The best solution for triglycerides and pms problems

Triglycerides are a form of fat that’s both developed in your body and as well taken into the body by means of the fatty acids in the food we consume. The causes of large triglycerides are pretty well recognized and are mainly life style related, such as weight problems, consuming a diet low in fresh vegetables and fruits and also high in animal products and not enough physical exercise. And alcohol habit and also have a role in growing triglycerides amounts inside the blood. It would seem very clear that any person struggling with high amounts of triglycerides and/or cholesterol in the blood need to take several important steps to control triglycerides and levels of cholesterol. There isn’t any doubt that most people would take advantage of lowering our risk for heart attack, and...

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No link seen between high-carb diet, colon cancer

– Wed Nov 3, 3:14 pm ET  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Chinese women who eat a traditional diet rich in white rice and other starchy foods that spur a surge in blood sugar do not seem to have an elevated risk of colon cancer, a new study suggests. The findings, reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, add to the conflicting body of evidence as to whether foods with a high "glycemic index" are related to an increased risk of colon cancer. Glycemic index, or GI, refers to how rapidly a carbohydrate causes blood sugar to rise. High-GI foods, like white bread, white rice and potatoes, tend to make blood sugar levels rise quickly. With low-GI foods,...

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Asthma Linked to Lung Cancer Risk in Study

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter by Steven Reinberg healthday Reporter – Wed Nov 3, 11:48 pm ET WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- University of Missouri researchers believe they have found a correlation between asthma and lung cancer in a small study. Previous research has shown a correlation between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer, but this is the first time such a link has been shown for asthma and lung cancer, the researchers said. However, based on the available data, people with asthma should not worry that they are at an increased risk for developing lung cancer, said Dr. Marilyn Glassberg, an associate professor of clinical medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine at the...

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Hemophilia Drug Used Off-Label Raises Clot Risk

Those without blood disorder who were given it were twice as likely to have trouble, review foundBy Jenifer GoodwinHealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A drug approved to help staunch bleeding in people with hemophilia raises the risk of heart attacks and stroke when it's used to stop life-threatening bleeding due to other conditions, such as trauma or surgery, a new study finds. Despite the nearly twofold rise in risk of dangerous clots that form inside blood vessels and cause heart attacks and stroke in those without hemophilia, researchers said doctors should use the information to carefully weigh the risks and benefits...

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Omega-3 pills fail to work in Alzheimer's patients

By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer Lindsey Tanner, Ap Medical Writer – Tue Nov 2, 10:09 am ET CHICAGO – Omega-3 pills promoted as boosting memory didn't slow mental and physical decline in older patients with Alzheimer's disease, a big disappointment in a multimillion-dollar government-funded study. "We had high hopes that we'd see some efficacy but we did not," said Dr. Joseph Quinn, an author of the $10 million study and a researcher at Oregon Health and Science University. The results with pills containing DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid, highlight "the continued frustration over lack of effective interventions" for the memory-robbing disease, an editorial said, published with the study in Wednesday's Journal of the American...

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Exposure Of Humans To Cosmetic UV Filters Is Widespread - Endocrine Disrupters Found In Human Milk

An investigation conducted in the context of the Swiss National Research Programme (NRP50), Endocrine Disrupters: Relevance to Humans, Animals and Ecosystems, demonstrates for the first time that internal exposure of humans to cosmetic UV filters is widespread. In the course of the Summer and Fall 2004, 2005 and 2006 (3 cohorts), human milk was sampled by mothers who had given birth at the University Women's Hospital in Basel. The participants filled out a detailed questionnaire with general questions and, as special feature, in depth questions on use of different types of cosmetic products. Chemicals out of a large range of products including "modern" chemicals and classical persistent organic pollutants (POPs) were analyzed in the same human milk sample by analytical laboratories...

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MIT Chemists Engineer Plants To Produce New Drugs

Humans have long taken advantage of the huge variety of medicinal compounds produced by plants. Now MIT chemists have found a new way to expand plants' pharmaceutical repertoire by genetically engineering them to produce unnatural variants of their usual products. The researchers, led by Associate Professor Sarah O'Connor, have added bacterial genes to the periwinkle plant, enabling it to attach halogens such as chlorine or bromine to a class of compounds called alkaloids that the plant normally produces. Many alkaloids have pharmaceutical properties, and halogens, which are often added to antibiotics and other drugs, can make medicines...

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