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Cocoa Compound May Help Lower Blood Pressure
Date: Aug-16-2012According to a study published in The Cochrane Library, consuming cocoa powder and dark chocolate may slightly reduce blood pressure. After examining data from 20 trials involving more than 850 people who consumed dark chocolate or cocoa powder on a regular basis, the team found that participants blood pressure reduce, on average, by 2-3 mmHG. Dark chocolate or cocoa powder consumed during the trial contained compounds called flavanols. The researchers state that an adult's blood pressure should be lower than 140/85 mmHG...
China's Increasing Cancer Rates Linked To Industrialization, New Lifestyles And Lack Of Sun Exposure
Date: Aug-16-2012Avoiding direct exposure to sunlight is generally seen as a good way of reducing skin cancer risk. However, Chinese scientists demonstrated that death rates in China (as in the West) from several major cancer are lower among people with more ambient UVB radiation. The same is true for some other cancers, including those of the cervix, rectum, colon, stomach and esophagus...
Communication Between Mothers Of Critically Ill Infants And Doctors Needs To Improve
Date: Aug-16-2012England and America are two countries that are separated by a common language, irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once said. According to a new study by the John Hopkins Children's Center, that common language may also be the divide standing between moms of severely ill babies and the professionals treating them. A lot of miscommunication between mothers and doctors was commonly found in the study, published in the Journal of Perinatology. However, when they started talking about the severity of the baby's illness, there was even worse of a communication breakdown...
Couple Therapy Effective For PTSD Patients
Date: Aug-16-2012A recent study published in JAMA states that a researcher at Ryerson University has identified a successful way to treat people with post traumatic stress disorder and their partners by using a specific couple therapy. This particular kind of therapy can reduce symptoms and improve couples' relationships. It has been previously shown in research that PTSD is a mental health condition that can place an enormous strain on intimate relationships...
Researchers Discover How To Make Chocolate Healthier
Date: Aug-16-2012According to a new study, researchers at the University of Warwick have discovered how to replace up to 50% of a chocolate's fat content with fruit juice. The study, conducted by Dr Stefan Bon from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Warwick, is published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry. The team significantly reduced the amount of cocoa butter and milk fats that go into chocolate bars by substituting them with juice droplets. Each tiny droplet measures under 30 microns in diameter...
Toilet Innovators Flush With Funding
Date: Aug-16-2012A toilet that uses solar power and generates hydrogen and electricity, another that makes charcoal, minerals, and water, and a third that sanitizes excrement and recovers resources and clean water: these are all inventions that are attracting funding in an international push by the Bill and Melinda Gates Fondation to produce sustainable sanitation for all. Announcing the winners of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge this week in Seattle, Foundation co-chair Bill Gates, said: "Innovative solutions change people's lives for the better...
Yo-Yo Dieting Does Not Affect Future Weight Loss Outcomes
Date: Aug-16-2012According to a new study, yo-yo dieting does not have a negative impact on metabolism or the ability to lose weight in the long term. The study, conducted by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, is published online in the journal Metabolism. Anne McTiernan, M.D., Ph.D., a member of the Hutchinson Center's Public Health Sciences Division, explained: "A history of unsuccessful weight loss should not dissuade an individual from future attempts to shed pounds or diminish the role of a healthy diet and regular physical activity in successful weight management...
Minor Exercise Can Protect Premenopausal Women's Bones
Date: Aug-16-2012According to new research, premenopausal women who engage in physical activity can significantly reduce a known inhibitor of bone formation called sclerostin. The study, which will be published in the October issue of Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM), also found that physical activity improved IGF-1 levels, which have a positive impact on bone formation. Sclerostin is a glycoprotein produced primarily by osteocytes, the most abundant cells found in the human bone...
Cause Of Chemotherapy Resistance In Ovarian Cancer Identified
Date: Aug-16-2012According to a study published in the journal Cancer Research, researchers have found a possible cause as to why the most prevalent type of ovarian cancer often becomes resistant to chemotherapy. In the UK, more than 4,000 women die each year from ovarian cancer, with 65% of these deaths caused by High Grade Serous Cancer (HGSC) - the most common type of ovarian cancer. Although chemotherapy can be very effective at treating HGSC type of ovarian cancers at the beginning, these tumors often stop responding to the treatment over time...
"Modern Lifestyle" Cancer Vulnerability Hits China
Date: Aug-16-2012Industrialization and modern lifestyle with its lack of sun exposure are considered the cause for increasing cancer vulnerability says a new survey from China. Covering up the body against sunlight in general and UVB radiation in particular is generally considered as being protective against skin cancer. However, recently a group of scientists led by Wanqing Chen showed that mortality rates from major cancers in Chinese people are, like in the West, inversely correlated with ambient UVB radiation...
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