Melanie Leather Friday, 22 March 2013 A police campaign to curb the illicit trade in sick pig parts in China appears to be having little effect as the number of dead pigs recovered in the last two weeks from… Read More ›
Disease and Conditions
New study highlights strong anti-cancer properties of soybeans: inhibited cancer cell growth by 73% for colon cancer, 70% for liver cancer and 68% for lung cancer
Contact: Sacha Boucherie S.Boucherie@elsevier.com 31-204-853-564 Elsevier First study to report that proteins found in soybeans, could inhibit growth of colon, liver and lung cancers, published in Food Research International Soybean meal is a bi-product following oil extraction from soybean seeds…. Read More ›
Researchers link Gulf War Illness to physical changes in brain fibers that process pain
Contact: Karen Mallet km463@georgetown.edu Georgetown University Medical Center WASHINGTON — Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have found what they say is evidence that veterans who suffer from “Gulf War Illness” have physical changes in their brains not seen… Read More ›
U.S. autism estimates climb to 1 in 50 school-age children: 72% increase since 2007
Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:05 GMT Reuters * Boys four times more likely than girls to have diagnosis * Milder cases made up much of the increase (Adds CDC and expert interview, byline, background) By Julie Steenhuysen March 20 (Reuters)… Read More ›
Does Greek coffee hold the key to a longer life?
Contact: Katie Baker katie.baker@sagepub.co.uk 020-732-48719 SAGE Publications The answer to longevity may be far simpler than we imagine; it may in fact be right under our noses in the form of a morning caffeine kick. The elderly inhabitants of Ikaria,… Read More ›
Study: Widespread ‘test-and-treat’ HIV policies could increase dangerous drug resistance
Contact: Robert Perkins perkinsr@usc.edu 213-740-9226 University of Southern California Testing helps catch the disease early, but experts caution that aggressive use of antiretroviral drugs in asymptomatic patients could breed more resistant HIV One of the most widely advocated strategies for… Read More ›
You won’t bee-lieve it! Could manuka honey beat drug-resistant superbugs?
By Nick Mcdermott PUBLISHED: 20:53 EST, 15 March 2013 | UPDATED: 05:55 EST, 17 March 2013 Strong stuff: Manuka honey could fight drug-resistant superbugs It is a natural medicine used for thousands of years to clean wounds and fight… Read More ›
More HIV ‘cured’: first a baby, now 14 adults
21:00 14 March 2013 by Andy Coghlan For similar stories, visit the HIV and AIDS Topic Guide A drug-free life beckons for some people with HIV (Image: Bruce Forster/Getty) Two weeks after the revelation that a baby has been… Read More ›
Study Shows How Vitamin E Can Help Prevent Cancer : gamma tocopherol
3/14/13 COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers have identified an elusive anti-cancer property of vitamin E that has long been presumed to exist, but difficult to find. Many animal studies have suggested that vitamin E could prevent cancer, but human clinical trials… Read More ›
Olive oil makes you feel full
How oils and fats regulate feeling of satiety Aroma compounds in olive oil regulate feeling of satiety. (Photo: iStockphoto.com) 14.03.2013, Research news Reduced-fat food products are gaining in popularity. More and more people are choosing “light” products in an attempt… Read More ›
Study: Probiotics reduce stress-induced intestinal flare-ups
Contact: Shantell M. Kirkendoll smkirk@umich.edu 734-764-2220 University of Michigan Health System University of Michigan study helps explain benefits of probiotics for patients with stress-associated gastrointestinal disorders ANN ARBOR, Mich. – For those with irritable bowel syndrome who wonder if stress… Read More ›
Drug treatment corrects autism symptoms in mouse model : suramin
Contact: Debra Kain ddkain@ucsd.edu 619-543-6163 University of California – San Diego An old drug gives hope for new treatment in autism Autism results from abnormal cell communication. Testing a new theory, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School… Read More ›
Bitter melon juice prevents pancreatic cancer in mouse models
By Garth Sundem in In the Lab · March 12, 2013 · Rajesh Agarwal, PhD, shows that bitter melon restricts energy to and eventually kills pancreatic cancer cells. Image: Flickr/JohnLoo A University of Colorado Cancer study published this week in… Read More ›
Contaminated water used to dilute pesticides could be responsible for viruses entering the food chain, warn scientists
Contact: Sacha Boucherie S.Boucherie@elsevier.com 31-204-853-564 Elsevier Pesticide application as potential source of noroviruses in fresh food supply chains Human norovirus (hNoV), also known as the winter vomiting bug, is one of the most common stomach bugs in the world. The… Read More ›
Folic acid lowers risk of autism
Women who take a vitamin B9 supplement (folic acid) during the beginning weeks of their pregnancy can cut the risk of having a child with autism in half. But the supplement has no effect if it is started more than… Read More ›
Nanoparticles loaded with bee venom kill HIV
March 7, 2013 By Julia Evangelou Strait Joshua L. Hood, MD, PhD Nanoparticles (purple) carrying melittin (green) fuse with HIV (small circles with spiked outer ring), destroying the virus’s protective envelope. Molecular bumpers (small red ovals) prevent the nanoparticles… Read More ›
Processed meat linked to premature death
Contact: Hilary Glover hilary.glover@biomedcentral.com 44-020-319-22370 BioMed Central In a huge study of half a million men and women, research in Biomed Central’s open access journal BMC Medicine demonstrates an association between processed meat and cardiovascular disease and cancer. One of… Read More ›
Folate and vitamin B12 reduce disabling schizophrenia symptoms in some patients
Contact: Kristen Stanton kstanton3@partners.org 617-643-3907 Massachusetts General Hospital Adding supplements to antipsychotic medication alleviated negative symptoms in patients with specific gene variants Adding the dietary supplements folate and vitamin B12 to treatment with antipsychotic medication improved a core symptom component… Read More ›
Salt identified as autoimmune trigger
Contact: Bill Hathaway 203-432-1322 Yale University For the past few decades, health officials have been reporting increases in the incidence of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). Now researchers at Yale School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and the… Read More ›
Green tea extract interferes with the formation of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer’s disease
Contact: Laura J. Williams laurajw@umich.edu 734-615-4862 University of Michigan ANN ARBOR—Researchers at the University of Michigan have found a new potential benefit of a molecule in green tea: preventing the misfolding of specific proteins in the brain. The aggregation of… Read More ›
New mechanism for relaxing airways using bitter tasting substances
Contact: Bryan Ghosh bghosh@plos.org 44-122-344-2837 Public Library of Science A team of scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have found that substances which give some foods their bitter flavors can also act to reverse the contraction of airway… Read More ›
Vanderbilt study finds maternal diet important predictor of severity for infant RSV: carbohydrate-rich diets
Contact: Craig Boerner craig.boerner@vanderbilt.edu 615-322-4747 Vanderbilt University Medical Center An important predictor of the severity of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants may be what their mothers ate during pregnancy, according to a Vanderbilt study published in the American Journal… Read More ›
Why your brain tires when exercising : Excess Serotonin shuts down the brain causing fatigue
A marathon runner approaches the finishing line, but suddenly the sweaty athlete collapses to the ground. Everyone probably assumes that this is because he has expended all energy in his muscles. What few people know is that it might… Read More ›
Cancer vaccines self-sabotage, channel immune attack to injection site
UT MD Anderson scientists find common vaccine ingredient diverts T cells from tumors HOUSTON – Cancer vaccines that attempt to stimulate an immune system assault fail because the killer T cells aimed at tumors instead find the vaccination site… Read More ›
U.S. baby’s HIV infection cured through very early treatment
Sun, 3 Mar 2013 21:29 GMT Reuters * Mississippi girl’s case is the first account of an HIV cure in an infant * Doctors started treatment within 30 hours of the child’s birth By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, March 3 (Reuters)… Read More ›
‘Defective’ virus surprisingly plays major role in spread of disease, UCLA life scientists report
Contact: Stuart Wolpert swolpert@support.ucla.edu 310-206-0511 University of California – Los Angeles Defective viruses, thought for decades to be essentially garbage unrelated to the transmission of normal viruses, now appear able to play an important role in the spread of disease,… Read More ›
Grape seed and skin extract – a weapon in the fight against kidney disease caused by high-fat diets
28 February 2013 Download a PDF of this press release Ottawa, ON (February 28, 2013) – New insight into grape seed extract as a therapeutic and preventative measure to fight obesity-induced kidney damage is presented in a new study. Grape… Read More ›
Eating junk food while pregnant may make your child a junk food addict
Contact: Cody Mooneyhan cmooneyhan@faseb.org 301-634-7104 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology New research in The FASEB Journal shows that eating a junk food diet during pregnancy changes the development of the opioid signaling pathway in the baby’s brain, resulting… Read More ›
UCLA study could explain why some people get zits and others don’t
Contact: Elaine Schmidt eschmidt@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-2272 University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences 2 strains of acne bacteria linked to pimples, another to healthy skin The bacteria that cause acne live on everyone’s skin, yet one in five people is… Read More ›
Good bacteria may expunge vancomycin-resistant bacteria from your gut
Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology Probiotic possibilities loom Too much antibiotic can decimate the normal intestinal microbiota, which may never recover its former diversity. That, in turn, renders the GI tract vulnerable to being colonized by… Read More ›
First signs of heart disease seen in newborns of overweight/obese mums
Contact: Stephanie Burns sburns@bmjgroup.com 44-020-738-36920 BMJ-British Medical Journal Artery wall thickening already present at birth The walls of the body’s major artery – the aorta – are already thickened in babies born to mums who are overweight or obese, finds… Read More ›
Lipid researcher, 98, reports on the dietary causes of heart disease ” dietary cholesterol is good for your heart “
Contact: Diana Yates diya@illinois.edu 217-333-5802 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign IMAGE: Fred Kummerow, a 98-year-old emeritus professor of comparative biosciences at the University of Illinois, explains the primary causes of heart disease. His research contradicts commonly held… Read More ›
Quantity of sugar in food supply linked to diabetes rates, Every 150 Calories = +1% increased risk
Contact: Erin Digitale digitale@stanford.edu 650-724-9175 Stanford University Medical Center STANFORD, Calif. — Does eating too much sugar cause diabetes? For years, scientists have said “not exactly.” Eating too much of any food, including sugar, can cause you to gain weight;… Read More ›
Women’s iron intake may help to protect against PMS
Contact: Janet Lathrop jlathrop@admin.umass.edu 413-545-0444 University of Massachusetts at Amherst Women who reported eating a diet rich in iron were 30 to 40 percent less likely to develop PMS than women who consumed lower amounts, in a study reported this… Read More ›
Prenatal DHA reduces early preterm birth, low birth weight
Mon, 02/25/2013 Contact Karen Henry Life Span Institute 785-864-0756 kahenry@ku.edu LAWRENCE — University of Kansas researchers have found that the infants of mothers who were given 600 milligrams of the omega-3 fatty acid DHA during pregnancy… Read More ›
Antioxidant improves donated liver survival rate to more than 90 percent
Contact: Dawn Peters sciencenewsroom@wiley.com 781-388-8408 Wiley Researchers from Italy have found that the antioxidant, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), when injected prior to harvesting of the liver, significantly improves graft survival following transplantation. Results published in the February issue of Liver Transplantation, a… Read More ›
Fecal microbiota transplantation cures gastrointestinal diseases: 90% cure rate
Contact: Aimee Frank media@gastro.org 301-941-2620 American Gastroenterological Association Stool transplants highly efficient for Clostridium difficile infections and other gastrointestinal conditions — 2nd World Summit ‘Gut Microbiota For Health’ held in Madrid (26 February 2013) Clostridium difficile infections have developed into… Read More ›
Study finds higher levels of several toxic metals in children with autism
James Adams, a professor of materials science and engineering, has done extensive research into autism. He directs the ASU Autism/Asperger’s Research Program. Photo: Jessica Slater/ASU Posted February 25, 2013 In a recently published study in the journal Biological Trace Element… Read More ›
OMEGA-3s Inhibit Breast Cancer Tumour Growth, U of G Study Finds
February 21, 2013 – News Release A lifelong diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids can inhibit growth of breast cancer tumours by 30 per cent, according to new research from the University of Guelph. The study, published recently in the… Read More ›
Mushroom-supplemented soybean extract shows therapeutic promise for advanced prostate cancer
February 20, 2013 (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A natural, nontoxic product called genistein-combined polysaccharide, or GCP, which is commercially available in health stores, could help lengthen the life expectancy of certain prostate cancer patients, UC Davis researchers have found. Paramita Ghosh… Read More ›
Study: Resveratrol shows promise to protect hearing, cognition
Contact: Krista Hopson khopson1@hfhs.org 313-874-7207 Henry Ford Health System DETROIT – Resveratrol, a substance found in red grapes and red wine, may have the potential to protect against hearing and cognitive decline, according to a published laboratory study from Henry… Read More ›
Increasing evidence links high glycemic index foods and dairy products to acne
Contact: Eileen Leahy andjrnlmedia@elsevier.com 732-238-3628 Elsevier Health Sciences Medical nutrition therapy can play an important role, according to Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics report Philadelphia, PA, February 20, 2013 – A study published in the Journal of… Read More ›
Omega-3 lipid emulsions markedly protect brain after stroke in mouse study – DHA
Contact: Karin Eskenazi ket2116@columbia.edu 212-342-0508 Columbia University Medical Center New York, NY (February 20, 2013) — Triglyceride lipid emulsions rich in an omega-3 fatty acid injected within a few hours of an ischemic stroke can decrease the amount of damaged… Read More ›
Study advances LSUHSC research, shows fish oil component reduces brain damage in newborns – DHA
Contact: Leslie Capo lcapo@lsuhsc.edu 504-568-4806 Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LA – Research conducted by a team of scientists from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Dr. Nicolas Bazan, Boyd Professor and Director of the… Read More ›
Is There a Link Between Coffee Drinking and Mortality?
Contact: Vicki Cohn, (914) 740-2156, vcohn@liebertpub.com New Rochelle, NY, February 19, 2013–A large study of nearly half a million older adults followed for about 12 years revealed a clear trend: as coffee drinking increased, the risk of death decreased. Study… Read More ›
Fibromyalgia prevalence at 2.1 percent of general German population
Contact: Dawn Peters sciencenewsroom@wiley.com 781-388-8408 Wiley Study suggests fibromyalgia is a spectrum disorder Researchers have determined that fibromyalgia prevalence is 2.1% of the general population in Germany. Results appearing in Arthritis Care & Research, a journal published by Wiley on… Read More ›
Walking again after spinal injury ( sprinting, climbing up stairs, and avoiding obstacles after a couple of weeks of neurorehabilitation )
Contact: Hillary Sanctuary hillary.sanctuary@epfl.ch 41-797-034-809 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne In the lab, rats with severe spinal cord injury are learning to walk—and run—again. Last June in the journal Science, Grégoire Courtine, of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL),… Read More ›
Man-made chemicals cited in health scourges -UN report : “a global threat that needs to be resolved,”
Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:59 GMT Reuters * Childhood cancers, male sperm count cited * Action said needed to avert global threat * Product labels may not identify components By Robert Evans GENEVA, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Man-made chemicals in… Read More ›
A solution to sinusitis from the sea
Contact: Karen Bidewell press.office@ncl.ac.uk 44-019-122-27850 Newcastle University A team of scientists and surgeons from Newcastle are developing a new nasal spray from a marine microbe to help clear chronic sinusitis. They are using an enzyme isolated from a marine bacterium… Read More ›
Building healthy bones takes guts : Lactobacillus reuteri, significant increase in bone density after four weeks
Building healthy bones takes guts Contact(s): Andy McGlashen Media Communications office: (517) 355-5158 cell: (517) 420-1908 andy.mcglashen@cabs.msu.edu, Laura McCabe Physiology and Radiology office: (517) 884-5152 mccabel@msu.edu In what could be an early step toward new treatments for people with osteoporosis,… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 