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Purified Extracts From Green Tea And Red Wine Interrupt Alzheimer's Disease Pathway In Cells
Date: Feb-07-2013Natural chemicals found in green tea and red wine may disrupt a key step of the Alzheimer's disease pathway, according to new research from the University of Leeds. In early-stage laboratory experiments, the researchers identified the process which allows harmful clumps of protein to latch on to brain cells, causing them to die. They were able to interrupt this pathway using the purified extracts of EGCG from green tea and resveratrol from red wine...
Heart Protected When Chest Pain Experienced Prior To Heart Attack
Date: Feb-07-2013Patients who experience chest pain in the 24 hours preceding a heart attack, also called preinfarction angina, have smaller heart attacks and improved cardiac function in the contemporary cardiac stenting era, researchers found in a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. "Even before we began treating heart attack patients with angioplasty and stenting, physicians recognized that patients with chest pain prior to their heart attack seem to have better outcomes," says the study's senior author, Jay H...
Middle-Aged Men May Need More Protein To Maintain Muscle Mass
Date: Feb-07-2013People tend to lose muscle mass as they age; researchers are investigating ways to delay or counteract age-related muscle loss. A study conducted by the Exercise Metabolism Research Group at McMaster University suggests that current guidelines for meat consumption are based on the protein needed to prevent deficiency without consideration for preservation of muscle mass, particularly for older individuals who are looking to maintain their muscle as they age. This research was published in the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism...
Feeding Problems And Nutritional Deficits A Significant Risk For Children With Autism
Date: Feb-07-2013Healthy eating not only promotes growth and development, but also provides important opportunities for children to socialize during meals. A new, comprehensive analysis of feeding behavior in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) indicates that these children are five times more likely to have a feeding problem, including extreme tantrums during meals, severe food selectivity and ritualistic mealtime behaviors...
Risk For Type 1 Diabetes May Be Increased By Low Vitamin D Levels
Date: Feb-07-2013Having adequate levels of vitamin D during young adulthood may reduce the risk of adult-onset type 1 diabetes by as much as 50%, according to researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). The findings, if confirmed in future studies, could lead to a role for vitamin D supplementation in preventing this serious autoimmune disease in adults. The study was published online and will appear in the March 1 print edition of the American Journal of Epidemiology...
Scientists Find A Key Element Of Lupus, Suggesting Better Drug Targets
Date: Feb-07-2013A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has identified specific cellular events that appear key to lupus, a debilitating autoimmune disease that afflicts tens of millions of people worldwide. The findings suggest that blocking this pathway in lupus-triggering cells could be a potent weapon against the disease...
Mothers Who Are Affectionate, Less Controlling During Play Have Strongest Relationships With Their Children
Date: Feb-07-2013Researchers long have evaluated the roles parents play in children's development. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have found that mothers' directiveness, the extent to which they try to control the content and pace of young children's play, varies based on the children's ages and the mothers' ethnicities. In addition, the study found that the more directive the mothers were during play, the less engaged children were with them and the more negative emotion the children displayed toward their mothers...
Those Who Help Others Derive Significant Health Benefits Not Available To Recipients
Date: Feb-07-2013A five-year study by researchers at three universities has established that providing tangible assistance to others protects our health and lengthens our lives. This, after more than two decades of research failed to establish that the same benefits accrue to the recipients of such help. Principal investigator Michael J...
Patients Who Use A Web-Based Risk Appraisal Tool Are More Likely To Have Important Family History Documented
Date: Feb-07-2013Your family history is important, not just because it shaped you into who you are today, but it also impacts your risk for developing cancer and other chronic diseases. For example, if one of your family members had cancer, your primary care doctor needs to know. Being able to identify individuals at increased risk can help reduce mortality...
Results Of Phase 1 Clinical Trial Lead Way To Use Of New Class Of Drugs To Treat Aggressive Blood Cancer
Date: Feb-07-2013Patients whose aggressive lymphomas have relapsed or failed to respond to the current front-line chemotherapy regimen now have an effective second line of attack against their disease...
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