Posts Tagged ‘hepatology’
Fiber may raise risk of intestinal disease
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Eating a high fiber diet does not lower the risk of developing a disease of the large intestine, according to a new study that finds the opposite appears to be true. Continue…
Thursday, January 26, 2012 14:54 - 1 Comment
Health & Medicine - Mar 25, 2010 16:05 - 2 Comments
All-natural healing power of fat
RICE (US)—It frequently happens in science that what you throw away turns out to be most valuable. Deepak Nagrath, a researcher at Rice University, was looking for ways to grow cells in a scaffold, and he discarded the sticky substance secreted by the cells. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 15, 2009 18:04 - 7 Comments
Imagination helps kids cope with pain
UNC CHAPEL HILL (US)—Children with functional abdominal pain who combined the use of guided imagery with standard medical treatment were almost three times as likely to improve their pain problem, compared to children who received standard treatment alone. (more…)
