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Treat Heart Risk Factors and Avoid Dementia

According to researches conducted recently, there is chance to develop dementia in people who have high cholesterol level in the middle age.
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Quetiapine Makes Alzheimer's Patients’ Condition Worse

A study which was conducted in the past showed that the cognitive decline in patients with dementia can be accelerated by the intake of quetiapine. Extreme emotional disturbance is common in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
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Moderate Alcohol Intake Can Improve Health and Reduce Dementia Risk

Past researches proved that women who use one or more alcoholic drinks a day have good cognitive skills when compared to non-alcoholic women.
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Venlafaxine Reduces Postmenopausal Hot Flashes

A study was conducted recently on the benefits of the usage of venlafaxine. The researchers found that the usage of venlafaxine can help women to reduce the intensity of the hot flashes which occur during the postmenopausal period.
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Loop Diuretics Affect Bone Health in Older Men

If you are frequent reader of news on health and age, you may have noticed that most of the osteoporosis news focuses on the bone loss in women. But the fact is that older men also faces the problem of born lose which make them in at greater risk for fractures.
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A study on the origin of Alzheimer brain plaques

A recent study was conducted by the U.S researchers on the origin of Alzheimer brain plaques. The research helps them to find the normal intake and communication processes of a nerve cell which is necessary for the development of Alzheimer's brain plaques.
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A study on Alzheimer’s risk in men with mid-life diabetes

Based on the results of a long term study that was published on last Wednesday, there is an increased chance for Alzheimer's disease in persons who are affected with diabetes in the middle age. The researchers involved 2,269 men of age group 50 from Sweden and tested their insulin level. During the follow-up period of around 32 years,
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Consumer Report on the connection between Gum Disease and Diabetes, Heart Disease, & Pneumonia

There is lot of positive factors in proper dental care, in addition to avoid cavities. This report was published on the May issue of the Consumer Reports. Nowadays it is more important to prevent gum disease because recent researches proved that gum disease has a significant link with diabetes, heart disease, stroke and pneumonia. If you are suffering from periodontitis (gum disease)
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Omega-3 fatty acids slow prostate cancer growth

Increasing omega-3 fatty acids while reducing omega-6 fatty acids in the diet could slow the progression of prostate cancer. Healthy sources of omega-3 fatty acids include coldwater fish, flax seeds, pumpkin seed oil and seeds and cod liver oil.
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Tamoxifen is most commonly associated with chemotherapy of breast cancer but has been used recently to treat other cancers including brain tumors

The mechanism of its action is complex involving several sites in and on cells. Current opinion suggests that its key role in malignant glioma is to inhibit a cell signaling enzyme called protein kinase C.
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30% PRICE REDUCTION

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We are glad to inform you that we have just introduced seasonal discount fair for our life-extending medications. Our prices have been reduced dramatically - by 30%, but for a limited period, till the end of January 2008.
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Avemar could support conventional chemotherapy of human malignancies

Avemar (MSC) is a nontoxic fermented wheat germ extract demonstrated to significantly improve the survival rate in patients suffering from various malignancies.
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Tamiflu saved Egyptian boy from bird flu

Five-year old Egyptian boy, has recovered from bird flu and was allowed to go home. The treatment with frontline antiviral Tamiflu saved the boy. The child was the 22nd case to test positive for the H5N1 virus in Egypt, which has the largest cluster of bird flu outside Asian ...
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Antibiotic Overuse Does Make Microbes Resistant

The study showed that "antibiotics will have a tremendous effect on normal flora which will exist for at least six months," Goossens said. It also showed that different antibiotics in the same family can have strikingly different effects on these bugs.
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Campral helps to quit consuming alcohol and increase motivation

A complex study of alcoholism treatment medications and counseling has found that most standalone and combined therapies were effective in promoting short-term abstinence.
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Zofran changes your feelings toward chemotherapy

It’s no wonder people have mixed feelings about chemotherapy. Chemotherapy drugs often offer the best chance for overcoming many different types of cancer. But those same drugs can have terribly unpleasant side effects for the person taking them.
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World AIDS day. HIV Patients Advised Not to Take Breaks From Antiviral Drugs

HIV patients should not take breaks from their antiviral drugs or they may increase their risk of death, according to results from a large study of nearly 5,500 people published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Ketoconazole (Nizoral®) can help your pet

Ketoconazole is an antifungal medication used for the treatment of serious, deep fungal infections, such as blastomycosis, histoplasmosis, aspergillosis, and cryptococcosis. It may also be used against some yeast and dermatophyte (ringworm) infections.
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Gatifloxacin and Abnormal Blood Glucose Levels.

Fluoroquinolone antibiotics as a class have the potential to cause various adverse effects. Limited evidence, including animal data, case reports, and one small postmarketing trial, suggests that gatifloxacin (Tequin) can cause hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, although the proposed mechanism of action is not well understood.
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Vietnam's Health Ministry fighting possible bird flu outbreaks and buying 1 million tamiflu at the end of the year 2006

Vietnam's Health Ministry announced it had purchased around 1 million Tamiflu tablets, the best known treatment for bird flu, along with other essential equipment including respirators, disinfection chemical, and gloves and masks.
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Azilect (Rasagiline): A second-generation monoamine oxidase type-B inhibitor for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

Azilect (Rasagiline) is a novel, investigational propargylamine that irreversibly and selectively inhibits monoamine oxidase type B (MAO-B). Rasagiline demonstrates complete and selective inhibition of MAO-B and is at least five times more potent than selegiline.
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Aricept (donepezil) slows the rate of brain shrinkage in some people with mild cognitive impairment, a pre-Alzheimer's disease condition

However, this benefit was seen only in patients carrying a copy of the apolipoprotein (APOE 4) gene, which increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease. Experts estimate that about 25 percent of the population carries the APOE 4 gene.
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A diet rich in oily fish may protect men with prostate cancer from developing a more aggressive form of the disease

Prostate cancer is much more likely to be life-threatening if tumour cells migrate and invade other tissues, such as the bone marrow.
Lab tests found omega-3 oil - present in fish like salmon - prevented this.
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Ovarian cancer for women who drink more than two drinks per week can be reduced by 50 percent if they increase their folic acid consumption

There is a growing body of epidemiological and experimental evidence suggesting a causal role for inadequate dietary consumption of folic acid in the carcinogenesis of breast and colorectal cancers.
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Bird flu vaccine trials planned

British volunteers may be the first to test a new vaccine against the bird flu, it was announced yesterday.
British vaccine developers PowderMed have applied for permission to conduct the trial.
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Human-to-human transmission of bird flu might have occurred in an Indonesian family

Human-to-human transmission of bird flu might have occurred in an Indonesian family and health experts are tracing anyone who might have had contact with them, the World Health Organisation said.
Financial markets, however, were spooked on fears the Indonesia cluster could be the start of a pandemic. Currencies in Asia, where most bird flu cases have occurred, fell. U.S. commodity prices came under pressure while European markets slipped as investors turned jittery.
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US to look for early signs of cancer drug effects

Scientists will search for better and earlier signs that a patient is likely to respond to a cancer-fighting drug, or suffer toxic side effects, under a U.S. program announced on Tuesday.
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If H5N1 does go human, how fast will the pandemic spread?

There is a small but realistic chance of snuffing out a newly humanised strain of avian flu before it even starts a pandemic.
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Spanish flu deadly 1918 virus reconstructed

Spanish flu deadly 1918 virus reconstructed
The deadly 1918 virus behind the Spanish flu has been reconstructed in an effort to predict future pandemics and develop new vaccines and treatments.
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90% of US men over 60 now overweight

Nine out of 10 US men aged over 60 years are now overweight, according to the first study to assess the long-term risk of piling on the pounds. The study ran from 1971 to 2001 and involved people aged between 30 and 59 at the beginning.
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Folic acid protects against cognitive decline in adults

Tucker and her colleagues found that men who obtained more folate in their diets showed significantly less of a decline in verbal fluency skills over the course of three years than did men with lower dietary folate intake.
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Grape anti-cancer effect. Discovered enzyme crucial to the proliferation of cancer cells

The research is reported in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Components in grapes have been found to work in concert to inhibit an enzyme crucial to the proliferation of cancer cells. The effects of the components, including some newly identified
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Milgamma (Benfotiamine) blocks three major pathways of hyperglycemic damage and prevents experimental diabetic retinopathy

Three of the major biochemical pathways implicated in the pathogenesis of hyperglycemia induced vascular damage (the hexosamine pathway, the advanced glycation end product (AGE) formation pathway and the diacylglycerol
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Shugr - first truly natural, zero-calorie, diabetic-safe sweetener

Shugr is a remarkable new sugar substitute that tastes and cooks like sugar, is tooth friendly and also contains pre-biotic fiber, which assists in healthful digestion. Due to overwhelming demand since its introduction
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Mutation may partly EXPLAIN alcohol tolerance

A genetic mutation has been identified that affects alcohol tolerance in animals and may partly EXPLAIN why some people get drunk off a beer while others need a six pack. Besides helping to EXPLAIN such differences, the finding could lead to better
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People with rheumatoid arthritis have a life expectancy a decade less than those without the disease

A new study confirms the strong link between rheumatoid arthritis and life-endangering congestive heart failure. The 165 Minnesota residents in the study with rheumatoid arthritis were twice as likely to develop heart failure over a 15-year period than 116 residents of similar age and gender who did not have the autoimmune disease. The findings by Mayo Clinic researchers appear in the February issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism.
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Enzyme Discovery Could Lead to Life-Extending Drugs

US researchers have discovered a way of increasing the activity of
potent anti-aging enzymes called sirtuins. David Sinclair of Harvard
Medical School and colleagues found several biologically active
compounds that can more than double sirtuin activity. One of these
compounds was resveratrol, the antioxidant that is largely.
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Traveller's diarrhea

Traveller's diarrhoea, which is usually caused by a bacterial infection FROM eating contaminated food, may not necessarily have to avoid mouth-watering cuisines.The University of Texas researchers compared two groups of 105 college students visiting Guadalajara, Mexico. The subjects in each GROUP were receiving antibiotic treatment for diarrhoea. One GROUP was told to stick to the bland diet, and the other was given no restriction on what to eat, although both groups were advised to drink plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration. Surprisingly, the results showed no real benefit to the
diet restriction group.
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Drinking coffee reduces the risk of diabetes

According to a study regular coffee drinkers are cutting their risk of developing adult-onset diabetes.
In a long-term study involving 16,000 Finns, researchers reported that just a few cups a day of the popular brew translated INTO a
significant risk reduction for diabetes, while hard-core coffee drinkers dramatically reduced their chances of getting the lifestyle-related disease.
Finns have the highest per capita consumption of coffee in the world.According to the World Resources Institute it was 11.3 kg per person in 2000.
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Red wine is more heart-healthy than gin

The Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia suggests that red wine is more heart-healthy than gin.
They compared the effects of drinking either red wine or gin on several biochemical markers in the blood.The result was that red is more effective in lowering levels in the bloodstream of so-called "anti-inflammatory" substances that cause development of heart disease and stroke.
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How to get antioxidants

Nutrition researchers continue to discover how antioxidants protect our health. These substances stop, and sometimes even repair, damage to cells that can occur FROM highly reactive molecules. Called free radicals, these molecules are generated naturally by many life
processes (like breathing) and daily exposures (like sunlight). By preventing this damage, scientists say antioxidants can help prevent
cancer, heart disease and other health problems, such as age-related eye diseases, for example, macular degeneration.
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Wrinkled fingers

A new study has revealed that examining a persons fingers after
soaking them could be an effective method of checking the condition
of a person's nerves.
According to The Straits Times, scientists at the National University
of Singapore and the National University Hospital have found that the
more wrinkled the fingers get, the healthier the nerves are.
They are now trying to use this information to create a simple, cheap
and faster screening method.
The test is based on the fact that water seeps in easily through the
pores in the hand, diluting the body's own liquids and changing the
electrolyte values.
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Beware Adolscent Girls

A new study conducted by researchers FROM the University of Hawaii suggests that girls who consumed more dairy products weighed less than their peers who ate the same number of calories or soft drinks.
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Probiotics for the Aging

Researchers in Italy have reported that supplementation of probiotics in the diet are beneficial for elderly individuals, as reported in July 2004 issue of the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. Research has indicated that intestinal microflora tends to remain fairly constant over the lifespan, except in the aging, whose have been shown to have lower counts of these beneficial enzymes.
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New anti-cancer drug

FDA soon to approve new anti-cancer drug Alimta. Of all cancers, lung cancer is a number one killer. The FDA advisory committee on oncology voted unanimously to endorse the approval of Alimta to treat nonsmall-cell lung cancer after prior chemotherapy. Lilly expects the FDA to reach a final decision by year's end. The FDA advisory committee based its decision on a large Phase III clinical trial on patients with nonsmall-cell lung cancer. The trial showed that Alimta's effectiveness rivaled that of a competing drug.
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Painkiller creams used to treat osteoarthritis pain appear to offer only short-term relief

Summarizing the results of 13 previous studies, Weiya Zhang and colleagues, in a report in the July 31 issue of the "British Medical Journal", note that after using the drugs for two weeks there was no evidence of continued efficacy. Summarizing the results of 13 previous studies, Weiya Zhang and colleagues, in a report in the July 31 issue of the "British Medical Journal", note that after using the drugs for two weeks there was no evidence of continued efficacy.
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Caffeine may make diabetes worse

Caffeine may interfere with the way the body deals with blood sugars, worsening Type 2 diabetes, US scientists suggest. Researchers FROM Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina found a strong link between caffeine intake at mealtimes and higher blood glucose and insulin levels. Writing in the August issue of "Diabetes Care", they suggest that people with diabetes should cut down on the amount of coffee they drink.
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