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For the past 20 years, Meningitis Research Foundation has supported its members with guidance at all stages of meningitis and septicaemia - from the initial onset of disease to living with the after-effects.

Vial is a technology enabled Contract Research Organization (CRO) that delivers faster, higher quality trial outcomes.

If you like the concept of using food as medicine, you may name it food pharmacology. Medicines are an evident example of how microscopic compounds can remarkably change the human body. However, what's even more mesmerizing is the profound effect foods, and natural herbs can have on the body. But how can we incorporate food's healing properties into our everyday lives? "Pharmacognosy" is used to study medicines derived from natural bases. Due to its healing effects, turmeric curcumin has welcomed much attentiveness in research and wellness communities over the years. To date, 230 clinical trials have been performed to discover its many health benefits! A quick search of "curcumin" in PubMed induces nearly 18,000 results. Turmeric can help those with autoimmunity and the thyroid, reduces whole-body inflammation, heals the gut, and detoxify heavy metals from the body.

There are more and more patients with IgA Nephropathy in the world. According to the research of recent years, it shows that 80 percent of patients with IgA Nephropathy are female. The amazing result indicates that a lot of families may be confused about whether IgA Nephropathy affects fertility or not. This article may help you solve your problem.

A group of researchers at Cardiff University in UK said that frankincense that is extracted from Boswellia tree can be helpful in reducing arthritis pain.

Try frankincense if you got arthritis pain.

Eating a diet rich in fruits may help lower the risk of developing abdominal aortic aneurysm, researchers have found.

Discover the scientifically proven, research-based Fatty Liver Disease Diet focused on how to immediately stop the progression of your liver disease STARTING TODAY!

MedWire News: Calcitriol, the active form of vitamin D, has been found to induce the tumor-suppressing protein CCAAT enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP)α, which can inhibit the growth of breast cancer cells, researchers report.

The Nutrition and Prostate Cancer guide summarizes the "best of the best" data and information available in the research arena today, and is designed to help everyone affected by or at risk for prostate cancer understand how key nutritional strategies can

The Vitamin D Pandemic and its Health Consequences\nPresented by Michael Holick, PhD, MD, Professor of medicine, physiology and biophysics and director of the General Clinical Research Center at Boston University Medical Center\nKeynote address at the opening ceremony of the 34th European Symposium on Calcified Tissues, Copenhagen 5 May, 2007\n

ScienceDaily (Feb. 12, 2009) - According to a recent study, diets rich in omega-3 fatty acids protect the liver from damage caused by obesity and the insulin resistance it provokes. This research should give doctors and nutritionists valuable information when recommending and formulating weight-loss diets and help explain why some obese patients are more likely to suffer some complications associated with obesity. Omega-3 fatty acids can be found in canola oil and fish.

ScienceDaily (Feb. 11, 2009) - New research from Columbia University Medical Center continues to shed light on the benefits of making fish a staple of any diet.

MedWire News: Men's fasting blood glucose levels affect their risk for ischemic stroke more strongly than their risk for hemorrhagic stroke or myocardial infarction (MI), research shows.

Vitamin K has been known as the coagulation vitamin, because of its role in the blood-clotting process. However, research over the last few decades has shown that the role of K Vitamins - and natural Vitamin K2, the menaquinones, in particular - has been greatly expanded. Of note, K Vitamins activity outside the liver is required for calcium utilization, the key factor in maintaining both bone and cardiovascular health.\n\nVitamin K2 helps to activate vitamin K-dependent proteins responsible for healthy tissues. In bone, it activates osteocalcin, a protein required to bind calcium to the mineral matrix, thus strengthening the skeleton. In circulation, Vitamin K2 participates in carboxylation of Matrix Gla Protein (MGP), the most potent inhibitor of arterial calcification known, lowering the risk of vascular damage.

ScienceDaily (Feb. 10, 2009) - UGR News Researchers of the Catalonian Institute of Oncology (Spain) and the University of Granada (Spain) have discovered that extra virgin olive oil may help to combat breast cancer, according to a paper published in a recent issue of 'BMC Cancer'. The scientists have confirmed the bioactivity of polyphenols (this is, natural antioxidants) present in olive oil in breast cancer cell lines.

March 13, 2009 -- Whether you drive, take the bus, or bicycle, being in heavy traffic triples your risk of heart attack within one hour. Air pollution from car fumes is the likely culprit, suggest Annette Peters, PhD, and colleagues at the Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany. In a previous study, Peters and colleagues found that a sizeable proportion of heart attacks -- about 8% -- could be attributed to being in traffic. To follow up, the researchers interviewed 1,454 people who survived heart attacks. In the hour before their heart attack, many of the survivors had been in heavy traffic. Analysis of the data showed that these heart-attack-vulnerable people were 3.2 times more likely to suffer a heart attack if they'd been in heavy traffic in the previous hour.

Measuring the thickness of a person's neck may provide as many clues to their risk of developing heart problems as measuring their waist, a study says. Researchers from the Framingham Heart Study found even those with relatively trim waistlines appeared to be at greater risk if they had larger necks.

Burning the candle at both ends during the working week could raise a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes, New York researchers say. People who slept fewer than six hours a night were more likely to develop a condition that precedes diabetes than those sleeping for longer, they found. They said the study supported mounting evidence that cutting back on sleep can have a profound impact on health.

Researchers studying ALS have found that the incidence of the disease among footballers is about 18 times higher than among the general Italian population.