Maslinic acid provides a natural defense against colon cancer
Researchers from the University of Granada and the University of Barcelona have shown that treatment with maslinic acid, a triterpenoid compound isolated from olive-skin pomace, results in a significant inhibition of cell proliferation and causes apoptotic death in colon-cancer cells. Maslinic acid is a novel natural compound and it is able to induce apoptosis or programmed death in human HT29 ...

Natural sleep aid linked to nightmares
Serious side effects reported, including hallucinations and nightmares, raising questions about the safety of some natural health products

Natural Medicine: Unearthing the benefits of mushrooms
Natural Medicine: Unearthing the benefits of mushrooms.

Briefs
MONTEREY Doctor opens holistic center Dr. Maki Takashima has opened the Natural Holistic Wellness Center at 969 Pacific St., Suite B. The family clinic combines Eastern and Western healing wisdoms using science-based medicine and natural remedies.

Fight the flu with 'medicine food'
ABC7 Food Coach Lori Corbin shows you "medicine food" to fight your flu with a fork.

Olive Skins Provide Natural Defense Against Colon Cancer, Study Suggests
Scientists have found that the compound, present in olive skin's leaf and wax, inhibits the growth of HT29 colon-cancer cells. It may provide a useful new therapeutic strategy for the treatment of colon carcinoma. Low concentrations of maslinic acid are to be found in plants with medicinal properties, but its concentration in the waxy skin of olives may be as high as 80 percent.

Maslinic acid provides a natural defense against colon cancer
( Universidad de Granada ) Scientists have found that the compound, present in olive skin's leaf and wax, inhibits the growth of HT29 colon-cancer cells. It may provide a useful new therapeutic strategy for the treatment of colon carcinoma. Low concentrations of maslinic acid are to be found in plants with medicinal properties, but its concentration in the waxy skin of olives may be as high as ...

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UT Southwestern Scientist Honored Among Best in Texas Research
Dr. Rama Ranganathan, professor of pharmacology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, was recognized today as one of the state's top rising stars in research by The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST).

Alka-Seltzer Plus Sponsors the US Ski Team
MORRISTOWN, NJ - Alka-Seltzer Plus® cold medicine will help keep athletes on the slopes this winter season as part of a two-year deal to be the official cold medicine of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA), the parent organization of the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding, Bayer HealthCare, the makers of Alka-Seltzer Plus (BHC) announced.

Physician Launches Innovative Sports Nutrition Organic Program
Craig Koniver, MD, a Board Certified Physician and owner of Primary Plus Organic Medicine, LLC, is launching his Sports Nutrition Organic Program which helps athletes of all levels optimize their strength and endurance and become peak performers. Since Dr. Koniver is an expert in Organic Medicine, a new medical specialty with a natural approach to better health and wellness, he has developed a ...

Ex-funeral worker dies
A Bryan man who worked for a local funeral home for more than 50 years died Tuesday of natural causes at Christus Shumpert Dubois Hospital in Shreveport, La.Wel ...

Dying to Head West
FRONTIER MEDICINE From the Atlantic to the Pacific, 1492-1941 By David Dary Knopf. 381 pp. $30 Among the first things exchanged by European settlers and Native Americans were diseases and medical treatments. The Europeans gave the natives measles, yellow fever and smallpox; when the Indians tried...

Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN in line for surgeon general
President-elect Barack Obama has asked Dr. Sanjay Gupta to be the next U.S. surgeon general, looking to a popular television personality to help provide a public face for his health-care agenda. Best known as a health and medical correspondent for CNN and CBS, Gupta, 39, is also a practicing neurosurgeon in Atlanta and a member of the faculty of the Emory University School of Medicine, one of ...

CNN's Gupta offered Surgeon General post
 President-elect Barack Obama has asked Dr. Sanjay Gupta to be the next U.S. surgeon general, looking to a popular television personality to help provide a  public face for his healthcare agenda. Best known as a health and medicine correspondent for CNN and CBS, Gupta, 39, is also a practicing neurosurgeon in Atlanta and a member of the faculty of the Emory University School of Medicine, one ...

Elective C-sections performed too early 36% of the time
More than a third of elective C-sections are performed too early, increasing newborns' risk of respiratory distress and other problems, researchers report today.

Mohawk team paves the way for electronic health system
It's expected to become the Interac of medicine, and they're building the prototype at Mohawk College. For more than a year, a team of a dozen faculty members and students has been hunkered down in a computer lab building the prototype for a Canada-wide electronic health records system.

Union takes on bioethics
Medicine as a tool for healing or for enhancement. Women selling their eggs. Embryos that are part human, part animal.

Safer Ways to Keep Little Ones Healthy This Winter
(ARA) - Concerns over children's cold remedies have many parents thinking twice before opening the medicine cabinet to treat their little one's cough or cold.

Older Women Who Are More Physically Fit Have Better Cognitive Function
Being physically fit helps the brain function at the top of its game, according to new research. People who are fit have been found it have better blood flow to their brain. New findings also show that better blood flow translates into improved cognition.