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Pomegranate has a long history of use in folk medicine. Widely grown and consumed in most countries, pomegranate fruit and its products are now being produced and used more extensively in the US. The health benefits of pomegranate fruit and juice have been substantiated by much research, including
Common cold is the most frequent acute illness in industrialised societies. Though it is usually benign, it is a leading cause of absence from work and doctor visits, causing an enormous economic burden including lost productivity and treatment costs.
Common cold is caused by a variety of viruses,
BACKGROUND:
Evidence from epidemiologic studies, and from one unpublished study, suggests that greater intake of antioxidant vitamins is associated with reduced risk of coronary heart disease and stroke. Findings from an animal model indicate that increased intake of antioxidant vitamins prevents
Asthma & Obesity are both growing public health crises that also may be critically interrelated for many patients. Obesity increases the risk for asthma in both adults and children, and obesity increases the severity of existing asthma. Obesity leads to increased systemic oxidative stress, however
It is known that cancer patients use antioxidants at greater rates than their healthy peers and these patients generally do not tell their physicians. This use has not been adequately evaluated. This pilot trial is a Phase II study designed to assess safety of high-dose antioxidants in gynecologic
Enhancing Treatment of Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia with an Antioxidant, Vitamin E
Synopsis/Abstract Iron Deficiency (ID) and Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) are common in older breastfed infants and toddlers. Treatment of 3-6 mg iron/kg/day is recommended by the American Academy of
1. Background
Asthma constitutes a significant health problem both in Hong Kong and worldwide (1). Different risk factors for asthma have been identified. These include atopy (2), family history of asthma, exposure to indoor aeroallergens (3) air pollution (4) and exposure to environmental tobacco
Study Design
This will be a prospective and randomised pilot clinical trial. For purposes of pragmatism, subjects and investigators will not be blinded to treatment allocation. The study is not blinded because it is impossible to blind investigators or patients to the exercise programme.
Patients
Although genetic disorders of muscle that present at birth are rare, RYR1-related myopathies comprise the most common non-dystrophic congenital myopathy in the United States, with a prevalence of approximately 1/90,000 people (Amburgey et al, 2011). Causative mutations in the ryanodine receptor gene
BACKGROUND:
A finding from the Cholesterol Lowering Atherosclerosis Study (CLAS), a clinical trial, indicated that common carotid intima-media thickness responded more rapidly and more markedly to LDL-C lowering treatment than angiographic coronary stenosis or carotid roughness. New data from a
Historically there was a shift in the paradigm regarding the effects of antioxidant supplementation on muscle performance and redox status. In fact, back in the 80's and 90's most of the relevant studies reported "positive" effects of antioxidant supplementation on muscle performance, muscle damage
A Randomized, Clinical Trial of Antioxidants to Prevent Preeclampsia:
Preeclampsia is the leading cause of maternal morbidity, as well as perinatal morbidity and mortality. Once the diagnosis has been established, therapy other than delivery has not been successful except to prolong pregnancy
- Objective: To evaluate the effect of the combination of the antioxidant Ascorbic acid and tocopherol, as therapy of the Fragile X Syndrome in young males.
- Design: Pilot clinical trial, Phase II , 6-month randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled one-way crossover clinical trial, with two