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Gain Muscle While Losing Fat
Gain Muscle While Losing Fat by Increasing High Quality Protein Intake
It is possible to gain muscle while losing fat. The answer lies in protein supplements. Protein is important because it helps to regulate the body’s metabolism. An increased metabol...
Cancer Chemotherapy: Some Facts That You Should Be Aware of
Chemotherapy,also referred to as Cancer Chemotherapy is a form of conventional therapy with which cancer can be treated.It includes different types of antitumour drugs: alkylating agents, antimetabolites,anthracyclines, plant alkaloids,topoisomerase inhib...
Zinc Supplements and Health - A Good Combination
There is a proverb which says that health is wealth. This is definitely true. However in spite of our efforts sometimes the delicate balance in our body is upset. Vitamins and minerals are very important for maintaining this balance. At times as our natur...
Elderly Care and Vitamin B12 Deficiencies: Common Undiagnosed Senior Ailments
Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin is the most complex of B vitamins, and required for DNA synthesis, RBC’s (red blood cells) and many other bodily tissues. A vitamin B12 deficiency is not uncommon in the elderly population (an estimated 5%-20% of th...
The role of EGFR in cell migration and division
EGFR, or Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor is a member of the ErbB family, a tyrosine kinase receptor known to affect cellular growth and differentiation. EGFR antibodies are widely used in cancer research, as mutations of the protein can lead to uncontrol...
Folic Acid in Pregnancy
With so much stress on taking folic acid if you are planning for a pregnancy or are pregnant, you might be wondering what’s it all about. It is extremely important to have enough reserves of folate, or folic acid, in the body to prevent bearing a child wi...
Vitamins Used for Enhancing Female Fertility - What are the Best Vitamins Women can Use to Enhance T
One of the proven techniques to enhance fertility is taking vitamin supplements that lay the foundation for cell vitality or improved cell function. Among the B vitamins used for enhancing female fertility include the following:
1) Vitamin B6. This is ...
Plant Medicine is a New Methodology for Treating Herpes
HSV infections of humans were first documented in ancient Greece. Greek scholars used the word ‘‘herpes’’ to describe spreading lesions. The classification now in use came into being in the late eighteenth century, and although the vesicular nature of les...
The Prevalence of Vitamin B Deficiency in Today's Society
When you think of the B vitamins most people think of vitamin B6 or B12 or b complex which makes up the whole group. Vitamin B12 is the most widely known of the vitamin B group however B6 and b complex are starting to become well known due to the huge inf...
Short Fibers Induced only a Small Increase in Labeling of Bronchiolar Epithelial and Interstitial Ce
One interesting study examing cell proliferation and asbestos related disease is called, “Mesothelial cell proliferation after instillation of long or short asbestos fibers into mouse lung.” By I. Y. Adamson, J. Bakowska, and D. H. Bowden - Am J Pathol. 1...
Ringing Ears Vitamin Deficiency - Why It Matters
Ringing ears are often suffered by people having tinnitus as one of its symptoms. This condition makes them irritable and bothersome. But tinnitus is considered a symptom of underlying disease such as age- related hearing loss, ear injury and disorder in ...
Genes and how we get them from our parents
What phenomenon allows the genetic material to be transmitted from parent to offspring and from cell to cell?
The DNA must be copied. This process is known as DNA replication. During DNA replication, the original DNA strands are used as templates for the...
Know more about chemotherapy as a treatment of cancer
Since time immemorial, cancer has been one of the major causes of death of people all over the world. Cancer starts basically with the development of the cells. The cells in the body die and naturally cells develop to replace the ones that died. Howeve...
Prenatal vitamins during pregnancy
In order to have a healthy pregnancy, it is important that the nutritional needs of the baby in the womb is sufficiently met. During pregnancy, the baby gets all the nutrients it needs from the mother and lacking of this nutrients can lead to pregnancy co...
Turmeric Spice - For Alzheimer's and Cancer
Common in Indian cooking, the yellow spice turmeric is one of our most valuable medicinal plants. Researchers have found that it has amazing properties as an anti-cancer and anti-Alzheimers's agent.
What is more a survey of all foods in the USA (Americ...