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Combining probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG supplements with aloe vera may slash cholesterol levels by over 40%, suggests a new study with lab rats. 
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University of Leicester scientists have presented groundbreaking new evidence about how a chemical found in red wine can help prevent cancer.
Experts from around the world attended Resveratrol 2012, a major conference at the University to assess the latest advances in the study of resveratrol — a compound found in the skins of red grapes.
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This family of vegetables contains compounds that have been shown to help increase the metabolism of those fractions of estrogen that have been associated with cell proliferation and subsequent cancer formation.
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Women with higher circulating levels carotenoids are at a significantly lower risk of breast cancer, according to new research.
Carotenoids are the compounds that make many fruits and vegetables colorful. These pigments have been studied repeatedly for their health benefits, including anti-cancer properties.
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A drug made from a plant known as “thunder god vine,” or lei gong teng, that has been used in traditional Chinese medicine, wiped out pancreatic tumors in mice, researchers said, and may soon be tested in humans.
Mice treated with the compound showed no signs of tumors after 40 days or after discontinuing the treatment, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Masonic Cancer Center. The research, funded by the university and the National Institutes of Health. was published today in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
“This drug is just unbelievably potent in killing tumor cells,” said Ashok Saluja, vice chairman of research at the center and the study’s leader, said in a telephone interview. “You could see that every day you looked at those mice, the tumor was decreasing and decreasing, and then just gone.”
The plant, also known as Tripterygium wilfordii, contains triptolide, which earlier studies have shown can cause cancer cells to die. In traditional Chinese medicine, the plant is used as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. While the researchers hope to start human trials in six months, Saluja said it’s still a long leap from mice to people. Via Dr. Stefan Gruenwald
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The AMA is proposing a federal law forcing each person to need to opt-out of experimental vaccine trials, while they are initially automatically enrolled.
Through history, vaccines have helped to erradicate polio and minimize outbreaks of diseases like measles and mumps. But has science now tried to do too much with vaccine technology?
What do you think about vaccines?
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