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Hot Sauce Ingredient Reduces 'Beer Belly' Fat as a Weight-Loss Surgery Alternative
ScienceDaily (May 9, 2012) -- According to research from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), the ingredient that gives hot sauce its heat could play a role in the future of weight loss. Ali Tavakkoli, MD, BWH Department of Surgery, and his team have published a study investigating whether two surgeries called vagal de-afferentation-which uses capsaicin, the component responsible for the chili pepper's burning sensation-and vagatomy can achieve weight loss and reduce the risk...
Soybeans Soaked in Warm Water Naturally Release Key Cancer-Fighting Substance
ScienceDaily (May 9, 2012) -- Soybeans soaking in warm water could become a new "green" source for production of a cancer-fighting substance now manufactured in a complicated and time-consuming industrial process, scientists are reporting in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Hari B. Krishnan and colleagues explain that the substance, Bowman-Birk Protease Inhibitor (BBI), has shown promise for preventing certain forms of cancer in clinical trials. Those human tests resulted from evidence...
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Smoked Cannabis Reduces Some Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis
ScienceDaily (May 14, 2012) -- A clinical study of 30 adult patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has shown that smoked cannabis may be an effective treatment for spasticity -- a common and disabling symptom of this neurological disease. The placebo-controlled trial also resulted in reduced perception of pain, although participants also reported short-term, adverse cognitive effects and increased fatigue. The study will be...
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Human Breast Milk Ingredient Adjusts to Optimize for Beneficial Gut Bacteria Over Time
Breastfeeding Benefits: ScienceDaily (May 14, 2012) -- A new University of Illinois study shows that human milk oligosaccharides, or HMO, produce short-chain fatty acids that feed a beneficial microbial population in the infant gut. Not only that, the bacterial composition adjusts as the baby grows older and its needs change. Even though HMO are a major component of human milk, present in higher concentration than protein, many of their actions in the infant are...
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Top Ten Toxic Chemicals Suspected to Cause Autism
Top Ten Toxic Chemicals Suspected to Cause Autism and Learning Disabilities ScienceDaily (Apr. 25, 2012) -- An editorial published April 25 in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives calls for increased research to identify possible environmental causes of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders in America's children and presents a list of ten target chemicals including which are considered highly likely to contribute to these conditions. Philip Landrigan, MD, MSc, a leader in children's environmental health...
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How Probiotic Bacteria Protect Against Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
ScienceDaily (Apr. 26, 2012) -- Some lactic acid bacteria can alleviate inflammation and therefore prevent intestinal disorders. Scientists have now decoded the biochemical mechanism that lies behind the protective effect of the bacteria. In experiments with mice, the researchers succeeded in demonstrating that lactocepin -- an enzyme produced by certain lactic acid bacteria -- selectively degrades inflammatory mediators in diseased tissue. This new evidence might lead to new approaches for the treatment of...
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Building Muscle Without Heavy Weights
ScienceDaily (Apr. 26, 2012) -- Weight training at a lower intensity but with more repetitions may be as effective for building muscle as lifting heavy weights says a new opinion piece in Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. The perspective provided in this review highlights that other resistance protocols, beyond the often discussed high-intensity training, can be effective in stimulating a muscle building response that may translate into bigger muscles after resistance training,"...
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Breastfeeding Linked to Healthy Infant Gut
Bacterial Colonization Leads to Changes in the Infant's Expression of Genes ScienceDaily (Apr. 29, 2012) -- Early colonization of the gut by microbes in infants is critical for development of their intestinal tract and in immune development. A new study, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology, shows that differences in bacterial colonization of formula-fed and breast-fed babies leads to changes in the infant's expression of genes involved in the immune system, and...
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90% of heart attacks have these common factors
Researchers found that nine easily measured and potentially modifiable risk factors account for more than 90 percent of the risk of initial heart attack. They include: hypertension, diabetes, smoking, abnormal blood cholesterol levels, abdominal obesity, lack of physical activity, low daily fruit and vegetable intake, drinking too much alcohol, and psychosocial factors such as emotional stress and depression. Potentially modifiable is an understatement, these risk factors are most certainly modifiable as we take steps...
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Daily Physical Activity May Reduce Alzheimer's Disease Risk at Any Age
ScienceDaily (Apr. 18, 2012) -- Daily physical activity may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline, even in people over the age of 80, according to a new study by neurological researchers from Rush University Medical Center that will be published in the online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology on April 18. The results of our study indicate that all physical activities including exercise...
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Avocado Oil: The 'olive Oil of the Americas'?
ScienceDaily (Apr. 22, 2012) -- Researchers have found that consuming fruit bolsters cells' power centers against harmful free radicals. Atmospheric oxygen facilitated the evolution and complexity of terrestrial organisms, including human beings, because it allowed nutrients to be used more efficiently by those organisms, which in turn were able to generate more energy. However, as we find out more about how oxygen molecules work inside the body, more attention is being paid to...
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Soy Protein Alleviates Symptoms of Fatty Liver Disease, Study Suggests ScienceDaily (Apr. 22, 2012) -- University of Illinois researchers have shown how soy protein could significantly reduce fat accumulation and triglycerides in the livers of obese patients by partially restoring the function of a key signaling pathway in the organ. Hong Chen, an assistant professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Illinois, presented her team's findings on April 22, at...
Vitamin E in Diet Protects Against Many Cancers
ScienceDaily (Apr. 23, 2012) -- Next time you need to choose between vegetable oil and margarine in that favorite recipe, think about your health and reach for the oil. While the question of whether vitamin E prevents or promotes cancer has been widely debated in scientific journals and in the news media, scientists at the Center for Cancer Prevention Research, at Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey,...
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Hot Pepper Compound Could Help Hearts
ScienceDaily (Mar. 27, 2012) -- The food that inspires wariness is on course for inspiring even more wonder from a medical standpoint as scientists have reported the latest evidence that chili peppers are a heart-healthy food with potential to protect against the No. 1 cause of death in the developed world. The report was part of the 243rd National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), being held in San Diego...
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Thyme May Be Better for Acne Than Prescription Creams
ScienceDaily (Mar. 27, 2012) -- Herbal preparations of thyme could be more effective at treating skin acne than prescription creams, according to research recently presented at the Society for General Microbiology's Spring Conference in Dublin. Further clinical testing could lead to an effective, gentler treatment for the skin condition. Researchers from Leeds Metropolitan University tested the effect of thyme, marigold and myrrh tinctures on Propionibacterium acnes -- the bacterium that causes acne by...
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Red Meat Consumption Linked to Increased Risk of Total, Cardiovascular, and Cancer Mortality
ScienceDaily (Mar. 12, 2012) -- A new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers has found that red meat consumption is associated with an increased risk of total, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality. The results also showed that substituting other healthy protein sources, such as fish, poultry, nuts, and legumes, was associated with a lower risk of mortality. The study will be published online in Archives of Internal Medicine on March 12,...
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Magnesium Lowers Blood Pressure
ScienceDaily (Mar. 13, 2012) -- Researchers from the University of Hertfordshire have found that magnesium supplements may offer small but clinically significant reductions in blood pressure. In a paper published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the researchers also discovered that the size of the effect increased in line with increased dosage. Cardiovascular diseases cause almost fifty per cent of deaths in Europe and contribute significantly to escalating healthcare costs. Elevated blood...
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Diagnosis of ADHD On the Rise
ScienceDaily (Mar. 19, 2012) -- The number of American children leaving doctors' offices with an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis has risen 66 percent in 10 years, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. Over this same timeframe, specialists, instead of primary care physicians, have begun treating an increasing number of these young patients, the study found. The study, which will be published in the March/April issue of the journal Academic Pediatrics,...
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Bisphenol A (BPA) Could Affect Reproductive Capabilities
ScienceDaily (Mar. 20, 2012) -- Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have found evidence that, in addition to affecting the heart, brain and nervous system, bisphenol A (BPA), could affect a mammal's ability to reproduce by altering the structure of the uterus in ways that can progress to a potentially fatal infection. These findings are published in March 9, 2012, advance online edition of the Journal of Reproductive Toxicology. Infection and inflammation of...
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Popcorn: The Snack With Even Higher Antioxidants Levels Than Fruits and Vegetables
ScienceDaily (Mar. 25, 2012) -- Popcorn's reputation as a snack food that's actually good for health popped up a few notches as scientists recently reported that it contains more of the healthful antioxidant substances called "polyphenols" than fruits and vegetables. They spoke at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), in San Diego on March 25. Joe Vinson, Ph.D., a pioneer in analyzing healthful components in chocolate, nuts...
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