Ginkgo likely to aggravate seizures in epileptics
April 15th, 2010 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 15 (IANS) The use of Ginkgo biloba, a top-selling herbal remedy, should be restricted as growing scientific evidence shows it may increase the risk of seizures in people with epilepsy, ... Read more...
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Ginkgo herbal meds may up seizures in epilepsy patients
April 15th, 2010 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 15 (ANI): Ginkgo may increase the risk of seizures in people with epilepsy and could reduce the effectiveness of anti-seizure drugs, a new report concludes.The article appears in ACS' monthly ... Read more...
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Scientists pinpoint presence of female sex hormone in plant
February 5th, 2010 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 5 (IANS) Scientists have unearthed female sex hormone progesterone in a plant, upsetting conventional wisdom that only animals secreted it.
A steroid hormone produced by the ovaries, progesterone prepares the uterus ... Read more...
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Ginkgo herbal meds may increase seizures in epileptic people
January 28th, 2010 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 28 (ANI): Ginkgo may increase the risk of seizures in people with epilepsy and could reduce the effectiveness of anti-seizure drugs, a new report concludes.The article, which appears in ACS' ... Read more...
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Cardiac drugs found effective in colon cancer
December 21st, 2009 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 21 (IANS) Scientists have reported for the first time that a group of drugs used to treat heart failure shows promise for fighting colon cancer.
Colon cancer is the third ... Read more...
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‘Vegetable lamb’ plant may treat osteoporosis
October 15th, 2009 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 15 (IANS) The "vegetable lamb" plant once believed to bear fruit that ripened into a living baby sheep produces compounds that show promise in treating osteoporosis, a bone-thinning disease, say ... Read more...
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Fabled ‘vegetable lamb’ plant could harbour osteoporosis cure
October 15th, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 15 (ANI): The fabled "vegetable lamb" plant - once believed to bear fruit that ripened into a living baby sheep - has shown promise in treating osteoporosis, say researchers.In the ... Read more...
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‘Dung of the devil’ plant roots may offer swine flu cure
September 10th, 2009 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 10 (ANI): Chinese scientists have found that the roots of a plant have powerful natural substances that can kill the H1N1 virus.Researchers Fang-Rong Chang and Yang-Chang Wu identified chemicals in ... Read more...
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Plant used to make condemned men to smile before death came from Italian island
May 16th, 2009 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANI
Rome, May 16 (ANI): Scientists have traced the roots of a potion that was used to intoxicate condemned men to smile before dying, to a plant commonly found on the Italian island ... Read more...
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Chinese ants show promise in fighting arthritis, hepatitis
April 29th, 2008 - 4:28 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 29 (ANI): Ants might not be an invited guest in the house, but they could soon become a welcome guest in your medicine cabinet, for chemists in China have ... Read more...
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