health - "study published"

Vitamin C might be useful to treat cancer after all, according to a U.S. study published on Monday in which injections of high doses of it greatly reduced the rate of tumor growth in mice.

Want to go to the gym but never even set off? The best first step might be to close your eyes and imagine yourself on the journey. A new study, published today (4 August 2008) in the British Journal of health Psychology, found that people who visualised themselves going through the actions involved in a specific health behaviour were then more likely to intend to carry out the behaviour.

PL Thomas (PLT), in alliance with Laila Nutraceuticals, India, jointly announced the publication of a new study using their exclusive dietary supplement ingredient, 5-LOXIN®. In the study, 5-LOXIN supplementation conferred clinically and statistically significant improvements in pain scores and physical function scores in OA patients at doses of 100mg and 250mg daily.

(Elsevier health Sciences) In a study published in the July 2008 issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, researchers examined all maternal deaths in nearly 1.5 million birth records from the last six years to look for possible keys to saving more mothers. The study demonstrated that the risk of death attributable to cesarean delivery, approximately 2/100,000 procedures, can realistically be reduced only with universal thromboembolism prophylaxis for patients delivered by cesarean.

(Wiley-Blackwell) A recent study published in American Journal of Hematology demonstrated that Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents, a widely used drug to treat anemia, may have a negative impact on the survival of myeloma patients.