Prostate Tumors :: Tomatoes and broccoli slow prostate tumors
A new University of Illinois study shows that tomatoes and broccoli are better at shrinking prostate tumors when both are part of the daily diet than when they’re eaten alone.
Nutrition
Children :: School meals good, especially for poor children
School meals can improve physical and mental health of disadvantaged children. Good nutrition is essential for healthy child development.
Pregnancy :: Diuretic pills not recommended for preventing pre-eclampsia
Although they were prescribed widely in the 1960s to women looking to avoid dangerously high blood pressure during pregnancy, diuretic drugs should not be recommended as a way to prevent this serious condition, called pre-eclampsia, according to a recent review of studies.
Women :: Little improvement in women’s lives
Limited progress has been made in improving the health and well-being of women worldwide over the past decade.
Muscular Dystrophy :: Common blood pressure drug treats muscular dystrophy
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that a drug commonly used to lower blood pressure reverses muscle wasting in genetically engineered mice with Marfan syndrome and also prevents muscle degeneration in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The results are reported online this week at Nature Medicine.
Nutrition :: Orange cauliflower gene nutrition booster
Can a gene from an orange cauliflower found three decades ago be the key to making food crops more nutritious? Quite possibly, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist Li Li. She’s using cauliflower to identify genes and define molecular mechanisms that regulate nutrients in plant-based foods.
Trans Fat :: New fat, same old problem with an added twist?
Last month, New York City outlawed the use of partially hydrogenated oils, known as trans fats, in restaurants, a ban now under consideration in other cities, including Boston and Chicago. But novel research conducted in Malaysia and at Brandeis University shows that a new method of modifying fat in commercial products to replace unhealthy trans fats raises blood glucose and depresses insulin in humans, common precursors to diabetes. Furthermore, like trans fat, it still adversely depressed the beneficial HDL-cholesterol.
Heart :: Handful of almonds keep your heart healthy
An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but when it comes to looking after your heart, it seems that nothing does a better job than a handful of almonds. New research on almonds has found that the dry fruits are especially good for the heart, for not only do they happen to be high in several types of antioxidants, but may also improve blood sugar levels as well as play an important role in a cholesterol lowering eating plan, researchers at Tufts University have found.
Prostate Cancer :: Tomato-broccoli combo shown to be effective in prostate cancer
A new University of Illinois study shows that tomatoes and broccoli — two vegetables known for their cancer-fighting qualities — are better at shrinking prostate tumors when both are part of the daily diet than when they’re eaten alone.
Menopause :: Can prunes reverse bone loss after menopause?
Could a handful of nutrient-rich dried plums each day help keep the doctor away by actually reversing bone loss in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis or osteoarthritis? A unique clinical study under way in the Florida State University College of Human Sciences in Tallahassee, Fla., means to find out.