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Jan 30, 2006 |
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Abstract: Diet, nutrition and rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease resulting in diarthrodial joints inflammation (particularly joints of hands, wrists, feet, knees, cubitus, ankles, shoulder, etc.) that is manifested by swelling and functional impairment. The associated complications, osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease, make RA important in public health terms. |
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Jan 23, 2006 |
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Abstract: Neuroprotective effects of green and black teas and their catechin gallate esters against beta-amyloid-induced toxicity
Teas represent a large family of plants containing high amounts of polyphenols that may confer health benefits in various diseases. Recently, it has been hypothesized that tea consumption may also reduce the risk of age-related neurodegenerative pathologies. |
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Jan 20, 2006 |
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Abstract: Neurodegeneration from mitochondrial insufficiency: nutrients (NADH), stem cells, growth factors, and prospects for brain rebuilding using integrative management
Degenerative brain disorders (neurodegeneration) can be frustrating for both conventional and alternative practitioners. A more comprehensive, integrative approach is urgently needed. One emerging focus for intervention is brain energetics. |
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Jan 19, 2006 |
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Vitamin D Signals to Prevent Bone Loss During Osteoporosis
Physicians have routinely prescribed vitamin D and vitamin D–related drugs to retard bone loss, but until now, little was known about the specific targets of vitamin D in bone. |
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Jan 16, 2006 |
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Thiamin Deficiency Common in Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients
Among patients hospitalized with heart failure, about one in three has deficient levels of thiamin, although thiamin deficiency was less common among those patients who were taking vitamin supplements, according to a new study. |
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Jan 04, 2006 |
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UV Foundation Applauds Vitamin D Research Results
Over the past three weeks, studies from the University of Auckland, New Zealand and the Moore Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego have continued to support the link between Vitamin D and positive health issues ranging from lung health and new asthma treatments to the prevention of cancers of the colon and breast. |
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Jan 03, 2006 |
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UCSD Researchers State Vitamin D Needed to Cut Cancer Risk
Taking 1,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D3 daily appears to lower an individual's risk of developing certain cancers – including colon, breast, and ovarian cancer – by up to 50 percent, according to cancer prevention specialists at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center. |
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Jan 03, 2006 |
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Dietary Intake of Antioxidants Associated with Reduced Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
A diet with a high intake of beta carotene, vitamins C and E, and zinc is associated with a substantially reduced risk of age-related macular degeneration in elderly persons, according to a study in the December 28 issue of JAMA. |
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Dec 19, 2005 |
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Pain and Its Impact on the Treatment of Rheumatic Disease: Practical Advice on Pain Management
"Rheumatologists are increasingly required to address pain as a specific symptom," notes Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, M.D., of Montreal General Hospital, McGill University. "Pain management is no longer simply a quick fix with a single pill, but rather an approach to the patient as a whole biopsychosocial being." |
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Dec 19, 2005 |
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Abstract: Nutraceutical therapies for degenerative joint diseases: a critical review
There is growing recognition of the importance of nutritional factors in the maintenance of bone and joint health, and that nutritional imbalance combined with endocrine abnormalities may be involved in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA) and osteochondritis dissecans (OCD). |
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