Green tea catechins may improve reference and working-memory related learning ability, say research from Japan, adding to claims that green tea can help ward off Alzheimer’s.
Consumer awareness of the benefits of green tea and green tea extracts continues to rise with growing numbers of studies, from 430 papers in 2000 to almost 1500 in 2003, reporting benefits of the main compounds, catechins.
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When phobics are exposed to what they fear–be it spiders or public speaking–they experience a surge in stress hormones known as glucocorticoids. These compounds help prepare the body for action, whether fight or flight. Now researchers have found that further raising levels of the stress hormones in the body can actually reduce a phobic’s anxiety.
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Only one in three patients in the throes of a mind-numbing depression recovers completely after a 12-week drug treatment program, but add another medicine to their treatment or switch to a new drug and 50 percent of patients are back to their pre-depression selves.
The finding, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, offers hope for 15 million people a year with depression, many of whom don’t seek treatment at all or give up too early.
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RED wine could hold the key to preventing and treating serious gum disease, research suggests.
Components found in the tipple, called polyphenols, were found to target molecules which attack cells causing periodontal disease.
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This book attempts to teach you the skills that can help you to have lucid dreams
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