Nutrients taken from avocados are able to thwart oral cancer cells, killing some and preventing pre-cancerous cells from developing into actual cancers, according to researchers at Ohio State University.
Researchers found that extracts from Hass avocados kill or stop the growth of pre-cancerous cells that lead to oral cancer. Hass avocados are year-round fruits known for [...]
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In less than two weeks, E. coli scares have led to millions of pounds of hamburger being removed from store shelves all across the country.
The latest ground beef recall involves the Sam’s Club warehouse chain and a brand produced by Cargill under the name American Chef’s Selection Angus Beef Patties. The product is being blamed [...]
Every year, in Germany alone, around 7000 people wait for a new cornea to save their eyesight. But donor corneas are in short supply. In an EU project, researchers have developed an artificial cornea which is to be clinically tested in early 2008.
A patient whose cornea is damaged through a congenital malformation, hereditary disease or [...]
The Marburg virus, like its fearsome cousin Ebola, belongs to the Filoviridae family. It carries the name of the German town where it was first detected in 1967, after a mysterious epidemic had hit employees of the Behring laboratory.
The workers had been contaminated as they took organ samples from green monkeys imported from Uganda. Up [...]
Since it first appeared in Hong Kong in 1997, the H5N1 avian flu virus has been slowly evolving into a pathogen better equipped to infect humans. The final form of the virus, biomedical researchers fear, will be a highly pathogenic strain of influenza that spreads easily among humans.
Now, in a new study a team of [...]
Observational study finds one-third of men don’t wash hands in public restrooms; 88 percent of women do lather up. When it comes to washing with soap and water, some Americans seem be slipping up.
In an observational study sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and The Soap and Detergent Association (SDA), slightly over three-quarters of [...]
Crying is the only way a baby can express its feelings and needs. If the parents or caregivers cannot find the cause of the inconsolable crying of the infant, they might react sharply and shake the baby.
The violent shake of the infant’s head causes brain damage and, as a result, the infant stops crying. For [...]
Physicians may be able to detect and treat Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) in its earliest stages, when patients are experiencing only mild degrees of cognitive impairment, thanks to new diagnostic criteria proposed by an international group of researchers.
Published in Lancet Neurology, the development of new guidelines was co-led by Dr. Howard Feldman, head of the Div. [...]