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Researchers may be closer than ever to discover the secret
to longevity, as new research by the National Institute on Aging and Harvard Medical School
reveals that a compound in red wine, called resveratrol, appears to protect
against many of the health ravages linked to the process of growing old.
As part of their study, researchers led by Rafael de Cabo, unit
chief of the laboratory of experimental gerontology at the National Institute
on Aging in Baltimore, along with David A. Sinclair,
of Harvard Medical School
fed mice a diet supplemented with resveratrol when they were...
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The summer is here, and as many of us head to the beach, we
are unaware that our vacation could turn bad because of an “innocent” sunscreen
lotion. But that’s the reality, the latest report released by the Environmental
Working Group (EWG) revealed.
The group took into consideration over 1,000 sunscreen
products and discovered that four out of five of them are useless in terms of
sunscreen protection, and some are even dangerous for the skin, due to the fact
that they contain harmful chemicals.
Sunscreen lotions are meant to protect the skin from the sun’s
ultraviolet radiation...
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The Congress went on the 4th of July vacation without being able to pass the bill that would have prevented a 10.6 percent cut in doctors’ wages and which would have cut the subsidies the government makes to private insurers. If the bill would have passed, it would have facilitated senior citizens’ access to medical care, because the doctors would have been more likely to accept such patients, and because they would have had to pay lesser fees to insurance companies to get the medical services they would need. What is more, the Medicare bill would have put more focus on preventive...
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Thinking about getting pregnant through in vitro
fertilization (IVF)? Then the time couldn’t be better, as Stanford University
researchers have developed a way of predicting a woman’s chances of becoming
pregnant after IVF treatment.
In IVF treatment, a number of eggs harvested from the woman
are fertilized in the lab with the man's sperm. The fertilized eggs are allowed
to grow for about 5 days. Then, the ones that are deemed most viable are
selected for implanting into the woman's uterus.
IVF is both an expensive and emotional procedure with success
only in...
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New diabetes drugs should be thoroughly studied for
potential heart risks before being brought to the market, U.S. Food and Drug
Administration advisers said on Wednesday.
With almost a unanimous vote (14-2), they decided that all
drug makers should conduct long-term cardiovascular trials, even if the drugs
show no signs of heart problems in initial trials.
The decision comes as cardiovascular risks are the number
one killer of diabetics and one year after the FDA was harshly criticized for
its handling of the type 2 diabetes drug Avandia (rosioglitazone), of...
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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged on Saturday to
increase funding for research and education...
Safety Officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
reported that GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s...
A recent study made at the University
Of California, San
Diego in the United
States revealed...
Pregnant women exposed to arsenic-contamined water during
pregnancy give birth to children who may...
Two drugs used to treat Influenza, Roche's Tamiflu and Glaxo's Relenza, are suspected to be...
Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline has announced that is Rotarix rotavirus vaccine is effective...
A team of U.S. researchers reported on
Wednesday that according to a new study conducted on worms,...
Lung transplants, which have been seen as a treatment of
last resort for cystic fibrosis, seem to...
In an effort to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS, Beijing has ordered all hotels to provide condoms in...
Nearly 400 Angolans fell ill over the past several weeks and health officials may have discovered...
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