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Vegetarian diets can keep heart disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes at bay

Washington, July 5 (ANI): Vegetarian can help prevent and treat chronic diseases including heart disease, cancer, obesity and diabetes, according to a report.

The report was written by Winston Craig, PhD, MPH, RD, professor and chair of the department of nutrition and wellness at Andrews University; and Reed Mangels, PhD, RD, nutrition advisor at the Vegetarian [...]

High daily dosages of statins may have a negative impact on Multiple Sclerosis patients

Washington, May 27 (ANI): McGill University researchers in Canada say that a treatment with high daily dosages of statins, commonly prescribed drugs that effectively reduce blood cholesterol levels, may actually have a negative impact in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients.

Experimenting on mice at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), the researchers found statin therapy to inhibit myelin [...]

Eating tart cherries may boost antioxidant activity in the body

Washington, April 20 (ANI): Eating tart cherries could significantly boost antioxidant activity in the body, according to a new study.

Researchers at University of Michigan found that healthy adults who ate a cup and a half of frozen cherries had increased levels of antioxidants, specifically five different anthocyanins – the natural antioxidants that give cherries their [...]

Air pollution increases heart attack risk

Washington, Mar 23 (ANI): Heart disease is not only a product of genetic factors or lifestyle choices, air pollution also puts people at an increased heart attack risk, suggests a study led by Aruni Bhatnagar of the University of Louisville.

Evidence has shown that increase in particulate air pollution is also [...]

Synthetic ‘good cholesterol’ designed to keep heart problems at bay

Washington, Jan 10 (ANI): Fearing that gorging on chocolate cake and juicy beef roast might send your blood cholesterol levels sky high? Well then here’s your ultimate saviour- synthetic high-density lipoprotein (HDL).

Scientists at Northwestern University have designed synthetic HDL, the “good” cholesterol, which could help fight chronically high cholesterol levels and the resulting deadly heart [...]