TUESDAY, 31 OCTOBER 2021
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Acupuncture Helps Patients with Osteoarthritis |
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Osteoarthritis (OA) has a major impact on patients' mobility and quality of life but the anti-inflammatory drugs used to treat it are associated with a number of side effects. In recent years, patients have turned increasingly to acupuncture to relieve the chronic pain associated with OA. A new study published in the November 2006 issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism (http://www.interscience.wiley.
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MONDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2021
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Silymarin can Help People with Type II Diabetes |
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Diabetes is a growing health problem. Giving antioxidants is recognised as one way of helping people with diabetes to control their blood sugar levels.
The herbal medicine extracted from seeds of the Milk Thistle, Silybum marianum (silymarin) is known to have antioxidant properties and research published this week in Phytotherapy Research shows that this extract can help people significan
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THURSDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2021
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Binge Eating Also Occurs in Public |
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Contradicting the common perception that binge eating is typically done in private, a significant amount of bingeing occurs in restaurants according to a recent study published in the November issue of SAGE Publications' Western Journal of Nursing Research (WJNR).
In the United States, large portion sizes, the increased frequency of eating out, fast food consumption, and sedentary lifesty
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WEDNESDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2021
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Blood Markers Predict Risk for Recurrent Stroke |
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New York - People who have just suffered their first ischemic stroke, a blood clot in the brain, often have elevated inflammatory biomarkers in their blood that indicate their likelihood of having another stroke or an increased risk of dying, according to Columbia University Medical Center researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Published in the Oct. 23 Archives of Internal Medicine, res
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TUESDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2021
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New Treatment for Tennis Elbow may Replace Surgery |
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Rosemont, Ill. - A person suffering from tennis elbow may not have to look any further than his or her own body for the most effective treatment, according to a study published in the November issue of The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Specially-prepared platelets taken from the patient which are then re-injected into the tendon of the affected elbow provides more relief than more
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