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Study Reveals How Diet, Antioxidants Prevent Blindness In Aging Population
A new study reveals part of the magic behind a diet rich in antioxidants, showing how artichokes, blueberries and pecans can hold at bay the main cause of age-related blindness in developed countries. Researchers discovered a link amoung two processes in the retina that, in combination, contribut…
Food, Health Get Top Billing At National Chemistry Meeting
Well beyond the advice to drink suitable H2O and not eat too much NaCl, the nation’s chemists will get elemental with grapefruit, onions, peppers, tomatoes, carrots and watermelons that week at the American Chemical Society assembly. The world’s largest scientific society is observing the 100 ann…
New Reasons To Avoid Grapefruit And Other Juices When Taking assured Drugs
Scientists and consumers have known for years that grapefruit juice can increase the absorption of undoubtful drugs - with the potential for turning normal doses into toxic overdoses. Now, the researcher who first identified that interaction is reporting new evidence that grapefruit and other common…
Patients Wit Coronary Artery Disease See No Gains In Treatment With Vitamin B Or Folic Acid
Though B vitamins have some health benefits, a study published in the August 20 issue of JAMA finds that they are not an effective means of preventing death or cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease. To motivate that large randomized trial, researcher Marta Ebbing, M…
Patients With Coronary Artery Disease See No Gains In Treatment With Vitamin B Or Folic Acid
Though B vitamins have some health benefits, a study published in the August 20 issue of JAMA finds that they are not an effective means of preventing death or cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease. To motivate that large randomized trial, researcher Marta Ebbing, M…
Tip Of The Week - Credit Crunchy Veg
The credit crunch may be taking its toll, but even whether you’re feeling the pinch, don’t get out of heart healthy habits - a vegetable-rich diet doesn’t have to be expensive. There are many ways for you and your family to get your five-a-day without going over-budget - here are some thrifty tips t…
Attack Mechanism Of Illness-Inducing Bacterium Uncovered By UT Southwestern Researchers
An infectious ocean-dwelling bacterium found in oysters and other shellfish kills its host’s cells by causing them to burst, providing the invader with a nutrient-rich meal, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. The bacterium, a relative of the one that causes cholera, co-opts…
Cocoa Flavanols Linked To Improved Brain Blood Flow
Cocoa flavanols, the strange compounds found naturally in cocoa, may increase blood flow to the brain, according to new research published in the Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment journal. The researchers propose that long-term improvements in brain blood flow could affect cognitive behavior, o…
FDA Warns Consumers Not To Eat undoubtful Mussel Products From Bantry Bay Seafood
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers against eating convinced frozen cooked mussel products made by Bantry Bay Seafoods, imported from Ireland, considering they may be contaminated with azaspiracid toxins, a group of naturally occurring marine toxins known to cause nausea…
WIC Program Seeks Public Comment About 2009 State Plan
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides nutrition education and supplemental foods, and serves women and children whose incomes are up to 185 percent of poverty. Special emphasis is placed on targeting infants and high-risk pregnant women, par…
Initiatives Seek To Reduce Salt Intake Among Blacks, Offer Health Benefits Assistance To Hispanics, Examine Caring For public With Alzheimer’s Disease
Baltimore: The city in September will launch a six-month awareness campaign about salt intake associated with high blood pressure, particularly among blacks, the Baltimore Sun reports. According to the Sun, “In a city that is nearly 65% black, the risks of hypertension, which can lead to heart att…
Study Shows The potential Of Energy Density In Mushrooms
Preliminary research, led by Dr. Lawrence Cheskin, MD, Director of John Hopkins Weight Management Center, suggests increasing intake of low-energy density foods, specifically mushrooms, in place of high-energy-density foods, like lean ground beef, is a strategy for preventing or treating obesity. th…
Analysis Suggests Menu Labeling Could Help Average California Adult Avoid by 2 Pounds Of Weight Gain A Year
Look up at a fast-food menu board and shed a pound? It may sound too good to be true, but according to a paper released nowadays by the University of California’s Center for Weight and Health, new research shows that California adults could avoid gaining 2.7 pounds a year whether calories were poste…












