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By Amy NortonNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A supplement containing olive leaf extract may help lower blood pressure and cholesterol in people on the brink of developing high blood pressure, a new study suggests.The leaves of the olive tree have been used for medicinal purposes since ancient times, and modern lab research suggests that olive leaf extracts have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant actions. There is also evidence that the extracts have properties that could lower blood pressure.

Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders . The center will focus on developing new treatments for schizophrenia, a disease that affects over two million adults in the United States. The ...

Blacks with a history of the chronic breathing disorder COPD have a far greater risk of developing lung cancer than whites who have the lung disease, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

The AIDS virus is especially hard to fight because few people develop antibodies to neutralize it, but U.S. researchers said on Thursday they have found an immunity gene that may offer a new way to fight back.

Stakeholders involved in St. Lucia's education system met last week to commence work on an HIV/AIDS policy for the sector, the Caribbean Media Corporation/Antigua Sun reports. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)

Researchers have created an animal model that shows how chronic stress affects behavior, physiology and reproduction. Yerkes scientists developed the model to better understand the neurohormonal causes of such stress and how the body reacts to the insult. Investigators believe the approach will aid the development of more effective treatment options for humans.The study [...]

Prostate cancer can now be predicted in a new way. Men with high levels of calcium in blood are at higher risk for developing fatal form of prostate cancer. Test allows to predict prostate cancer a decade before it comes.A study by US researchers examined 2814 men who had taken blood tests to identify calcium levels. Those men with higher levels of blood calcium had a 2.68 times higher risk of suffering a fatal form of prostate cancer, but cancer came only a decade after a test was performed. Calcium level were no way linked to nonfatal forms of disease.read more

To help community coalitions in their efforts, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) has developed a Support 21 Community Toolkit.

One of the most common causes of death in the developed world is a disease of the major arterial blood vessels that can cause heart attacks and stroke.

Affecting eight percent of America's population, diabetes can lead to blindness, kidney failure, strokes and heart disease. Thanks to Tel Aviv University researchers, a new cure - based on advances in cell therapy - may be within reach. Prof. Shimon Efrat from TAU's Sackler Faculty of Medicine, whose research group is among world leaders in beta cell expansion, has developed a way to cultivate cells derived from insulin-producing beta cells from human tissue in the laboratory.