Simple blood test for bowel cancer

Dec 14, 2011 Posted Under: Healthy Food News  

Bowel cancer (also known as colorectal cancer or colon cancer) is the third most common cancer, and is responsible for over 16 000 deaths in the UK every year. The sooner bowel cancer is detected, the more easily it can be treated; approximately 90% of people survive for over 5 years if diagnosed at the earliest stage (known as Dukes A).

Screening programmes can identify people with the disease before any symptoms develop and so are important for successful treatment. However, compliance with screening, which typically involves a colonoscopy, is a problem.

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Factors Leading to Childhood Cancer

Dec 11, 2011 Posted Under: Healthy Food News  

A recent study has revealed that cancer is the most common cause of death among children from 1 to 14 years of age. In this article, we have discussed factors that are mostly responsible for causing childhood cancers. Genetic mutation: The exact causes of majority of the childhood cancers are still unknown. However, most of them occur as a result of non-inherited genetic mutations of the growing cells. As these genetic mutations take place randomly, preventing them is almost impossible.

Syndromes: According to some researches certain syndromes can act as the causative factors of some childhood cancer types.

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7 Worst Holiday Foods

Dec 8, 2011 Posted Under: Healthy Food Advices  

If you’re like most Americans, you are about to receive a hideous holiday gift. You’ll hate it, but you’ll be stuck with it—in fact, it comes with no return receipt, and this is one present you won’t be able to re-gift to Uncle Fred. Worse, you’ll have to carry this ugly present around with you all day, every day, probably for the rest of your life.

I’m not talking about a neon tie or a dancing-snowman sweater. I’m talking about a pound and a half of disgusting belly flab. That’s right: The average American gains 1.5 pounds of fat between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, according to a study at Texas Tech. That’s 15 pounds

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GSDM Students Make BU Proud at Hinman Symposium

Dec 4, 2011 Posted Under: Healthy Food Reviews  

Sultan Mohammed DMD 13 won Most Outstanding Presentation in Clinical Research at this year’s Hinman Symposium, which took place in Memphis, Tennessee, October 28-30, for his poster, “Upregulation of Cthrc1 N-glycoprotein Marks OSCC Tumor Spread.”

“The work I presented investigated the role of N-glycosylation on the planar cell polarity pathway in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC),” Mohammed says. He went on to explain, “We found that the cthrc1, a glycoprotein which promotes the planar cell polarity pathway by stabilizing some of its components, was upregulated in OSCC.  Additional Read more…

How to Make Organic Coconut Milk Kefir

Nov 27, 2011 Posted Under: Healthy Food News  

Kefir, for those of you who are unfamiliar, is a healthy and delicious cultured milk drink, similar to yogurt, that has been enjoyed throughout Russia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and even certain parts of Asia for centuries. Much of the Western world, however, is just now beginning to discover the many benefits of this amazing drink.

Depending on their area of origin, most traditional recipes call for either cow or goats milk to be used as a base, for the kefir cultures to ferment. Fortunately though for vegans and people who are sensitive to dairy, they also work quite well with coconut milk.

Like yogurt and other probiotic foods, kefir that generally requires a starter culture of some kind.

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Autism’s fight for facts: A voice for science

Nov 23, 2011 Posted Under: Healthy Food Advices  

The e-mail that ended one career for Alison Singer, but started another, arrived as she was cooking dinner for her daughters one evening in January 2009. Singer was preoccupied. At a committee meeting she was due to attend in Washington DC the next day, she and others were set to vote on a plan that would direct much of the United States’ spending on autism research for the next year.

Singer, who had her laptop perched on the kitchen counter, immediately noticed the e-mail from another committee member — a mother who was convinced that vaccines had caused her son’s autism. T

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Cold prevention

Nov 21, 2011 Posted Under: Healthy Food Reviews  

Is there a secret to staying healthy throughout the cold season? Here are some tips from those who stay well. Regular yoga practice Doing a regular yoga practice is a prescription for improved health. Yoga works on building the immune system by reducing tension. Stress has been shown to be major player in weakening the immune system Nasal washing Nasal washes are one of the safest and easiest alternative remedies. Washing the nasal passages with a warm saline solution may clear up some of the symptoms of sinusitis (inflammation of the sinuses). A small ceramic pot, called a Neti Pot, or over-the-counter saline sprays may be used to wash the sinuses. Get your green tea A morning cup of green tea may help ward off winter colds and flu. Read more…

Breast implants safe according to FDA

Nov 19, 2011 Posted Under: Healthy Food News  

Dr. William Maisel, chief scientist for the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices, said Wednesday that after two days of discussion and testimony he saw nothing that made him believe that silicone breast implants present any kind of danger to those who have them.

“We felt that way before the meeting, and we continue to feel that way after the presentations and discussions over the past two days,” Maisel said.

Though Maisel said he believes in the implants’ safety, he acknowledged that there are risks with breast implants just as there are risks with any kind of cosmetic surgery. Ruptures, a hardening of the area around the implants, the need to remove the implants, scarring, pain, infection and asymmetry are all possible complications when receiving silicone breast implants.

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