Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Protein implicated in Parkinson’s disease

    Inhibiting the natural protein cyclo-oxygenase-2, or COX-2, might help fight Parkinson's disease.

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    Selenium’s Value to Prostate Health

    Prostate cancer remains the most common malignancy among U.S. men, and internationally it ranks fourth. Though few studies have offered much insight into what triggers this disease, a growing number of researchers have found evidence suggesting that dietary selenium protects men against this cancer. The seafood in this bowl of sushi can be a rich […]

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    Antibiotic for Huntington’s disease?

    In mice genetically engineered to develop an illness similar to Huntington's disease, the drug minocycline significantly delays the onset of symptoms and death.

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    Microbes implicated in heart disease

    Viruses and bacteria besides chlamydia may play a role in human heart disease through an immune reaction to a heartlike protein they produce.

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    Genes of cholera germ deciphered

    The bacterium that causes cholera has nearly 4,000 genes on its two circular chromosomes.

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    Teen taters, too

    The epidemic of adolescent obesity may owe more to a paucity of exercise than to a growing intake of calories.

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    Athletes develop whey-better muscles

    Dietary supplements coupling whey and creatine promote the development of bigger, stronger muscles in experienced body builders.

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    Little vessels react to magnetic switch

    Magnets can act like vascular switches, increasing or decreasing blood flow to a region of the body.

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    Don’t Belittle this Vitamin

    As vitamins go, B6 doesn’t fly high on the radar screen of most consumers. However, owing to its many benefits–which include protecting DNA–this unsung nutritional hero shouldn’t be neglected, argue a pair of scientists. Last week, they reported data showing that when people consume diets low in this vitamin, their blood has higher rates of […]

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    Infectious Notion

    Lessons from gene therapy promote viruses as cancer fighters.

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    DNA vaccine immunizes fetal lambs

    Canadian scientists have devised a way to vaccinate fetal lambs, which could spawn more research into in utero methods for preventing the spread of disease from mothers to their babies.

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    Protein Pump: Experimental therapy fights Parkinson’s

    Bathing surviving dopamine-making neurons with a natural protein that induces nerve-fiber growth reverses some of the symptoms in Parkinson's disease patients.

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