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.
Injecting small amounts of pollen-extract just below the skin in people who have hayfever can desensitize them to the pollen and reduce their symptoms. It also reduces the amount of medication they use.
School meals can improve physical and mental health of disadvantaged children. Good nutrition is essential for healthy child development.
The most recent Cochrane Review concluded antidepressants bupropion (Zyban) and nortriptyline double a person?s chances of giving up smoking and have few side-effects, but selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as fluoxetine (Prozac) are not effective.
The new anti-smoking drug varenicline was first licensed for use in the UK on 5th_December_2006. An early Cochrane Review’ of its effectiveness shows that it can give a three-fold increase in the odds of a person quitting smoking.
University of South Florida researchers report that a novel needle-free vaccine approach is effective and safe in clearing brain-damaging plaques from a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
A reduction in blood flow precedes the decline in cognitive function in Alzheimer’s patients,” said Berislav Zlokovic, M.D., Ph.D., professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery.
New research has identified the first genetic evidence of Africans having lived amongst “indigenous” British people for centuries. Their descendants, living across the UK today, were unaware of their black ancestry.
Popular drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction — Viagra, Levitra and Cialis — are safe and effective for men with diabetes, a new review has found.
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.