A new study has shown that a fish oil ingredient added to cholesterol-lowering drugs can provide extra protection against damage caused by heart disease. Researchers in Japan had recruited patients taking statins to lower their cholesterol found giving them the fish oil fatty acid EPA improved their health.
Besides, they were 19% less likely to […]
A US study says that parents, siblings, aunts, uncles as well as other relatives are responsible for 75 per cent of pertussis or whooping cough cases among infants.
According to a study published in the April issue of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, it was found from the study that parents were the primary bacterial […]
A study by the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota reports short-term success in using percutaneous cryoablation to freeze kidney tumors. The procedure is used on patients who are too sick to go through surgery.
Percutaneous ablation uses needles to penetrate the skin and deliver directly to the tumor either high-intensity, tissue-destroying heat through radiofrequency ablation, or […]
A new research has revealed that women in their 70s who are regularly active could escape painful arthritis symptoms. As part of the research data on middle aged (48-55) and older (72-790 women, collected using surveys over three years as part of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health was examined.
Women who reported arthritis […]
A U.S study has said that Radiofrequency ablation, a minimally invasive procedure, is effective for treating lung cancer in patients not candidates for surgery.
The procedure involves using a specialized needle inserted through the skin to transmit high-frequency electrical currents into a tumor. It is linked to promising long-term survival, according to the study in […]
Scientists have revealed that compounds found in the alcoholic drink tequila could be used to effectively treat various colon diseases.
Although the alcoholic drink is usually associated with causing upset stomachs, rather than curing them, researchers now believe that the raw ingredient used to make tequila could be used to help develop new drugs to […]
A new US study says that men whose mothers ate a lot of beef during pregnancy may just have lower sperm counts.
Professor Shanna Swan and other researchers at the University of Rochester examined sperm counts among US men born between 1949 and 1983. They found those whose mothers ate more than seven beef meals […]
Chocoholics have been given further reason to rejoice when a small clinical study showed that dark chocolate improves the function of blood vessels. While the researchers cautioned against bingeing on chocolates, they said the findings of the trial were clear and called for larger such studies to confirm the results.
“In this sample of […]
Portable sound players such as iPods and MP3s may help doctors improve their stethoscope skills, a study suggests.
Dr Michael Barrett, clinical associate professor of medicine and cardiologist at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, and his colleagues studied 149 doctors who listened 400 times to five common heart murmurs for 90 minutes […]
US scientists have said that eating blueberries may help fight cancer and diabetes. Researchers at Rutgers University and the US Department of Agriculture have found a compound in blueberries, a natural antioxidant that mops up highly reactive harmful molecules and may help fight bowel cancer and diabetes.
The key ingredient, pterostilbene, may be good for […]
