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Issue:
April 22, 2004
Compiled by WorldHealth.net

Scientists are trying to find out which genes govern whether or not people live long lives study will take DNA samples from 3,000 90-year-old brothers and sisters.   

A team led by Professor Claudio Franceschi at the Italian National Research Canter on Aging will then analyze their genetic make-up. ...more

The US Women's Health Initiative study of nearly 11,000 women between 50 and 79 years old with prior hysterectomy, found no significant difference in breast cancer and heart disease rates between subjects who received oestrogen and those who received placebo.

However, 39% more strokes occurred in the oestrogen group, while fractures due to osteoporosis were reduced by 30%. ....more

There perhaps isn't a more misunderstood food component than fiber, which may be considered as an essential anti-aging nutrient. It may reverse or prevent a multitude of diseases that are frequently experienced as we age.

Fiber is a dietary workhorse: it keeps toxins from building up in your intestines, thus promoting the proper absorption of important nutrients from food. The supply of cellular nutrients that fiber helps to release are responsible for many of the biological processes essential to life. Because many of us fail to get our optimal daily dose of fiber, here are some insights that will help you to understand the importance of fiber in your diet and make selections of fiber-rich foods. ....more

ANN ARBOR, MI - Yoda, the world's oldest mouse, celebrated his fourth birthday on Saturday, April 10, 2004.

A dwarf mouse, Yoda lives in quiet seclusion with his cage mate, Princess Leia, in a pathogen-free rest home for geriatric mice belonging to Richard A. Miller, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of pathology in the Geriatrics Center of the University of Michigan Medical School.      ...more

You can have plastic surgery to make your voice sound younger, and many people are having it done. Many patients who have spent thousands of dollars making their faces look younger, reducing the size of their bellies, getting rid of love handles, have found that their new look clashes with their raspy, trembling voice.

So, they have a voice lift. It seems that a voice lift really does make you sound younger. A voice can sound old when it wobbles or trembles.        ...more

Having a very close relationship with another person may be the best medicine for people who have had a heart attack, research suggests.

Scientists have shown that a strong bond - whether it be with a friend, lover or relative - can halve the risk of further heart attacks.       ...more

Sexually active men are not at a greater risk of developing prostate cancer, a new study says, and frequent ejaculation may reduce their chances of getting the disease.

Previous studies have produced conflicting evidence on the risks or benefits of ejaculation in connection with the development of prostate cancer. Some found that increased sexual activity lowers the risk of the tumors, the second most common form of cancer in American men. Others found just the opposite....more

Researchers have come a step closer to switching on production of "brown fat" that could help overweight people lose their excess "white fat."

Scientists at the Imperial College London in Kent, UK are determining the molecular switch in lambs that transforms brown fat into normal white fat. ....more

According to researchers, more than 8 hours sleep each night is bad for you. We have all known that too little sleep is bad for you, this study suggests that the opposite is also bad.

According to the researchers at the University of California, those who sleep 9-10 hours a night seem to have more problems, ranging from difficulty in falling asleep, staying asleep, plus a whole load of other problems. ...more

 Brain chips could help paralyze
Scientists are to implant tiny computer chips in the brains of paralyzed patients which could 'read their thoughts'.   ...more

 Embryo research set to begin
The first licenses have been granted allowing excess Australian human embryos to be used in research.   ...more

 A New Hypothesis about Alzheimer's Disease
A group of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has proposed a new hypothesis about the cause of Alzheimer's disease, the progressive neurodegenerative disorder that currently afflicts some 4.5 million Americans. ...more

 Short course of Tibetan yoga improved sleep in cancer patients
A group of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has proposed a new hypothesis about the cause of Alzheimer's disease, the progressive neurodegenerative disorder that currently afflicts some 4.5 million Americans. ...more

 Vitamin fights prostate cancer

 Promising New Inorganic Blood Substitute

 Toxic proteins kill nerve cells in Alzheimer’s patients’ brains

Exercise reduces blood estrogens and breast cancer risk

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The borage plant (Borago officinalis) has been exploited for its medicinal properties for more than 400 years. Although research has found little evidence to suggest that the herb itself has any health benefits, borage oil, which is derived from the seeds, may be useful in treating a number of conditions. Borage oil is a rich source of gamma linoleic acid (GLA), an omega-6 essential fatty acid that the body converts to the anti-inflammatory prostaglandin E1 (PGE1).  ...more