News tagged with licorice
Dried licorice root fights the bacteria that cause tooth decay and gum disease
Scientists are reporting identification of two substances in licorice — used extensively in Chinese traditional medicine — that kill the major bacteria responsible for tooth decay and gum disease, ...
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Licorice may block effectiveness of drug widely used by transplant patients
Chemists in Taiwan are reporting that an ingredient in licorice — widely used in various foods and herbal medicines — appears to block the absorption of cyclosporine, a drug used by transplant patients to prevent organ rejection. ...
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Injections of licorice ingredient show promise as treatment for cocaine addiction
An ingredient in licorice shows promise as an antidote for the toxic effects of cocaine abuse, including deadly overdoses of the highly addictive drug, researchers in Korea and Pennsylvania are reporting. Their study is in ...
Feb 20, 2009 |
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Beyond pills: Cardiologists examine alternatives to halt high blood pressure
More and more, patients show up to appointments with hypertension expert John Bisognano, M.D., Ph.D. carrying bags full of "natural" products that they hope will help lower their blood pressure. And like most physicians, ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Tobacco industry lobbies for flavorful cigarettes
(AP) -- Public health officials from around the world agreed this week on some new anti-smoking rules, but others that could have sharply reduced global tobacco consumption remained out of reach at an international ...
Nov 20, 2010 |
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Halloween candy: Facts and myths
(PhysOrg.com) -- A holiday devoted to vampires, goblins and ghouls is a recipe for a ghastly night of fright. But false stories of marauding strangers and poison-laced candy can make the evening scarier than ...
Oct 20, 2010 |
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Nokia dumps CEO, turns to Microsoft exec
(AP) -- Nokia Corp. is replacing CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo with top Microsoft executive Stephen Elop as the world's top handset maker aims to regain lost ground in the fiercely competitive smartphone market.
Sep 10, 2010 |
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Team to study health effects of botanical estrogens
An ongoing research initiative into the health effects of botanical estrogens will get an $8 million boost from the National Institutes of Health.
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Does the shape of crude oil remnants impact rate of biodegradation?
Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers have received a $60,000 one-year National Science Foundation grant to study how naturally occurring microbes can best be used to eat away remaining crude oil ...
Aug 18, 2010 |
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A trip to the candy store might help ward off rare, but deadly infections
As it turns out, children were not the only ones with visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads over this past holiday season. In a new research report published in the January 2010 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Bi ...
Jan 04, 2010 |
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Motorola Announces MOTO W7 Active Edition With Gesture Controls
Shake things up with MOTO W7 Active Edition, a motion-enabled 3G mobile device announced today by Motorola. Designed for those who want a "moving" phone experience, MOTO W7 is equipped with an accelerometer ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 11, 2009 |
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Licorice compound offers new cancer prevention strategy
A chemical component of licorice may offer a new approach to preventing colorectal cancer without the adverse side effects of other preventive therapies, Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers report.
Mar 23, 2009 |
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A faster test for the food protein that triggers celiac disease
Researchers in Spain and the United Kingdom are reporting development of a faster test for identifying the food protein that triggers celiac disease, a difficult-to-diagnose digestive disease involving the inability to digest ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Nov 17, 2008 |
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