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A new study has found that garlic oil reduces the decrease of white blood cells caused by chemotherapy and radiation treatment in mice with cancerous tumors.

The findings of this study support the idea that cancer patients may benefit from consuming garlic oil as a complementary medicine to their treatments.

Further research is needed to assess whether garlic oil could reduce the adverse effects induced by other chemotherapeutic drugs used to treat cancer patients.

The study was published in the Journal of Food Science, published by the Institute of Food Technologists. (ANI)

Red meat consumption is good for cognitive function and the body’s immune system, a new research has suggested.

The Seven Ages Of Man study found that anything up to one pound of meat can be consumed every week without leading to a greater risk of health problems, the Daily Express reported.

Researchers showed that the lean red meat is important in every stage of development starting from infancy to old age.
They also urged people to put more red meat into their diets to lessen the gap between mineral and vitamin intake and recommended levels.

Patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis have been given hope of recovery after a protein, which triggers the disease, has been discovered.

According to researchers, the findings may lead to an effective and potentially less toxic alternative therapy to current anti-TNF (tumour necrosis factor) drugs, currently being prescribed to arthritis patients, which suppress the immune system, leaving patients at risk of developing infections, the Daily Express reported.

The best way to control the symptoms of asthma is by exercising on a regular basis and consuming plenty of fresh vegetables, says a new survey.

The study, which was carried out by the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, has for the very first time, provided the option of a healthy lifestyle and not a drug treatment, the Japan Times reported.

A doctor, Motoyasu Iikura, from the center`s respiratory medicine department in Tokyo said that the patients with asthma need to seek a particularly healthy lifestyle .

Scientists have found that a protein shown to function in the liver has a key role in human menstrual cycle and may also play a crucial role in pregnancy.

According to researchers at the University of Montreal in Canada, mice that were genetically engineered not to produce the liver receptor homolog-1 (Lrh-1) molecule were unable to create the uterine conditions necessary for establishing and sustaining pregnancy, resulting in the formation of defective placentas.

Milk of Magnesia, used to solve problems of indigestion, ulcers and upset stomachs, has been banned, as it contains too much sulphate.

GlaxoSmithKline GSK stopped manufacturing the product last autumn but were allowed to sell their supplies, the Daily Express reported.

The stockpiles have gone so low that the bottles are being sold for up to 20 pounds, which is about 10 times their normal price, on eBay.

GSK is believed to be changing the recipe to comply with the EU limit.

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About 7.4 million people will be saved from premature death by 2050 due to the tobacco control measures, which have been put in place in 41 countries between 2007 and 2010, a new study has revealed.

The study demonstrates the success of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in reducing tobacco use and, thus, saving lives.

The ice cream sandwich is making a comeback in shops and artisans are looking at them as a new vehicle for growth and experimentation.

Nowadays, ice cream companies are using organic, locally sourced or natural ingredients to make new combinations, the New York Daily News reported.

Ron Tanner , a vice president at the Specialty Food Association, said that there has been a lot of creativity in the ice cream market in the past decade, and that it is just starting with sandwiches.

Cigarette packets that talk could soon join the fight to push smokers into kicking their unhealthy habit.

The researchers were inspired by tobacco companies, who have been making more attractive packaging for consumers, and tried to use similar tactics against the companies to encourage people to give up the habit, the Mirror reported.

The researchers came up with two talking packets with different recorded messages.

One offered smokers a phone number for advice on quitting smoking and another warned that smoking reduces fertility.

A recent study in China has found that the risk factors of pneumonia are still higher in modern cities.

The report, which was a part of the China, Child, Home and Health (CCHH) project, has defied the old belief that the deadly disease is caused by the use of coal or wood as cooking fuel, especially in rural areas.

This study investigated the association between childhood pneumonia and indoor environment factors in modern homes.

The use of prescription drugs and so-called “designer drugs” are proliferating at an alarming rate, posing threats to public health, a UN report has said.

While there has been a decline in the use of traditional drugs such as heroin and cocaine in some parts of the world, the report informs on the growing use of prescription drugs and so-called “designer drugs”.

The 2013 World Drug Report, released on Wednesday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), finds new psychoactive substances are proliferating at an unprecedented rate, posing threats to public health.

A biomarker reflecting expression levels of two genes in tumor tissue may be able to predict which women treated for estrogen-receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer should receive a second estrogen-blocking medication after completing tamoxifen treatment.

In their report Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center investigators describe finding that the HOXB13/IL17BR ratio can indicate which women are at risk for cancer recurrence after tamoxifen and which are most likely to benefit from continuing treatment with the aromatase inhibitor letrozole (Femara).

A podiatrist has provided ample reasons for why women should not wear high heels.

Michael Liebow, a podiatrist from Bethesda, explained that by wearing heels, you’re altering the position of the foot and how the foot is to function, the Washington Post reported.

The common problems caused by donning such a footwear is the formation of calluses and, more painfully, corns, that are hard nuggets of keratin buildup caused by pressure on the skin.

Parents are pushy and scream from the sidelines or hover backstage because they want their children to reach their own thwarted dreams, the first experiments on the long-held belief suggest.

The research provides the first empirical evidence that parents sometimes want their child to fulfill their unfulfilled ambitions.

For example, parents who themselves faced rejection from a medical school, would like their children to become a doctor.

The experiments showed that pushy parents seem to share a common trait and they view their children as part of themselves.

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have revealed that individuals with seasonal affective disorder (SAD)-a winter depression that leads to loss of motivation and interest in daily activities-have misconceptions about their sleep habits similar to those of insomniacs.

These findings open the door for treating seasonal affective disorder similar to the way doctors treat insomnia.

Britain is set to become the world`s first nation to allow babies to be born with three genetic parents.

A landmark decision by the Department of Health opens the door to treatments for diseases that make use of donated DNA from a second donor “mum”.

New regulations to fertility law allowing the procedures will be issued for public consultation later this year and then debated in Parliament, the Mirror reported.

If MPs find them ethically acceptable the first patients could be treated within months.

Around 10 “three parent” babies could be born every year.

A new study has found that eating highly- processed carbohydrates like cakes, cookies and chips could affect pleasure centers in the brain, leading to serious cravings that might cause people to overeat.

Our brains consist of a complex network of pathways and regions that control for all our bodily functions. Chemical messengers called neurotransmitters allow signals to pass from one nerve cell to the next to aid in these functions.

One neurotransmitter, dopamine, plays a major role in the brain`s reward pathways.

A single dose of a stimulant drug prescribed to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) could improve brain function and modify connectivity in parts of the brain that are involved with self-control and craving when given to cocaine addicts, according to a new study.

Methylphenidate (brand name Ritalin) normalizes certain brain circuits that underlie self-control and craving among cocaine-addicted individuals, researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found.

A simple drug regimen of two anti-clotting drugs – clopidogrel and aspirin – can lower the risk of suffering a stroke by about one-third, a new clinical trial has showed.

The clinical trial involved 5,170 people, who were hospitalized after suffering minor ischemic strokes or stroke-like events known as transient ischemic attacks, or TIAs, in which blood flow to the brain is briefly blocked, and was conducted at multiple sites in China and designed in partnership with a physician at UC San Francisco.

The union cabinet Thursday approved a three-tier network of laboratories across the country for managing epidemics and natural calamities, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said Friday.

According to the finance minister, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the proposal of the health ministry to set up 10 regional laboratories, 30 state-level laboratories and 120 medical college-level labs for establishing a network to manage epidemics and natural calamities.

A new study has found that patients with type 2 diabetes transplanted with own bone marrow stem cells required less insulin post surgery.

The study carried out in India examining the safety and efficacy of self-donated (autologous), transplanted bone marrow stem cells in patients with type 2 diabetes (TD2M), has found that patients receiving the transplants, when compared to a control group of TD2M patients who did not receive transplantation, required less insulin post-transplantation.

Researchers from the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research in Tokyo have discovered that forced elongation of telomeres (extensions on the end of chromosomes) promotes the differentiation of cancer cells, probably reducing malignancy, which is strongly associated with a loss of cell differentiation.

“Cancer cells may maintain short telomeres to maintain their undifferentiated state,” Hiroyuki Seimiya, a researcher on the study, said.

Telomeres are protective extensions on the ends of chromosomes, which shorten as cells age, like an hourglass running down.

A coffee executive has created a new coffee, which has butter as it’s driving ingredient., and is said to boost your energy and increase weight loss.

Dave Asprey, executive of the Bulletproof brand and blog told the Daily News said that just putting butter into bad coffee is a bad idea.

Asprey came out with the Bulletproof recipe, which calls for three ingredients, which are upgraded coffee, MCT (medium chain triglycerides) coconut palm oil and grass-fed butter.

South Asians may have to exercise more than white Europeans to achieve the same levels of fitness and reduce their risk of diabetes, new research says.

Researchers at the University of Glasgow have found that lower fitness levels in middle-aged men of South Asian origin are contributing to higher blood sugar levels and increased diabetes risk compared with white men.

The research, published in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), suggests that physical activity guidelines may need to bechanged to take ethnicity into account.

A single dose of a commonly-prescribed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drug helps improve brain function in cocaine addiction, scientists have found.

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York found Methylphenidate (brand name Ritalin) modified connectivity in certain brain circuits that underlie self-control and craving among cocaine-addicted individuals.