Zinc is essential for wound healing, for vision, for DNA creation, for our senses of taste and smell, even for sexual health. But despite its importance, scientists have never fully understood the mechanism that moves the ...
Nov 3, 2016
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Kids have an average of six to eight colds each year and adults have two to four. Which home remedies do you use for colds and do you know if they really work? News that a homeopathic teething remedy has caused the deaths ...
Nov 1, 2016
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Too much dietary zinc increases susceptibility to infection by Clostridium difficile – "C. diff" – the most common cause of hospital-acquired infections.
Sep 26, 2016
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The current lack of a treatment proven effective against 'Huntington's disease' (HD) is leaving one in every 10 000 people with psychiatric, movement, feeding and communication problems that are very difficult to live with. ...
Sep 15, 2016
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A single injection of a new treatment has reduced the activity of the gene responsible for Huntington's disease for several months in a trial in mice.
Sep 9, 2016
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Cellular changes in the brain caused by genetic mutations that occur in autism can be reversed by zinc, according to research at the University of Auckland.
Aug 31, 2016
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A novel MRI method that detects low levels of zinc ion can help distinguish healthy prostate tissue from cancer, UT Southwestern Medical Center radiologists have determined.
Aug 22, 2016
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A number of competitors at the Rio Olympics have reported stomach problems. Team GB officials have denied that athletes have fallen victim to food poisoning at the Olympic athletes' village in Rio, despite a number complaining ...
Aug 18, 2016
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Zinc acetate lozenges may reduce the duration of the common cold by nearly 3 days, according to a recent analysis.
Jul 7, 2016
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'Leaky gut' is a condition where the thin mucosal barrier of the gut, which plays a role in absorbing nutrients and preventing large molecules and germs from the gut entering the blood stream, becomes less effective.
Jun 29, 2016
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