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Shortened Telomeres Predict Cancer

Shortened Telomeres Predict Cancer

A study following 792 persons for 13 years showed that shortened telomeres predict cancer. Telomeres are the caps at the end of chromosomes that protect the DNA between cell divisions. Initially all of the patients of the Northwestern and Harvard study were cancer free, but after 13 y
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Resveratrol Improves Bone Density

Resveratrol Improves Bone Density

An interesting study from the Aarhus University in Denmark showed that high dose resveratrol could increase bone density significantly in only 16 weeks. The results were published on Oct. 16, 2014 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 66 middle-aged obese men with
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Stem Cell Treatment For Severe MS

Stem Cell Treatment For Severe MS

Introduction A multicenter, phase II trial from Genova, Italy has been completed on 21 patients with severe multiple sclerosis (MS), published in March, 2015. These were patients whose MS was not under control despite conventional MS treatments. They developed new brain lesions that M
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Marinating Meat Cuts Down Carcinogens

Marinating Meat Cuts Down Carcinogens

As you prepare for summer BBQ’s read about this study from Porto in Portugal dated March, 2015, which states that marinating meat cuts down carcinogens. Normally, with barbecuing carcinogens form on the surface of the meat, called heterocyclic amines. Marinating meat in beer for 4 hou
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Vitamin E Lowers Blood Pressure

Vitamin E Lowers Blood Pressure

An article from Tokyo, Japan describes a study that showed that higher vitamin E intake lowers the risk of high blood pressure. Dr. Akiko Kuwabara and his team analyzed data from 1,405 men and 2,102 women aged 40 and older (average age about 63) from Japan’s National Health and Nutrit
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Cancer Rates Down In the US

Cancer Rates Down In the US

In a publication dated Jan. 5, 2015 there is a report showing that the cancer rates in the US are down in the past two decades. There has been a decline of 22% in cancer mortality over two decades, which translates into 1.5 million lives saved from cancer. The data was obtained from t
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Zinc Repairs Broken DNA

Zinc Repairs Broken DNA

A lack of zinc can lead to DNA breaks and zinc can repair DNA. These are the findings of a recent study from January 5, 2015. DNA is vital for cell function. When DNA breaks occur such as in zinc deficiency, cell function suffers. If this condition persists and does not get repaired,
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Longer Life With Mediterranean Diet

Longer Life With Mediterranean Diet

The fact that you can have a longer life with a Mediterranean diet is known for some time. But now a study has shown that the reason for a longer life is the fact that telomeres get elongated from the Mediterranean diet. Telomeres are the caps at the end of chromosomes, and they get s
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B Vitamins Fights Cognitive Deficit

B Vitamins Fight Cognitive Deficit

Middle-aged and older men and women can develop cognitive deficits with an elevation of homocysteine in the blood. This is due to partial methylation defects that were compensated for all their lives, but with the aging process the inherent metabolic disbalance causes symptoms like co
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New Arthritis Drugs Can Kill

New Arthritis Drugs Can Kill

Introduction For years doctors have been prescribing anti-inflammatory drugs for arthritis; now they find that the new arthritis drugs can kill. The “improved version” of them that have less stomach irritation are the COX-2 inhibitors. This includes celecoxib (brand names: Celebrex an
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