08.11.07

Control zone lifted as animals test negative for foot-and-mouth

Posted in Health at 12:17 pm by heaven

London - The temporary control zone around the farm at the centre of the latest foot-and-mouth disease scare in Dorking, southern England, was lifted on Saturday, as tests on animals at the farm proved negative, British authorities reported. Samples ...

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UPI Newstrack Health and Science News

Posted in Health at 3:09 am by heaven

Reductive stress linked to heart disease SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 10 -- Excessive levels of an anti-oxidant called reduced glutathione may contribute to heart disease, a U.S. cardiologist said. Dr. Ivor Benjamin and colleagues at the University of Utah...

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Food hormone determines food fondness

Posted in Health at 1:11 am by heaven

Leptin, a hormone key to reducing hunger and increasing the feeling of fullness, has been found to control a fondness for food, British researchers said. Dr. Sadaf Farooqi and Dr. Paul Fletcher of the University of Cambridge, England, discovered that the ...

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Obese kids may miss more school

Posted in Health at 12:45 am by heaven

Overweight children may be at greater risk than normal-weight peers of school absenteeism, new research suggests. A study of more than 1,000 fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade children in the Philadelphia school system determined that body mass index is as s...

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08.10.07

Green tea may help guard against cancer

Posted in Health at 11:43 pm by heaven

A green tea concentrate may help some people boost their metabolic defense against toxins capable of causing cancer, finds a University of Arizona study. The study of 42 people consumed green tea concentrate -- green tea catechins in amounts equal to tha...