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WHAT'S
NEW IN MEDICINE - Volume 5
› How To Increase Your
Baby's Brain & Eye Development
Docosahexaenoic acid, an omega 3 long polyunsaturated fatty acid,
is a major component of the brain is supplemented in infant formulas,
but not in the United States. Premature babies in the U.S. who are
not breast fed are not receiving in standard infant formula and
may be at risk for developing neurological and/or visual disorders ...
read more.
› Fat Could Fade Without
Gene
New study shows that a change in a single gene in mice allows them to
eat as much as they want while staying thin and even live longer.
Dr. C. Ronald Kahn, of Harvard Medical School, and colleagues genetically
engineered a mouse that lacked a gene called fat specific insulin receptor.
The mice fed freely without gaining much fat and also lived longer than
normal mice ... read more.
› Hidden Hazards of Cannabis
Most people of spirit have aspects of their youth that in their later
years they may regret - George Harrison, learnt the hard way , that there
is an association between smoking cannabis and the cancer that he died
from. As one of the Beatles, a symbol of the Sixties and a harbinger
of social change, his life style included an acceptance of cannabis smoking
... read more.
› Hypertension Breakthrough
Scientists have identified a gene defect they believe could cause high
blood pressure, a discovery that could lead to new ways of diagnosing
or treating the disease ... read
more.
› Designer Cholesterol
A synthetic version of 'good' cholesterol, injected into arteries, cleared
them of plaque like 'liquid drano' and reduced artery disease in just
six weeks. Researchers gave 36 patients who had heart attacks or severe
chest pain five weekly IV doses of a lab-produced form of an especially
effective type of HDL the 'good' cholesterol that helps guard against
heart disease by ridding the blood stream of plaque ... read
more.
› Yasmin - Birth Control
Pill Containing Progestin That Resembles Natural Progesterone
Until recently, all progestogens available in the US were derivatives
of 19-nortestosterone which are strongly progestogenic. At the World Congress
of Gynecology and Obstetrics Sept. 2000, held in Washington DC, a new
type progestin-drospirenone was widely discussed ... read
more.
› Natural Protection From
Estrogen Effect
Indole Forte is a concentrated mixture of indole carbinol diindolymethane
(DIM), and related c indole - compounds ... read
more.
› Pain Free Joints For
Arthritis Sufferers
Doctors have successfully grown new finger and toe joints in people with
rheumatoid arthritis. The new technique can reverse the damage caused
by the disease, as well as restore movement and end pain. They accomplished
the feat by creating a specially designed mold that helps tissue grow
between two bones and create a functional joint ... read
more.
› Lipoic Acid (Thioctic
Acid)
Reduce blood cholesterol, Increase oxygen levels in the heart and liver,
Control blood sugar ... read more.
› Researchers ID Stroke
Gene
Scientists in Iceland have identified a gene associated with increased
risk for stroke, which kills 160,000 people each year in the United States
alone. Those who have the stroke-susceptibility gene have a three- to
five-times greater risk of ischemic stroke, researchers at Reykjavik-based
deCODE Genetics said ... read more.
› Schistosomiasis Or Bilharzia
Prince William has returned from his summer sojourn in Africa with one
of the continent's most common disease, which in the 19th century helped
to earn parts of Africa the title of 'The White Man's Grave'. He
caught schistosomiasis or Bilharzia, an infection with blood flukes ...
read more.
› War Against Cancer
The protein, called cytidine uridine guanosine binding protein-2,
or CUGBP2, naturally found in living cells, causes tumors
to self-destruct.In tests at the Washington University School of Medicine
in St. Louis, more than 70% of several types of cancer cells exposed to
the chemical were destroyed ... read
more.
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