http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Studies of the bioactive compounds found in apples aim to uncover compounds that have an ability to prevent or alter the risk of serious ailments such as diabetes and heart disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-apple-day-doctor.html Health Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:40:06 EST news283512412 (Medical Xpress)—When the going gets tough, grape seed extract gets going: A University of Colorado Cancer Center study recently published in the journal Cancer Letters shows that the more advanced are colorectal cancer cells, the more GSE inhibits their growth and survival. On the other end of the disease spectrum, GSE leaves healthy cells alone entirely. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-colorectal-cancer-aggressive-treatment-grape.html Cancer Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:48:15 EST news277642082 (HealthDay)—High intake of a specific sub-class of flavonoids, called anthocyanins, is associated with a reduced risk of myocardial infarction (MI) in young and middle-aged women, according to a study published in the Jan. 15 issue of Circulation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-high-anthocyanin-intake-tied-mi.html Cardiology Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:20:01 EST news277463202 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 63 percent of the deaths that occurred in 2008 were attributed to non-communicable chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, Type 2 diabetes and obesity—for which poor diets are contributing factors. Yet people that live in societies that eat healthy, plant-based diets rarely fall victim to these ailments. Research studies have long indicated that a high consumption of plant foods is associated with lower incidents of chronic disease. In the October issue of Food Technology magazine, Senior Writer/Editor Toni Tarver discusses recent discoveries in nutritional genomics that explain how plant-based diets are effective at warding off disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-plant-based-diets-remedy-chronic-diseases.html Health Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:18:11 EST news269709484 Peaches, plums and nectarines have bioactive compounds that can potentially fight-off obesity-related diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to new studies by Texas AgriLife Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-peaches-plums-nectarines-obesity-diabetes.html Medical research Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:32:05 EST news259241455 Could preventing colon cancer be as simple as developing a taste for yerba mate tea? In a recent University of Illinois study, scientists showed that human colon cancer cells die when they are exposed to the approximate number of bioactive compounds present in one cup of this brew, which has long been consumed in South America for its medicinal properties. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-compounds-tea-death-colon-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:25:22 EST news246547517 In a recent study by University of Kentucky researchers, watermelon was shown to reduce atherosclerosis in animals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-watermelon-atherosclerosis.html Health Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:10:58 EST news238939840 Teaming fresh broccoli with a spicy food that contains the enzyme myrosinase significantly enhances each food's individual cancer-fighting power and ensures that absorption takes place in the upper part of the digestive system where you'll get the maximum health benefit, suggests a new University of Illinois study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-evidence-spicing-broccoli-boosts-cancer-fighting.html Health Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:33:02 EST news235121560 An international consortium of pharmaceutical companies, public and commercial data providers and academic groups has agreed on a new standard for describing the effect of a compound on a biological entity. Published in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, the Minimum Information about a Bioactive Entity (MIABE) standard makes it possible to enhance the interchange of public data on drug discovery success and attrition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-miabe-standard-opportunities-drug-discovery.html Other Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:52:22 EST news234003121