Benefit Of Tea

The possible beneficial health effects of tea consumption have been suggested and supported by some studies, but others have not found beneficial effects.

Studies claim that the polyphenol content of green tea has antioxidant properties that can help prevent cancer, however research is ongoing.

There is also a suggestion that it can increase endurance in exercise by improving fat metabolism.

One should consult a doctor before using high concentrations of tea for disease prevention.

Ingestion of large amounts of tea may cause nutritional and other problems because of the strong binding activities of tea polyphenols and the caffeine content, although no solid data exist concerning harmful effects of tea consumption.

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Fly Larvae Used to Remove Organic Waste On an Industrial Scale

A group of researchers from the University of Alicante (Spain) present the results of a pilot project where fly larvae are used to reduce animal feces and manure in a sustainable manner.

The research group Bionomics, Systematics and Applied Research in insects, coordinated by Professor Santos Rojo, conducts the research and development work of this project. With the company Flysoil SL, they have managed to produce at industrial scale the Hermetia illucens fly. It is a species of tropical origin but naturalized in the Mediterranean region since the 1960's and their larvae have a natural ability to feed on organic matter from different sources, including waste.

The researchers selected, from established colonies of flies on the University premises, the most effective varieties for this purpose. During the past two years, they have carried out tests on animal excrements from zoos. Specifically, researchers have just presented the results of a study at the pilot plant designed at Terra Natura Benidorm where fly larvae have processed and removed about 90% of the organic waste produced by animals in the park. The remaining 10% of organic matter was converted into organic compost.

Plant Extract May Be New Therapy for Hay Fever, Study Suggests

Fighting hay fever with a plant extract -- this works, as was shown in a clinical study conducted by researchers of the Center of Allergy & Environment (ZAUM) of Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technische Universität München. Allergic symptoms were alleviated significantly better than with the usual histamine receptor antagonists. In a paper published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology the scientists explained how this plant extract works and how effective it is.

Antihistamine medications have long been considered the treatment of choice to alleviate the symptoms of hay fever sufferers. Now, in a randomized double-blind study, Dr. Adam Chaker and Prof. Dr. Carsten Schmidt-Weber demonstrated that the plant extract Ze 339 (Petasol butenoate complex) combats nasal mucosa swelling faster and more effectively.

New Imaging Technology for Diagnosing Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes

Researchers have developed a new type of imaging technology to diagnose cardiovascular disease and other disorders by measuring ultrasound signals from molecules exposed to a fast-pulsing laser.

The new method could be used to take precise three-dimensional images of plaques lining arteries, said Ji-Xin Cheng, an associate professor of biomedical engineering and chemistry at Purdue University.

Other imaging methods that provide molecular information are unable to penetrate tissue deep enough to reveal the three-dimensional structure of the plaques, but being able to do so would make better diagnoses possible, he said.

"You would have to cut a cross section of an artery to really see the three-dimensional structure of the plaque," Cheng said. "Obviously, that can't be used for living patients."

The imaging reveals the presence of carbon-hydrogen bonds making up lipid molecules in arterial plaques that cause heart disease. The method also might be used to detect fat molecules in muscles to diagnose diabetes and for other lipid-related disorders, including neurological conditions and brain trauma. The technique also reveals nitrogen-hydrogen bonds making up proteins, meaning the imaging tool also might be useful for diagnosing other diseases and to study collagen's role in scar formation.

Will Self-Propelled Camera Swims in Your Colon?

If you have to get your insides examined, there are few alternatives to the unpleasant experience of having a tube shoved into your throat or backside.

But a team of researchers in Japan recently successfully tested a remote-controlled, self-propelled capsule camera that can examine the human stomach and colon.

Developed by researchers at Ryukoku University, Osaka Medical College, and a private-sector firm, the fish-shaped Mermaid is a 1.7-inch-long, electromagnet-powered capsule with a fin-like tail.

That's longer than a conventional endoscopy capsule, which isn't maneuverable and takes a brute-force approach to capturing images, snapping as many as possible as it descends.

The Mermaid can be precisely maneuvered following oral or rectal insertion, and can take two images per second. 

Glowing 'Cornell Dots': Tool Set To Detect Potential for Human Cancer

(Medical Technology) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first clinical trial in humans of a new technology: Cornell Dots, brightly glowing nanoparticles that can light up cancer cells in PET-optical imaging.

A paper describing this new medical technology is published online in the Journal of Clinical Investigation (July 2011). This is a collaboration between Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), Cornell University, and Hybrid Silica Technologies, a Cornell business start-up.

For the first time, scientists report a uniquely advanced and comprehensive characterization of Cornell Dots -- an ultra small, cancer-targeted, multimodal silica nanoparticle -- which has recently been approved as an "investigational new drug" (IND) by the FDA for a first-in-human clinical trial, says Michelle S. Bradbury, M.D., of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and an assistant professor of radiology at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Breast Cancer Risk and Ethnicity

Young Asian and Pacific Islander women born in California have increased risk of breast cancer than young white women including Filipinos, might have higher risks than African-Americans, according to a new study.

Overall breast cancer incidence rates published from national cancer surveillance data might mask important pockets of elevated risk, said study co-author Susan Hurley, a research associate at the Cancer Prevention Institute of California.

"Historically, rates that suggest a low breast cancer risk among Asian and Pacific Islander women do not usually focus on young women," Hurley said. "They also do not take into account factors such as birthplace, migration status and ethnic ancestry, all of which may determine risk."

iPhone Blood Pressure Monitor Released by Withings

(Medical Technology)French company Withings has made a name for itself with its Wi-Fi body scale. Now it's announced the U.S. availability of its Blood Pressure Monitor, which it touts as the only "BP cuff in the world to connect directly into any iOS device."

While the extra hardware will run you a somewhat steep $129.99, needless to say, there's a free app in the mix that shows BP measurements and keeps track of user stats.

Withings is calling the Blood Pressure Monitor truly plug-and-play. Wrap the cuff around your arm, then plug the cable into your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad, and the Withings app automatically launches. 

Electromedicine for Parkinson's Disease: Deep Brain Stimulation Works Better Than Medicine

(Medical Technology)According to a study scheduled for publication in today's New England Journal of Medicine, a surgical procedure designed to reduce symptoms of Parkinson's disease -- deep brain stimulation -- can be more effective on patients with advanced cases, and have fewer side effects, than prescription drugs.

"Deep brain stimulation improves the quality of life in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease at a stage when medical treatment is no longer able to improve quality of life," said lead author Dr. Guenther Deuschl, professor of neurology and chairman of the department of neurology at Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany. "It is important that the time during which these (deep brain stimulation) patients were immobile decreased highly significantly, the time with good mobility increased, and the sleep time also increased."

In the German study, 156 patients with advanced Parkinson's, all under the age of 75, were assessed using standard Parkinson's assessment tools at the beginning of the study, and again at the end. According to the study, two of the tools, the Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ) and the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), assign a score between 0 and 100 and 0 and 108 respectively, with higher scores identifying more severe symptoms. 

Light-Emitting Bandage As Skin Cancer Treatment

(Medical Technology)Scottish scientists have developed a light-emitting, portable bandage that has been shown to fight skin cancer in a quicker, less painful way than conventional treatments.

The metallic, adhesive bandage was created by physicist Ifor Samuel of the University of St. Andrews and dermatologist James Ferguson of Ninewells Hospital Dundee, and contains its own light source connected to a small, portable battery.

The patch uses an organic diode that emits lights when a low-voltage electric current passes through it, and is portable enough that patients can move around during their daily treatment.

"It can be worn by the patient in a similar way to a sticking plaster (bandage), while the battery is carried like an iPod," Samuel said. 

Omega-3 Fatty Acids Can Save a Life Of Heart Attack

(Medical Technology)New research published in the October issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine indicates that consuming omega-3 fatty acids may be more effective at preventing sudden cardiac deaths than automated external defibrillators or implanted defibrillators.

Researchers from the Heart Center at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., used a computer-simulated study of 100,000 residents in Olmsted County, Minn., to determine that the residents consuming the highest levels of omega-3 fatty acids experienced a 6.4 percent lower overall death rate. The researchers found that automated external defibrillators (AEDs) reduced the death rate by only 0.8 percent, and implanted defibrillators lowered death rates by 3.3 percent.

In the population of 100,000 -- which was simulated to allow researchers to examine patient data under unrealistic conditions, such as full patient compliance with prescriptions -- the researchers found that increasing consumption of omega-3s could save 58 lives per year, while AEDs would only save seven lives, and implanted defibrillators would save 30. 

Tablet PC For Doctors May Save Healthcare Workers

If you enjoyed the movie, "What the Bleep Do We Know?" or you're interested in the new science of healing  with energy, you're going to enjoy this review and tour of a unique energy product called the Violet Ray Crystal Resonator (VRCR) made by Pillar of Light Enterprises at PillarOfLight.net. The inventor is a man named Jack Derby. This device is a vibrational medicine / experimental energy medicine. I have found it to be very effective at helping move stagnant energy through your body or even through a physical space (such as a home, office or healing practice space). In this review, I'll explain what the VRCR is and what I experienced after purchasing and using this technology over the last several months.

To begin with, the primary uses and applications of this energy technology are to:

• Reduce or eliminate chronic stress caused by the frequencies broadcast by household electrical wiring.
• Clear or "restructure" the physical space in a home, office or healing environment.
• Tune the mind and body to a higher vibration as part of a treatment protocol for degenerative disease, emotional imbalance or mental disorders.
• Amplify the power of intention through meditation or prayer.
• Enhance any spiritual practice through greater connection to self and spirit.
• Tune specific body energy centers (or "chakras") to clear stagnation and encourage the flow of energy (or "chi").
• Enhance and multiply the effectiveness of acupuncture or accupressure therapies.
• Cleanse and "zap" the blood to eliminate viruses, bacteria and other pathogens. (Lots of safety notes on this particular application, see below.)

Note: These are my own personal explanations of the uses of the technology, based entirely on personal opinion and experience. I do not sell any products mentioned here, nor do I earn any revenues from their sale. Neither I nor this publisher has been paid anything to write about this product or technology. I do this solely for the benefit of readers. 

New Technique Stem Cell Can Growth Cancer Tumors

A newly medical technology discovered techniques to produce stem cells that is a breakthrough indeed did produce stem cells that can cause cancer in organisms that grow from them.

Two different teams of scientists menmberikan announcements about new techniques to develop stem cells in the same month. In an article published online edition of the journal Cell, Dr. Shinya Yamanaka and his colleagues argue that they have transformed human skin cells into stem cells using a virus by injecting skin cells with four specific genes.

Yamanaka and colleagues at Kyoto University, Japan used to using mouse skin cells into stem cells via the same technique. Yamanaka and his colleagues are now setting up a laboratory at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, which is associated with the University of California at San Francisco.