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Does Calcium Supplementation Increase Cardiovascular Risk?

March 10, 2010 News & Research

Calcium supplementation is widely used for the prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women and in men. While there has been ongoing debate regarding its effectiveness in fracture prevention, the underlying assumption has been that,…

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Berry Meals And Risk Factors Associated With Metabolic Syndrome.

March 10, 2010 News & Research

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is commonly associated with obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia and type 2 diabetes, and can thus be regarded as the hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome. In this study we compared the effects of lifestyle intervention with…

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Secondary Stroke Prevention Needs Improvement

February 23, 2010 News & Research

New research finds that one out of 12 people who have a stroke will likely soon have another stroke, and one out of four will likely die within one year. Researchers say the findings highlight the vital need for better secondary stroke prevention.

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High Blood Pressure A Neglected Disease, Report Declares

February 23, 2010 News & Research

Public health officials and health care providers need to step up their efforts to reduce Americans’ increasing rates of high blood pressure and better treat those with the condition, which triggers more than one-third of heart attacks and almost half of heart failures in the United States each year…

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Cooling Inflammation For Healthier Arteries

February 22, 2010 News & Research

Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-funded scientists have reported new reasons for choosing “heart-healthy” oats at the grocery store. Nutritionist Mohsen Meydani, director of the Vascular Biology Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at…

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High Levels of Vitamin D In Older People Can Reduce Heart Disease And Diabetes

February 22, 2010 News & Research

Middle aged and elderly people with high levels of vitamin D could reduce their chances of developing heart disease or diabetes by 43%, according to researchers at the University of Warwick.

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Midday Nap Markedly Boosts The Brain’s Learning Capacity

February 22, 2010 News & Research

If you see a student dozing in the library or a co-worker catching 40 winks in her cubicle, don’t roll your eyes. New research from the University of California, Berkeley, shows that an hour’s nap can dramatically boost and restore your brain power.

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White Rye Bread Healthier Than Whole Wheat?

February 22, 2010 News & Research

Wholegrain bread is good and good for you, as most people know. But it is not only the fiber-rich bran, the outer shell of the grain, that is healthful. On the contrary, research at the Lund University Faculty of Engineering shows that bread baked with white rye flour,…

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Study Shows How Viruses Changed Human Evolution

February 22, 2010 News & Research

Italian scientists said on Friday they had found evidence of how viruses helped change the course of human evolution and said their discovery could help in the design of better drugs and vaccines.

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Viruses Helped Shape Human Genetic Variability

February 22, 2010 News & Research

Viruses have played a role in shaping human genetic variability, according to a study published February 19 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics. The researchers, from the Don C. Gnocchi and Eugenio Medea Scientific Institutes, the University of…

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Better Prognosis Markers For Prostate Cancer Found

February 22, 2010 News & Research

Measuring levels of the active form of the protein EGFR in the tumor and its vicinity can provide a more reliable prognosis for individuals with prostate cancer. This is what Umeå University researcher Peter Hammarsten and his associates write in a study in the leading scientific journal Clinical Cancer.

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Low Levels Of Natural Antibodies Behind Stroke

February 15, 2010 News & Research

The chances of suffering a stroke are linked to the presence of a certain type of antibody in the immune system, a new study from Karolinska Institutet shows. The researchers hope to be able to develop a vaccine that can mobilise the body´s own defence against arteriosclerosis and stroke.

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