabetes

September 14, 2009 News & Research

This is the Medicine Wheel, representing the four dietary components of the traditional Northern Plains Indian hunter-gatherer food pattern. (Credit: Figure was created and copyrighted by Kibbe Conti, second author, and used with her permission)ScienceDaily (Sep. 9, 2009) — American Indian populations experience significant nutrition-related health disparities compared to other racial and ethnic groups within …

Tagged as: Obesity

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Lead In Bone Associated With Increased Risk Of Death From Cardiovascular Disease In Men

September 14, 2009 Cardiovascular Research

Growing evidence shows that exposure to lead in the environment is associated with cardiovascular disease, including increased risk of hypertension. However, those studies have looked at lead concentrations in blood, not bone lead, a better indicator of cumulative lead exposure over time. In a new study, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) …

Tagged as: Heart

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Piece From Childhood Virus May Save Soldiers’ Lives

September 14, 2009 Cardiovascular Research

A harmless shard from the shell of a common childhood virus may halt a biological process that kills a significant percentage of battlefield casualties, heart attack victims and oxygen-deprived newborns, according to research presented Sunday, September 6, 2009, at the 12th European meeting on complement in human disease in Budapest, Hungary. Introducing the virus’s shell …

Tagged as: Heart

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‘Dung Of The Devil’ Plant Roots Point To New Swine Flu Drugs

September 14, 2009 News & Research

Scientists in China have discovered that roots of a plant used a century ago during the great Spanish influenza pandemic contains substances with powerful effects in laboratory experiments in killing the H1N1 swine flu virus that now threatens the world. The plant has a pleasant onion-like taste when cooked, but when raw it has sap so …

Tagged as: Drugs

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High Fruit And Vegetable Intake Linked To Antioxidant Status And Cognitive Performance In Healthy Subjects

September 14, 2009 Cognitive Function

Researchers at the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I of the Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, investigated the relationship between fruit and vegetable intake, plasma antioxidant micronutrient status and cognitive performance in healthy subjects aged 45 to 102 years. Their results, published in the August issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, indicated higher cognitive performance …

Tagged as: Brain

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