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Cholesterol Busting Statins Also Reduce Blood Pressure According To New Research
A new study led by researchers at Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick reveals that patients using cholesterol busting statins get a bonus benefit from such drugs as the Warwick researchers have now found that statins also have a positive effect on blood pressure levels.The researchers found that the use of statins did produce a drop in blood pressure. [click link for full article]

Research Could Provide Vital Daily Nutritional Requirement
Leafy greens and beans aren't the only foods that pack a punch of folate, the vitamin essential for a healthy start to pregnancy.Researchers now have used genetic engineering--manipulating an organism's genes--to make tomatoes with a full day's worth of the nutrient in a single serving. [click link for full article]

Can Stress Make You Fat?
Title: Can Stress Make You Fat?Category: Doctor's ViewsCreated: 9/8/2005Last Editorial Review: 2/27/2007

Novel Salamander Robot A Useful Tool For Neurobiology
A group of European researchers has developed a spinal cord model of the salamander and implemented it in a novel amphibious salamander-like robot. The robot changes its speed and gait in response to simple electrical signals, suggesting that the distributed neural system in the spinal cord holds the key to vertebrates' complex locomotor capabilities. [click link for full article]

Being A Young Person In Britain Today
Young people often get bad press with newspapers focussing on stories of ASBOs, gun crime and binge drinking. But is this portrayal of Britain's youth today fair?This is the subject that was hotly debated by young people from Glasgow 9th March at Hampden Park. [click link for full article]

Weightlifting Can Tear The Heart
Title: Weightlifting Can Tear the HeartCategory: Health NewsCreated: 7/28/2006 1:57:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 7/28/2006 1:56:55 AM

Computer Key Unlocks Heritable Disorders
Danish and Belgian researchers have found a computer key that maps genes underlying heritable disorders, such as breast cancer, multiple sclerosis, and Alzheimer's disease. These results will possibly ease the discovery of new medicines and improve treatment in various disorders. [click link for full article]

New Research Finds That Cholesterol Busting Statins Also Reduce Blood Pressure
A new study led by researchers at Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick reveals that patients using cholesterol busting statins get a bonus benefit from such drugs as the Warwick researchers have now found that statins also have a positive effect on blood pressure levels. [click link for full article]

Taking The Wraps Off Drug Safety Data From Clinical Trials
For years, pharmaceutical companies have sought to restrict public access to drug safety data collected in clinical trials on the basis that it is proprietary information, arguing that competitors could use that information in the development of their own products. [click link for full article]

Competitive Award To Find Prostate Cancer Treatment Won By UVa Cancer Team
UVa Cancer Center Director Michael Weber, Ph.D., and his team of researchers have won a $100,000 grant to further their work toward a treatment for prostate cancer.The funding is a 2006 Competitive Award from the California-based Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF).Dr. [click link for full article]

'Winning At All Costs' Not A Priority For Young Athletes
Boys and girls who played basketball for coaches trained to emphasize personal improvement, giving maximum effort, having fun and supporting their teammates reported lower levels of sport anxiety compared with athletes playing for untrained coaches. [click link for full article]

Healthy Nutrition
Title: Healthy NutritionCategory: Health FactsCreated: 7/18/2006Last Editorial Review: 7/18/2006