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Moderate drinking wine to strong bones

Xinhua NET Los Angeles 2009 March 21 Mar: United States latest study found that moderate consumption of wine or beer for strong bones.

The findings published in the United States journal of clinical nutrition journal March 2009 ".

By investigators drinking habits and bone density analysis, researchers found that of the male, the daily drinking two glasses of wine or beer, their bone mineral density greater than drinking alcohol; and every day more than drinking two glasses of wine, its density is lower than non-drinkers.

Of the women, drinking two glasses of wine a day, bone density than the consumption of persons less than two cups, but drinking beer on bone density in women appears to be non-obvious.

Bone density is a measure of the bones strong and an important indicator of whether or not.

The researchers explained that the beer is rich with Silicon on strong human skeleton, while wine contains polyphenols can also be played on the bones. However, researchers still cannot explain the beer to women and men effects on bone mineral density.

Herceptin extends the lives of patients with breast cancer

March 11, 2009, the international breast research group (BIG) and Roche in Switzerland declared that the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive early breast cancer in the female patient, Herceptin treatment completed after a few years, may continue to benefit.

Results show that these patients ' disease-free survival.

The analysis confirmed Herceptin's long-term security.

BIG President Martin · skin Dr Carter commented: "Herceptin treatment of HER2-positive early breast cancer study, the first confirmed acceptance of 1 year of Herceptin treatment can make a long-term benefit. ”

Expected to extract from tobacco diabetes

2009 March 19, Verona University scientists in the journal BMC biotechnology on publishing a study that is extracted from the tobacco diabetes.

This development marked the molecular farming into new areas, might provide a bio-pharmaceutical and biological vaccine traditional industrial system cheaper models.

Before the research team in the world but also on several different plants, but on anything else.

Author: "tobacco is a magical plants, it is easy for GM, and you can easily use an entire plant-cell regeneration. ”

Tobacco giant Philips General Maurice company on this research very interested, and financing was held in Vienna in June, a plant-based study of pharmaceutical development Conference.

Next, the research team will also add another called Glutamate decarboxylase (GAD65) of the substance, the substance is produced in the tobacco plant, with the aim to observe numerous small doses of medication to prevent diabetes.

Break the fast "childbirth, women no longer says" go hungry

AFP on March 23, 2009, United Kingdom researchers a new survey results, breaking the previous medical "childbirth should be fasting".

The medical profession generally believe that women in childbirth should be fasting, avoid general anaesthesia for caesarean section is the food intake in the lung. But in recent years, due to the surgery using local anesthesia, inhalation of food in a substantial reduction in the accident. There is also a doctor, because of the labor process may last a long time, in full during fasting, will have a negative impact on mother and child.

University of King's College London researchers 2426 name primipara, maternal divided into fasting groups and non-fasting group.

From two groups of delivery time, cesarean rates and vomiting ratio comparison data found that two groups of women without discrimination, and their babies.

Bad news

Alcohol is upper gastrointestinal cancer one of the biggest risk factors

Xinhua Washington 2009 years March 22 Jul: a new study found that alcohol (ethanol) is some cancers (especially caused by acetaldehyde upper gastrointestinal cancers) one of the biggest risks because alcohol in the body can be converted into acetaldehyde.

According to the United States media 20, reported that Canada Toronto, addiction and mental health teaching and Research Center and Germany a joint laboratory of the research.

The researchers say, acetaldehyde widely present in people's living environment, through respiration, smoking, drinking and eating, inhalation or ingestion of acetaldehyde.

Research has shown that some cancer, acetaldehyde is particularly upper gastrointestinal cancer development an important factor in the process, has now been who classified as carcinogens.

Research shows that for alcoholics, they only drink intake of acetaldehyde has exceeded the safety limit.

"Imagination" drag into Alzheimer's disease

Xinhua NET 2008 23 March report, memory impairment in Alzheimer's disease patients the earliest symptoms.

However, the early show's "imagination" is often used as a normal response to disease cannot get timely diagnosis and effective intervention.

Southeast University, a subsidiary of the largest hospital Neurology memory disorders clinic researchers, 1480 old man had been investigated, among them, 476 old Readme memory clear decline.

The professional medical evaluation, found 115 existent mild cognitive impairment. After two and a half years, and follow-up investigation to 69 old man, there are 15 people development for Alzheimer 's.

The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease is 3.7% ~ 7.8%, with age, its incidence and gradually increase, 80 years old in up to 25% to 30%.

Once the old memory decline, families must be alert, especially for people suffering from hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease and other chronic diseases of the elderly, more attention.

Experts said that early intervention effectively slow down or reduce the incidence of dementia and called upon young people pay more attention to home

The elderly, often in the home, the old man has been instrumental in maintaining the health and a happy mood.

Excessive iron intake on the risk of Parkinson's disease

Italy researchers in the March 2009 Edition of the United States journal of epidemiology report published said: through consumption of plant food intake too much iron elements, more risk of Parkinson's disease.

Italy Bari University researchers, 47406 male and female 79957 lasted 16 years of research, the study found that by eating plant-based food intake too much non-heme iron (specifically refers to the iron in plants, non-meat in iron elements), the risk of suffering from Parkinson's disease is much greater than the intake is low.

The study also shows that the use of supplemental iron men suffering from Parkinson's disease risk than not taking supplemental iron men.

Iron is one of the causes of Parkinson's disease, as it accelerated oxidative damage to the brain, while non-heme iron and other kinds of iron, is not easy to be absorbed by the human body, therefore more vulnerable to accumulate in the brain formation.

Brain iron accumulation of excess may cause of Parkinson's disease. Therefore, it is recommended that appropriate supplemental iron, do not blindly seeking more.

Proprietary spot 80% is not eligible for the main C yinqiao tablets

Sichuan province food and Drug Administration announced the 2009 first stage drugs sampling situation.

In the second half of 2008, the province (except for Chengdu) with complete drug sampling 10872 batches, verified, this month's bulletin of substandard drugs is 257 batches involving 128 drugs varieties, 156 drug manufacturers and 245 is the sampling units.

This month's bulletin 257 batch not qualified in medicine, Chinese medicine is not eligible varieties mainly three porn, male and female Bao Bao capsule capsules, as C yinqiao tablets and weikangling capsule, not qualified projects mainly for moisture, difference, disintegration, microorganism and determination.

Chemicals not eligible varieties as u Belladonna aluminium capsules and acetaminophen tablets, non-conformance is solubility, identification and determination. Antibiotic drugs not eligible varieties as chloromycetin drops and penicillin V potassium tablets, are not qualified projects mainly for the material and content.

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