Updated: 2011-06-30 05:08:14
Colorectal cancer is strongly associated with a Western lifestyle. Researchers at Harvard Medical School, in Boston, present an overview of the evidence. Consideration of dietary pattern as a whole appears useful for formulating recommendations. Meat, grain, starches, and sugar High intake of red and processed meats, highly refined grains and starches, and sugars are related [...]
Updated: 2011-06-29 14:13:16
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, studied healthy expectant mothers. First, the details. 494 women at 12-16 weeks’ gestation received 400, 2000 or 4000 IU vitamin D(3) /day until delivery. Maternal and neonatal circulating 25(OH)D at delivery were measured. And, the results. The average blood levels of 25(OH)D at delivery and [...]
Updated: 2011-06-26 04:38:54
Products derived from the black chokeberry, Aronia melanocarpa, are claimed to be beneficial in disorders or diseases associated with oxidative stress. But these claims are based primarily on laboratory and animal research. Researchers at Hebrew University, Jerusalem reviewed the evidence in people. First, the details. 13 studies were identified. The quality of most of the [...]
Updated: 2011-06-25 20:38:24
Orthosis is a device applied to a human limb in order to control or enhance movement or prevent bone movement or deformity. An example is shown in the photo. Researchers at Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, in The Netherlands, evaluated whether community-dwelling chronic stroke patients wearing an ankle-foot orthosis would benefit from changing to functional [...]
Updated: 2011-06-23 12:28:16
Researchers at the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, Maryland tell us acupuncture may be a clinically useful. First, the details. 16 adult male patients with cancer and persistent hiccups were treated with 1 to 3 acupuncture sessions over 1 to 7 days. Treatment effectiveness was measured [...]
Updated: 2011-06-23 12:28:15
Acupuncture is frequently used to manage the side effects associated with cancer therapy. Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center, in New York City, studied the safety of acupuncture in patients with cancer treatment-related thrombocytopenia. Platelets are cells in the blood that help blood to clot. Thrombocytopenia is any disorder in which there are not enough [...]
Updated: 2011-06-03 06:07:02
Physicians can help their patients follow prescribed therapys and achieve healthier results - especially in chronic disease management - by using a three-pronged strategy developed by a team of scientists from the University of California, Riverside, Texas State University-San Marcos, and La Sierra University in Riverside, Calif........
