Positive Health Online

Issue 31

THOMAS and colleagues, Biochemistry Unit, Heart Research Institute, Sydney New South Wales, Australia write that oxidation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) is now regarded as a key early event in atherogenesis, hence e1

more..

Issue 31

KJENDAHL and colleagues, Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Nesoddtangen, Norway published a recent report that acupuncture treatment for stroke patients in the subacute stage provided therapeutic benefit. They conducted1

more..

Issue 30

CHIU and colleagues, Chiu General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan write that it has been reported that acupuncture can decrease blood pressure in hypertensive patients, possibly via an endocrine mechanism. @m: The authors investigated the 1

more..

Issue 30

APPELS and colleagues, Department of Medical Psychology Maastricht University, The Netherlands write that restenosis (re-narrowing of the arteries) following successful coronary angioplasty (PTCA) occurs in 25-35% of all PTCA patients.1

more..

Issue 30

GORINSTEIN and Colleagues, School of Pharmacy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. gorin@cc.huji.ac.il investigated the influence of moderate beer consumption upon lipid metabolism and antioxidant activity in people with coronary artery dis1

more..

Issue 30

KOHLMEIER and colleagues, Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Berlin Germany conducted a multicentre case-control study to study the relationship between antioxidant status and acute heart attack. @m: Cases and matched controls were1

more..

Issue 28

Fuhrman B et al. Ginger extract consumption reduces plasma cholesterol, inhibits LDL oxidation and attenuates development of atherosclerosis in atherosclerotic, apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. Journal of Nutrition 130(5): 1124-31. May 2000.

more..

Issue 28

Emmert DH and Kirchner JT. The role of vitamin E in the prevention of heart disease. Archives of Family Medicine 8(6): 537-42. Nov-Dec 1999.

more..

Issue 28

SOLZBACH and colleagues, Medical Clinic, Department of Cardiology, University of Freiburg, Germany writes that there is evidence for increased formation of free radicals in hypertensive patients, suggesting that nitric oxide (NO) is in1

more..

Issue 28

DE WAART and colleagues, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands dewaart@medew.hegl.wau.nl write that antioxidant vitamin E may co1

more..

Issue 28

WOODHOUSE and colleagues, Clinical Gerontology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrookes Hospital UK write that epidemiological research suggests that there is an association between elevated plasma plasminogen act1

more..

Issue 28

RUIZ-REJON and colleagues, Seccion de Cardiologia, Hospital de Mostoles, Madrid write that heart attack incidence in Spain is low despite the high prevalence of smoking and hypertension. They theorise that natural anti1

more..

Issue 28

DE LA CRUZ and colleagues, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Malaga, Spain write than evening primrose oil (EPO) is a rich source of omega-6 essential fatty acids. The authors studied in rab1

more..

Issue 28

CHRISTENSEN and colleagues, Aalborg Sygehus, medicinsk endokrinologisk afdeling, Denmark investigated the effect of dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) upon ventricular arrhythmias and heart rate variability (HRV) in patient1

more..

Issue 28

HWANG and colleagues, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA HWANGDH@MHS.PBRC.EDU write that contradictory reports regarding protective effect of fish consumption upon risk of cardiovascular disease 1

more..

Issue 28

TARDIF and colleagues, Department of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Quebec Canada write that oxidising metabolites generated at the site of coronary angioplasty induce chain reactions which can lead to res1

more..

Issue 28

RIMM and STAMPFER, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston MA 02115 USA write that vitamin C, carotenoids, and vitamin E, the 3 major dietary sources of antioxidants, each affe1

more..

Issue 28

PIETRI and colleagues, Structure et Reactivite des Especes Paramagnetiques, CNRS URA 1412, Universite de Provence, Marseille France write that a growing body of evidence supports the trigger role of free radicals in the delayed1

more..

Issue 28

SUN and colleagues, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of TCM, Beijing China studied, using spectral analysis, different characteristics of heart rate variability according to forms of respiratory exercises practised. @m:METHODS: 32 volunt1

more..

Issue 28

BOWMAN and colleagues, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University Newcastle upon Tyne UK studied the effects of aerobic exercise training and yoga (non-aerobic) upon the baroreflex (reflex syst1

more..