Topics: Sugar is Toxic, Doubles the Death rates in mammals * Aug 13 Journal of Nature Communications 6 Months of Fish Oil Reverses liver disease in Children * Online Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition — The Fish Oil… Read More ›
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6 months of fish oil reverses liver disease in children with intestinal failure, study shows
Contact: Amy Albin aalbin@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-8672 University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences Children who suffer from intestinal failure, most often caused by a shortened or dysfunctional bowel, are unable to consume food orally. Instead, a nutritional cocktail of sugar,… Read More ›
Changing gut bacteria through diet affects brain function, UCLA study shows
Contact: Kim Irwin kirwin@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-2262 University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences UCLA researchers now have the first evidence that bacteria ingested in food can affect brain function in humans. In an early proof-of-concept study of healthy women, they… Read More ›
Research suggests popular diabetes drugs can cause abnormal pancreatic growth in humans
Contact: Enrique Rivero erivero@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-2273 University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences Individuals who had taken a type of drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes showed abnormalities in the pancreas, including cell proliferation, that may be associated… 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 ›
Newly identified natural protein blocks HIV, other deadly viruses
EEV: 25-hydroxycholesterol/Statin? Contact: Enrique Rivero erivero@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-2273 University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences A team of UCLA-led researchers has identified a protein with broad virus-fighting properties that potentially could be used as a weapon against deadly human pathogenic… Read More ›
Childhood obesity linked to more immediate health problems than previously thought
Contact: Amy Albin aalbin@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-8672 University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences While a great deal of research on childhood obesity has spotlighted the long-term health problems that emerge in adulthood, a new UCLA study focuses on the condition’s… Read More ›
Drug reverses mental retardation caused by genetic disorder : Rapamycin
Re-posted 2008 Contact: Elaine Schmidt eschmidt@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-2272 University of California – Los Angeles UCLA mouse study offers hope for correcting how autism disrupts brain UCLA researchers discovered that an FDA-approved drug reverses the brain dysfunction inflicted by a genetic… Read More ›
Big Tobacco knew radioactive particles in cigarettes posed cancer risk but kept quiet
Public release date: 28-Sep-2011 -Requested Repost Contact: Kim Irwin kirwin@mednet.ucla.edu 310-206-2805 University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences Tobacco companies knew that cigarette smoke contained radioactive alpha particles for more than four decades and developed “deep and intimate” knowledge… Read More ›
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