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Dietary Supplement :: NIH funds Center in Iowa to study botanicals used in dietary supplements

The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced a grant to Iowa State University to study botanicals used as ingredients in dietary supplements. A multidisciplinary research team will study Hypericum (St. John?s wort), Prunella (Self-heal), and several types of Echinacea (for example, Purple Coneflower) for their anti-viral and anti-inflammatory properties.

Prostate Cancer :: Study implicates protein as a trigger of advanced prostate cancer recurrence

Scientists with the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have for the first time implicated a growth-promoting cellular protein as one trigger of the inevitable recurrence of advanced prostate cancer in men who are undergoing drug treatment to shut down their sex hormones, or androgens.

Mother :: Grey’s Anatomy’s Chandra Wilson & Crest Whitestrips Daily Multicare to help moms

To celebrate hard-working moms everywhere this Mother’s Day, Chandra Wilson, star of ABC’s hit show Grey’s Anatomy, has teamed up with new Crest Whitestrips Daily Multicare in a campaign to reward multicaring moms across the country and ensure this is her brightest Mother’s Day yet.

Heart Attack :: Common genetic variation linked to heart attack

Heart attack is linked to a common genetic variation on chromosome 9p21. This genetic mutation increases heart attack risk, revealed by researchers at at Emory and Duke Universities.

Skin Cancer :: Skin cancer survivors join dermatologists to educate teens about risks of indoor tanning

Prior to their diagnoses of melanoma, Meghan Rothschild and Lexi Lewis were two of the estimated 2 to 3 million teens that use indoor tanning beds. In spite of repeated health warnings issued in the media about the risks of indoor tanning, neither was prepared to find out that she had melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.

HIV :: AHF Lauds Thailand for Vow on Drug Licensing Despite Placement on US Trade Watch List

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the US? largest provider of HIV/AIDS healthcare, education and prevention and operator of free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, lauded the Government of Thailand for its vow to continue with plans to issue compulsory licenses for the manufacturing and importing of generic versions of lifesaving drugs, including AIDS drugs, despite the fact that the office of United States Trade Representative (USTR), earlier this week elevated Thailand to its ?Priority Watch? List.

Prostate :: Use of MRI and MRS with new surgical technique proves helpful, says study

MRI and MRS can provide a roadmap of the prostate and assist in surgical planning of robotically assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Ageing :: Study identifies gene linked to longer lifespan, longevity

In studies going back to the 1930?s, mice and many other species subsisting on a severely calorie-restricted diet have consistently outlived their well-fed peers by as much as 40 percent. But just how a diet verging on the brink of starvation extends lifespan has remained elusive.

Mental Health :: Top five myths about mental illness

The stigma of mental illness acts as a roadblock for treatment for the more than 54 million Americans, one in 5, according to the National Institute on Mental Health, who suffer from a mental disorder in any given year. Of that number, many don?t seek treatment, at a time when awareness about mental illness has grown.

Sickle Cell Disease :: Serious illness among children with sickle cell disease reduced with vaccine

A vaccine introduced in 2000 has reduced by more than 90 percent the rate of a serious bacterial illness among young children with sickle cell disease (SCD), who are particularly susceptible to it, according to a new study that appears in the June 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases and currently is available online.