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- Man’s vigor a headache for deer: Siberian spas rein in Russia’…
Can Blindness Be Prevented Through Diet? Increasing Omega-3 Intake in…
Free with registration - AScribe Medicine News Service - AccessMyLibrary.com - Jun 24, 2007
–> COPYRIGHT 2007 AScribe Byline: Children’s Hospital Boston BOSTON, June 24 (AScribe Newswire) — Increasing intake of the omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA, found in popular fish-oil supplements, may protect against blindness resulting from abnormal blood vessel growth in the eye, according to a study published online by the journal Nature Medicine on June 24. The study was done in mice, but a clinical trial at Children’s Hospital Boston will soon begin testing the effects of omega-3 supplementation in premature babies, who are at risk for vision loss. Abnormal vessel growth is the cause of retinopathy of prematurity, diabetic retinopathy in adults, and “wet” age-related macular degeneration, three leading causes of blindness. Retinopathy, affecting about 4 million diabetic patients and about 40,000 premature infants in the United States, is a two-step disease that begins with a loss of blood vessels in the retina (the nerve tissue at the back of the eye that sends visual signals to the brain). Because of the vessel loss, the retina becomes oxygen-starved and sends out alarm signals that spur new vessel growth.
What you need to know about organic skin care
Providence Journal - Providence Journal (subscription) - Jun 24, 2007
Any product can claim to be “organic,” but if the word appears high on the ingredients list, you may be getting what you pay for. •Test the product. Organic or natural products aren’t necessarily better than synthetic ones, says Dr. Rajani Katta, a dermatology professor at Baylor College of Medicine. You still can be sensitive. She suggests testing facial products twice a day for a week on your forearm. •Be skeptical.
Omega-3 fatty acids protect eyes against retinopathy, study finds
EurekAlert - EurekAlert (press release) - Jun 24, 2007
This is the major finding of a study that appears in the July 2007 issue of the journal Nature Medicine. The study was a collaborative effort by researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston, the primary pediatric teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of Goteborg in Sweden, and the National Eye Institute (NEI) and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Exforge Receives Final US Approval As New And Powerful Treatment…
Medical News Today - Jun 24, 2007
It has been approved for use in high blood pressure patients who have not been controlled through the use of any type of medicine in the angiotensin receptor blocker or calcium channel blocker classes, and for patients who have experienced dose-limiting side effects on either type of medicine. These include amlodipine-induced edema (swelling), dizziness or flushing[1]. In the Exforge clinical trials, adverse events were generally mild and transient in nature. Side effects that occurred more frequently with Exforge than placebo in clinical trials were peripheral edema (fluid retention), nasopharyngitis, upper respiratory tract infections and dizziness[1]. Disclaimer The foregoing release contains forward-looking statements which can be identified by the use of terminology such as, “powerful new treatment option”, “expected”, “will”, “planned”, “continues our strong heritage” or similar expressions, or by express or implied discussions regarding potential future revenue from Exforge. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. There can be no guarantee that Exforge will reach any particular sales levels.
Man’s vigor a headache for deer: Siberian spas rein in Russia’…
Free with registration - Chicago Tribune - AccessMyLibrary.com - Jun 24, 2007
More than 7,000 lakes adorn meadowy hillocks and vast stands of white birch. Above it all tower the majestic, snowcapped peaks of the Altai range. For Russia’s nouveau riche, however, it’s the blood of another natural beauty of the Altai — the maral deer — that lures them here. Every summer, farmworkers saw off the antlers of thousands of maral deer a few months before they naturally shed, boil the antlers in vats and use the murky soup to produce baths and steam treatments treasured by many Russians as a cure for everything from arthritis to impotence. For an extra jolt of health, devotees swig shots of maral deer blood sweetened with fruit syrup. Like college kids at the campus liquor store, they leave Altai spas with boxes of bottled deer blood to ensure breakfasts at home don’t go by without a spoonful. “I drink the blood of maral every day in the morning for.
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