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Walnuts help make healthier heart
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People who eat walnuts or their extracted oil can reduce cardiovascular risk via a mechanism other than simply lowering cholesterol, U.S. researchers say.
Penny Kris-Etherton, distinguished professor of nutrition at Pennsylvania State University in State College, and colleagues said in a ...DETAILS |
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Tomato-soy diet help reduce prostate cancer risk
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Tomatoes and soy foods may be more effective in preventing prostate cancer when they are eaten together than when either is eaten alone, U.S. researchers reported Wednesday.
"Eating tomato, soy, and the combination all significantly reduced prostate cancer incidence," said John Erdman, a ...DETAILS |
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Emu oil help treat bowel diseases, chemotherapy damage
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Emu oil may have therapeutic potential for common bowel diseases and intestinal damage caused by chemotherapy, researchers in Australia say.
Physiology Ph.D. candidate Suzanne Mashtoub Abimosleh of the University of Adelaide said emu oil was used by Australian indigenous populations as a skin ...DETAILS |
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2 cups of tea daily reduces prostate cancer risk
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Men who drink at least two cups of tea a day could slash their risk of prostate cancer by more than a third, according to new research.
Regular tea drinkers were 37 percent less likely to develop a tumour than those who drank it less than once a week.
But there was no benefit from coffee, ...DETAILS |
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Bugs that cure infections
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As you scrub your hands with antibacterial soap and gargle with antiseptic mouthwash just think: each of us is more bacteria than we are human.
“People are generally surprised to learn that there are ten times more bacterial cells than human cells in our bodies,” says Professor ...DETAILS |
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Foods which may fight inflammation
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Inflammation, the body's normal response to injury, can lead to disease if it becomes chronic, but U.S. researchers say some foods help fight inflammation.
Lauren Whitt, the University of Alabama at Birmingham Employee Wellness director and adjunct professor of personal health, said ...DETAILS |
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Acupuncture used to treat hayfever
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Acupuncture can help alleviate the symptoms of hay fever, according to a large, placebo-control study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The 422 people who took part in the trial were grass- and pollen-allergy sufferers.
Those who received 12 genuine acupuncture treatments over ...DETAILS |
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Music practice helps brain development
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Musical training before the age of 7 has a significant effect on the parts of the brain involved with planning and motor abilities, Canadian researchers say.
Virginia Penhune of Concordia University and her students Ph.D. candidates Christopher J. Steele and Jennifer A. Bailey, in ...DETAILS |
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Coffee and green tea reduce stroke risk
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Green tea or coffee may help lower your risk of having a stroke, especially if they are a regular part of your diet, researchers in Japan say.
Dr. Yoshihiro Kokubo of Japan's National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center said the study team he led asked 83,269 Japanese adults about their ...DETAILS |
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The art of Latvia's ritual saunas
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Lying face down in deep snow, naked, in bone chilling sub-zero weather is enough to make anyone think twice.
But such are the extremes required to penetrate the mysteries of the "pirts" - Latvia's little-known and complex interpretation of what is known in other parts of the ...DETAILS |
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