Monday, April 04, 2005

Health Headlines - April 4

Health Benefits Help Peanuts Shed Stigma

Peanuts, a dietary outcast during the fat-phobic 1990s, have made a comeback, with consumption soaring to its highest level in nearly two decades and more doctors recommending nuts as part of a heart-healthy diet.

Cranberries May Help Keep Arteries Clear

In a study in pigs, cranberry juice helped relax blood vessels clogged with high blood cholesterol and narrowed by atherosclerosis.

Antioxidant Levels May be Linked to Autism

Could oxidative stress, a suspected contributor to many disease processes like heart disease and cancer, also play a role in autism?

Garlic Boosts Lung Health in Rats

New research adds more luster to the sterling reputation of garlic, suggesting its key ingredient prevents rats from developing a kind of lung disease.

Fear stalks Angolan capital, as Ebola-like bug marches on

Fear was stalking the streets of the Angolan capital Luanda as the deadly Ebola-like Marburg virus rampaging through northern provinces moved closer to the city despite frantic efforts by authorities and international experts to contain it.

Persisting bird flu poses huge challenge for Vietnam's bureaucracy

A persisting bird flu epidemic in Vietnam poses a scientific challenge but also tests the country's bureaucracy, which has so far proven incapable of dealing with the seriousness of the disease, analysts say.

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