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Antioxidant compound reduced incidence of colorectal metachronous adenomas

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Supplementation with a selenium-based antioxidant compound decreased the risk of developing new polyps of the large bowel — called colorectal metachronous adenomas — in people who previously had colorectal polyps removed.


Roasting Does More than Enhance Flavor in Peanuts

Roasting Does More than Enhance Flavor in Peanuts

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have shown that increasing roast color intensity steadily ramps up the antioxidant capacities of peanuts, peanut flour and peanut skins.


Tiny particles can deliver antioxidant enzyme to injured heart cells

Tiny particles can deliver antioxidant enzyme to injured heart cells

Chemistry / Polymers

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed microscopic polymer beads that can deliver an antioxidant enzyme made naturally by the body into the heart.


Saving the single cysteine: new antioxidant system found (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- We've all read studies about the health benefits of having a life partner. The same thing is true at the molecular level, where amino acids known as cysteines are much more vulnerable to damage when single ...


Study shows flavanol antioxidant content of US chocolate and cocoa-containing products

Chemistry / Other

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A recent study confirms that the antioxidants and other plant-based nutrients in chocolate and cocoa products are highly associated with the amount of non-fat cocoa-derived ingredients in the product. The study expands on ...


Nanoparticles used in common household items caused genetic damage in mice

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (24) | comments 11

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, found in everything from cosmetics to sunscreen to paint to vitamins, caused systemic genetic damage in mice, according to a comprehensive study conducted by researchers at UCLA's Jonsson ...


Antioxidant found in vegetables has implications for treating cystic fibrosis

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that a dietary antioxidant found in such vegetables as broccoli and cauliflower protects cells from damage caused by chemicals generated during the ...


Tobacco smoke exposure before heart transplantation may increase the risk of transplant failure

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A study conducted at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore provides the first direct evidence that cigarette smoke exposure prior to a heart transplant in either the donor, recipient, or both, accelerates ...


High urea levels in chronic kidney failure might be toxic after all

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It is thought that the elevated levels of urea (the byproduct of protein breakdown that is excreted in the urine) in patients with end-stage kidney failure are not particularly toxic.


Balancing protein intake, not cutting calories, may be key to long life

Balancing protein intake, not cutting calories, may be key to long life

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 5

Getting the correct balance of proteins in our diet may be more important for healthy ageing than reducing calories, new research funded by the Wellcome Trust and Research into Ageing suggests.



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