In Brief
Mar 06, 2009
Inhalers may end up risky<br>- New study claims that a popular class of anti-inflammatory inhalers, significantly increases the risk of pneumonia in patients with chronic lung disease. Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine reviewed 18
Inhalers may end up risky
- New study claims that a popular class of anti-inflammatory inhalers, significantly increases the risk of pneumonia in patients with chronic lung disease. Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine reviewed 18 randomised clinical trials, involving nearly 17,000 patients. They compared the incidence of pneumonia in patients who had taken inhaled corticosteroids for at least 24 weeks compared to patients who had taken a placebo, or patients who had taken a combination of inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting beta-antagonists, compared to patients who took only the long-acting bronchodilator.
Dry beans cut cancer risk
- Legumes are often cited as being high in antioxidants, which have the property of fighting off free radical cells within the body, reducing the risk of cancer and other chronic diseases. A recent study further investigated the role of dry beans in reducing the risk of mammary cancer. Scientists at Colorado State University studied the anticancer activity of six types of dry beans and found that they reduced cancer incidence from 95% to 67%. The average number of malignant tumours was also reduced from 3.2 to 1.4 tumours.
Gum good for kidney patients
- Chewing gum made with a phosphate-binding ingredient can help treat high phosphate levels in dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease, according to a study in the current issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology. Doctors Vincenzo Savica of the University of Messina and Lorenzo A. Calò of the University of Padova, Italy and their colleagues found that chewing 20mg of phosphate-binding chewing gum twice a day for two weeks between meals, significantly decreased their phosphate levels till it returned to normal by day 15 in saliva and 30 days in blood.
- New study claims that a popular class of anti-inflammatory inhalers, significantly increases the risk of pneumonia in patients with chronic lung disease. Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine reviewed 18 randomised clinical trials, involving nearly 17,000 patients. They compared the incidence of pneumonia in patients who had taken inhaled corticosteroids for at least 24 weeks compared to patients who had taken a placebo, or patients who had taken a combination of inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting beta-antagonists, compared to patients who took only the long-acting bronchodilator.
Dry beans cut cancer risk
- Legumes are often cited as being high in antioxidants, which have the property of fighting off free radical cells within the body, reducing the risk of cancer and other chronic diseases. A recent study further investigated the role of dry beans in reducing the risk of mammary cancer. Scientists at Colorado State University studied the anticancer activity of six types of dry beans and found that they reduced cancer incidence from 95% to 67%. The average number of malignant tumours was also reduced from 3.2 to 1.4 tumours.
Gum good for kidney patients
- Chewing gum made with a phosphate-binding ingredient can help treat high phosphate levels in dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease, according to a study in the current issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology. Doctors Vincenzo Savica of the University of Messina and Lorenzo A. Calò of the University of Padova, Italy and their colleagues found that chewing 20mg of phosphate-binding chewing gum twice a day for two weeks between meals, significantly decreased their phosphate levels till it returned to normal by day 15 in saliva and 30 days in blood.