Light Intake of #Coffee and Coffee #Caffeine Improve the Lacunar Infarcts and Better Executive Function, Researchers Say

Kyle J. Norton


Epidemiological studies do not agree that regular coffee consumption may be associated with improved cognitive function, a joint study led by the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais suggested.

Cognitive function is a cerebral activity in acquired knowledge, including all means and mechanisms of acquiring information.

Coffee, becoming a popular and social beverage worldwide, particularly in the West, is a drink made from roast beans from the coffee plant, native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.

In a cohort of 14,563 public service workers (35-74 years old) to examine coffee consumption habits and cognitive function using a standardized neuropsychological test, researchers at the above institutes filed the following results
1. Elderly drinking 2-3 cups/day, showed a significant improvement in the mean words remembered on learning, recall, and word recognition in comparison to never/almost never groups.

2. And those drinking more than 3 cups a day exhibited increased mean words pronounced, according to the semantic verbal fluency test in comparison to the same groups.

Dr. Araújo LF, the lead author said, "Coffee consumption might be slightly beneficial to memory in the elderly but lacks a dose-response relationship".

Furthermore, in 2,914 participants from the population-based Rotterdam Study (mean age: 59.3±7.2 years, 55% females) to assess coffee consumption, performed brain MRI, and cognition at baseline, researchers found that
1. Higher coffee consumption showed a lower prevalence of lacunar infarcts [odds ratio per cup increase: 0.88 (95% CI:0.79;0.98)]involved development of stroke, and smaller hippocampal volume in the expression of memory ability.
2. Coffee consumption promoted better performance on the Letter Digit Substitution Task
3. But do not improve on the 15-Word Learning test delayed recall.


Dr. Araújo LF, again said, "...(there is a) complex associations between coffee consumption, brain structure, and cognition. Higher coffee consumption was cross-sectionally associated with a lower occurrence of lacunar infarcts and better executive function.

Interestingly, according to the study of coffee consumption and other baseline variables of 2606 middle-aged Finnish twins assessed in 1975 and 1981 by postal questionnaires, after the median follow-up of 28 y, coffee consumption was not an independent predictor of cognitive performance in old age, according to the linear regression analysis.

The study also insisted that coffee drinking did not affect the risk of mild cognitive impairment or dementia, but expressed an inconsistent cognitive score.

Taken together, coffee and coffee caffeine can only improve the performance of some cognitive functions but not as a whole, particularly in the older population.


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Kyle J. Norton, Master of Nutrients
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10,000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, healthblogs, selfgrowth, Best Before it's news, the karate GB Daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for Shorty Award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as the international journal Pharma and Bio Science, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Inconsistency of Association between Coffee Consumption and Cognitive Function in Adults and Elderly in a Cross-Sectional Study (ELSA-Brasil) by Araújo LF1, Giatti L2, Reis RC3, Goulart AC4, Schmidt MI5, Duncan BB6, Ikram MA7, Barreto SM8.(PubMed)
(2) Association of Coffee Consumption with MRI Markers and Cognitive Function: A Population-Based Study by Araújo LF1,2, Mirza SS2, Bos D2,3, Niessen WJ3,4, Barreto SM1, van der Lugt A3, Vernooij MW2,3, Hofman A2, Tiemeier H2,5,6, Ikram MA2,3,(PubMed)
(3) Coffee drinking in middle age is not associated with cognitive performance in old age by Laitala VS1, Kaprio J, Koskenvuo M, Räihä I, Rinne JO, Silventoinen K.(PubMed)

#Herbal #Ashwagandha Inhibits Carcinogenic Expression Associated with a Reduced Risk of #SkinCancer, Scientists Suggest

Kyle J. Norton

Skin, a large organ in the human not only acts as a barrier to protect the internal organs against the invasion of foreign pathogens, but also protects the body against mechanical impacts and pressure, variations in temperature, radiation, and chemicals.

Skin cancer is a medical condition associated with irregular cell growth in the skin tissues.

Most cases of skin cancer start in the cells on the surface of the outermost inner lining tissue before penetrating into deeper layers.

After growing in size at the advanced stage, by penetrating into deeper layers of the infected tissue, the cells of the tumor may travel a distance away to infect other healthy tissue and organs through blood and fluids circulation, leading to secondary metastasis of secondary breast, lung, and colon tumor.

Believe it or not, more people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year in the U.S. than all other cancers combined. As of today, there are 58 million Americans are living with skin cancer.

Approximately, 1 in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer by the age of 70. The 5-year survival of among all people with melanoma of the skin is 92% compared to 100% of those with localized skin cancer.

If you have experienced some of the symptoms such as a sore that doesn't heal or comes back after healing, pale white or yellow flat areas that look like scars, raised and scaly red patches, small, smooth and shiny lumps that are pearly white, pink or red, a pink growth with raised edges and indents in the center and a growth that has small blood vessels on the surface of the skin, you may be on the early stage of skin cancer, please check with your doctor immediately.

Dr. Epstein JH. wrote, "Nonmelanoma skin cancers, like most malignancies, increase in incidence with increasing age. However, in general, they are not due to the aging process but are primarily due to solar radiation".


And, "genetic disease xeroderma pigmentosum supports the concept that such damage, if not repaired, will lead to cancer formation. It also has been suggested that unrepaired damage to deoxyribonucleic (DNA) and other macromolecules is at least in part responsible for the aging process in general".

In finding a potent compound for the treatment of cancer, researchers examined the Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) chemopreventive potential in a chemically-induced skin carcinogenesis mouse model.
According to the tested analysis, WA significantly suppressed skin tumor formation by suppressing cell proliferation.

Furthermore, carcinogen-induced the increase of acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 (ACC1) associated with cancer metastasis was also blocked by the application of WA.

Additionally, in melanoma cells, WA also suppressed the expression levels of ACC1.

Based on the findings, researchers said, "withaferin A may have potential in chemoprevention and ACC1 may serve as a critical target of WA".

Taken together, Ashwagandha may be considered a functional herb for the prevention and an adjunct therapy combined with the primary medicine for the treatment of skin cancer in breast cancer patients, pending the result of larger sample size and multicenter study

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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All rights reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10,000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, Best Before it's news, the Karate GB daily, etc.,.
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Nominated for Shorty Award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as the international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Withaferin A suppresses the up-regulation of acetyl-coA carboxylase 1 and skin tumor formation in a skin carcinogenesis mouse model by Li W1,2, Zhang C1,3, Du H1,4, Huang V1, Sun B1, Harris JP1, Richardson Q1, Shen X5, Jin R6, Li G6, Kevil CG5, Gu X5, Shi R7, Zhao Y. (PubMed)
(2) Photocarcinogenesis, skin cancer, and aging by Epstein JH. (PubMed)

#Turmeric's #Curcumin Protects the Heart Against #Cardiotoxicity and Cardiac Injury, Researchers Say

Kyle J. Norton

Cardiac toxicity is a condition in which the heart has been damaged to some extent caused by harmful chemicals, including toxins induced by the treatment of chemotherapy.
Cardiac toxicity reduces heart muscle function to pump blood and is a leading cause of heart failure.

Long-term intake of certain medications and people who are under treatment of chemotherapy have been found in most cases of cardiotoxicity.

Dr. Danúbia Silva dos Santo and colleagues in the examination of doxorubicin (DOX) in the risk of cardiotoxicity wrote, "Doxorubicin (DOX) is among the most effective anticancer agents ever developed. DOX has been used mainly for the treatment of breast cancer, solid tumors in children, soft tissue sarcomas, and aggressive lymphomas".

However, researchers continued, "the use of DOX may have dose-dependent cardiotoxic effects that generate changes in myocardial structure, which can develop into severe and irreversible cardiomyopathy".

Additionally, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, genetic preposition, a malignant disease associated with the amyloid deposited on the heart or other organs, high blood pressure, untreated hyperthyroidism, and vitamin b2 deficiency are some of the most prevalent factors found in patients with cardiotoxicity.

Depending on the cells of the areas of the heart that have been damaged, cardiac toxicity includes cardiomyopathy, myocarditis, pericarditis, acute coronary syndromes, and congestive heart failure.

The most common symptoms of cardiotoxicity are associated with not enough blood circulation in the body such as tiredness and fatigue, a long-term (chronic) cough, shortness of breath, floating due to the enlarged heart muscle, abnormal heart or lung sounds and swelling in your hands, feet, or unusual weight gain.

Conventionally, treatment of cardiotoxicity totally depends on the types of the disease including
Beta-blockers and ACE inhibitors induce (widen) the arterial dilation and improvement of the blood flow and diuretics.

Turmeric is a perennial plant in the genus Curcuma, belonging to the family Zingiberaceae, native to tropical South Asia.

The herb has been used in traditional medicine as an anti-oxidant, hypoglycemic, colorant, antiseptic, wound healing agent, and to treat flatulence, bloating, appetite loss, ulcers, eczema, inflammations, etc.

In finding a potential compound for the treatment of heart disease associated with chemical toxicity, researchers examined the effect of nano micelle curcumin on BPA-induced subchronic cardiotoxicity in rats.
The selected rat was randomly divided into 6 groups including control, nanomicelle curcumin (50 mg/kg, gavage), BPA (50 mg/kg, gavage), nanomicelle curcumin (10, 25, and 50 mg/kg) plus BPA for 4 weeks.

Based on the results of assays, BPA significantly induced cardiac injuries including focal lymphatic inflammation, nuclear degenerative changes, and cytoplasmic vacuolation associated with inflammation.

Compared to the control, BPA caused increased body weight, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, and cardiac stress observed by the increased levels of malondialdehyde and myocardial cell wall injury observed by the creatine phosphokinase-MB level.

Furthermore, levels of antioxidant enzymes in the rat such as glutathione content were also decreased by the BPA injection.

The cardiac injury in BPA was also observed by the electrocardiographic graph, RR, QT, and PQ intervals.

BPA was also found to induce increased expression of genes associated with cardiac cell apoptosis and inhibited gene expression of cardiac cell survival.

However, nano micelle curcumin (50 mg/kg) administration significantly reduced the BPA toxic effects induced by the aforementioned parameters in rat heart tissue.


Based on the findings, researchers said, "The results provide evidence that nano micelle curcumin showed preventive effects on subchronic exposure to BPA-induced toxicity in the heart tissue in rats".

Taken together, turmeric processed abundantly bioactive compound curcumin may be considered supplements for the prevention and treatment of cardiotoxicity, pending the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

Intake of turmeric in the form of supplements should be taken with extreme care to prevent overdose acute liver toxicity.

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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All rights reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10,000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, Best Before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for Shorty Award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as the international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) The protective activity of nanomicelle curcumin in bisphenol A-induced cardiotoxicity following subacute exposure in rats by Valokola MG1, Karimi G1,2, Razavi BM1,3, Kianfar M1, Jafarian AH4, Jaafari MR5, Imenshahidi M. (PubMed)
(2) Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity: From Mechanisms to Development of Efficient Therapy By Danúbia Silva dos Santos and Regina Coeli dos Santos Goldenberg

Tomato's #Lycopene Ameliorates Neuro-Oxidative Stress in Aging Degenerative Diseases by Restoring Brain-Derived Levels of Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)

Kyle J. Norton

Oxidative stress is a condition caused by the overexpression of free radicals and the depletion of antioxidant enzymes found in the host.
In other words, oxidative stress is a result of a long-term imbalance of the ratio of free radicals and antioxidants.

Antioxidants can be either produced by the liver or consumption of antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables.

Antioxidants are stable molecules that protect our body against free radical oxidation.

Free radicals are any chemical compounds that have an oxygen molecule that can become free radicals after chemical interaction in the body

Most healthy individuals can produce enough amounts of antioxidant enzymes endogenously to counter the bombards of free radicals.

However, people with a weakened immune system such as elderly and immature immune systems may require the injection of antioxidants from outside sources, particularly from the second metabolites.

Epidemiologically, oxidative stress has been found to promote a number of age-related conditions, including cardiovascular diseases CVDs, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer.

Not all free radicals are bad in moderate amounts, our body needs to limit levels of some free radicals to function better, including lower blood pressure, relax blood vessels to move blood, such as nitric oxide NO.

Lycopene is a phytochemical in the class of carotenoids, a natural pigment with no vitamin A activity found abundantly in tomatoes and other red fruits and vegetables, such as red carrots, watermelons, and papayas,

Tomatoes provide about 80% of the lycopene in the world's diet. In plants, lycopene protects the host against excessive photodamage and performs various functions in photosynthesis.

On finding a phytochemical compound for the treatment of diseases associated with oxidative stress, scientists examined the effects of lycopene (LYC), a carotenoid pigment, on oxidative stress-induced cognitive defects.

According to the behavioral tests, chronic LYC supplementation (50 mg/kg body weight per day) alleviated d-galactose-induced CD-1 male mice cognitive impairments.

Furthermore, LYC ameliorated histopathological neuron damage and restored brain-derived levels of neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a neurotransmitter modulator associated with neuronal survival and growth, and serves in the hippocampus of mice.

Moreover, LYC also significantly stimulated the production of antioxidant enzymes such as HO-1 and NQO-1 and reduced levels of inflammatory cytokines such as IL-1β and TNF-α in the d-galactose-treated mice serum.

The Immunohistochemical assay also suggested that LYC significantly restored the expression of glial cells' inflammatory markers Iba-1 and GFAP that respond to proinflammatory expression.

More importantly, LYC protected the neuronal against oxidative damage through activation of Nrf2 signaling in the regulation of anti-inflammatory gene expression and inactivation of NF-κB translocation associated with pro-inflammatory expression in an H2O2-induced SH-SY5Y cell model.

Dr. Zhao B, the lead scientist wrote, "LYC could ameliorate oxidative stress-induced neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment possibly via mediating Nrf2/NF-κB transcriptional pathway".

Taken altogether, lycopene found in tomatoes may be considered a supplement for the prevention and treatment of diseases associated with oxidative stress, pending the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

Intake of lycopene in the form of supplements should be taken with extreme care to prevent overdose acute liver toxicity.

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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All rights reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10,000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, Best Before it's news, the Karate GB Daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for Shorty Award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as the international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Dietary Lycopene Supplementation Improves Cognitive Performances in Tau Transgenic Mice Expressing P301L Mutation via Inhibiting Oxidative Stress and Tau Hyperphosphorylation by Yu L, Wang W, Pang W, Xiao Z, Jiang Y, Hong Y. (PubMed)
(2) Supplementation of lycopene attenuates oxidative stress-induced neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment via Nrf2/NF-κB transcriptional pathway by Zhao B1, Ren B1, Guo R1, Zhang W1, Ma S1, Yao Y1, Yuan T1, Liu Z1, Liu X. (PubMed)

#Oral #Bromelain and Topical #Bromelain Improve in Postprocedure #Ecchymosis, Studies Show

Kyle J. Norton

Ecchymosis is a discoloration of the skin caused by the bleeding underneath the skin, typically in bruising. Most cases of ecchymosis are results in which the blood vessels near the surface of the skin burst, particularly in the impact of an injury.

In other words, ecchymosis is associated with blood vessel leaks, and the blood accumulates under the skin.

The discoloring of the skin is also involved in the clotting factors, that stop the bleeding so that the tissue starts healing.

The progression of ecchymosis is through a certain stage from red or purple to black or blue
to brown and to yellow.

Certain medications have been found to induce ecchymosis including:
* Blood thinners, such as aspirin or warfarin

*Antibiotics such as cephalexin, cefaclor, and cefuroxime-axetil can cause ecchymosis by inducing low platelet count

* Corticosteroids
According to the study from the University College Hospital, easy bruising tended to be older (61 vs. 52 yrs), on higher daily dosages (1,388 vs. 1,067 micrograms), particularly in the long-term inhaled corticosteroids users.


Most cases of ecchymosis usually heal on their own within two to three weeks. The most common medications used for the treatment of ecchymosis are pain relievers.

Bromelain, a proteolytic enzyme found in pineapples (Ananas comosus) has been used in traditional medicine as an inflammatory agent and to treat pains, strains, muscle aches and pains and ease back pain and chronic joint pain, skin diseases, etc.

With an aim to find a potential compound for the treatment of ecchymosis, researchers examined the effects of bromelain on ecchymosis postprocedure unwanted effects.

The reconfirm the effect of bromelain used internationally by physicians on limited ecchymosis secondary to cosmetic, laser, and surgical skin procedures, researchers reviewed the published literature and provided evidence-based recommendations on bromelain for prevention and treatment of postprocedure ecchymosis.

The search on the computerized bibliographic databases Medline, EMBASE, Scopus, and CINAHL on March 23, 2015, identified 7 clinical trials that study the effect of oral bromelain in the prevention and/or treatment of postprocedure ecchymosis compared to no studies that use topical bromelain for the treatment of ecchymosis.

Based on the results, 5 out of 7 randomized controlled trials reported improvement in postprocedure ecchymosis in the bromelain-treated group.

Taken together, bromelain may be considered a remedy for the treatment of postprocedure ecchymosis, pending the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.


Intake of bromelain in the form of supplements should be taken with extreme care to prevent overdose acute liver toxicity.

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Health article writer and researcher; Over 10,000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, Best Before it's news, the Karate GB Daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for Shorty Award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as the international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Is There a Role for Arnica and Bromelain in the Prevention of Post-procedure Ecchymosis or Edema? A Systematic Review of the Literature by Ho D1, Jagdeo J, Waldorf HA. (PubMed)
(2) Easy bruising as a side-effect of inhaled corticosteroids by Mak VH1, Melchor R, Spiro SG. (PubMed)

#Phytochemical #Carotenoids, β-Carotene, and Lutein or Zeaxanthin Inhibit the Risk of Age-Related #Cataracts (#ARC), According to Studies

Kyle J. Norton

A cataract occurring in one or both eyes is a condition characterized by the clouding of the lens in the eye that affects vision. Most cases of cataracts are found in older adults.

Believe it or not, by age 80, more than half of all Americans either have a cataract or have had cataract surgery.

The exact causes of cataracts are not identified. However, some researchers suggested that aging, a lifetime of exposure to ultraviolet radiation contained in sunlight, accompanied by cigarette smoking, a poor diet, and alcohol consumption are some of the prevalent factors associated with cataract development.

Additionally, eye injury, exposure to toxic substances or radiation, and some medical conditions such as diabetes also increase the risk of cataracts.

Conventionally, there is no cure for cataracts. Treatment focuses on replacing the clouded natural lens with an artificial intraocular lens (IOL) implant.

According to the statistics, cataract including the direct annual medical costs for outpatient, inpatient, and prescription drug services has reached a total of $6.8 billion in annual healthcare cost. The condition also affects over 24.4 million Americans age 40 and older.

Some researchers suggested that the risk of cataracts in older Americans may be correlated to the promotion of a high-fat diet over the past decades.

Dr. Chung-Jung Chiu, the lead scientist wrote, "The Oriental pattern was characterized by higher intake of vegetables, legumes, fruit, whole grains, tomatoes, and seafood. The Western pattern was characterized by higher intake of red meat, processed meat, high-fat dairy products, French fries, refined grains, and eggs".

And, "Our data indicate that consuming a Western dietary pattern is significantly associated with increased odds of early nuclear opacity".

Carotenoids are a class of mainly yellow, orange, or red fat-soluble pigments, including lycopene and carotene, found abundantly in ripe tomatoes, pumpkins, carrots, corn, and daffodils.

With an aim to find a potential compound for the treatment of cataracts, researchers examined the effects of dietary vitamins and carotenoids on the risk of age-related cataracts (ARC).

The meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and cohort studies includes the search of the MEDLINE, EMBASE, ISI Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases from inception to June 2018.

According to the results of 8 RCTs and 12 cohort studies in the meta-analysis identified, carotenoids, including β-carotene (RR: 0.90; 95% CI: 0.83, 0.99; P = 0.023), and lutein or zeaxanthin (RR: 0.81; 95% CI: 0.75, 0.89; P < 0.001) were significantly associated with reduced risk of ARC in the cohort studies.

However, in RCTs, β-carotene found abundantly in carotenoid intervention did not reduce the risk of ARC significantly compared with the placebo group.

According to the dose-response analysis, in cohort studies for every 10-mg/d increase in lutein or zeaxanthin intake, the risk of ARC significantly decreased by 26% with the relative odds ratio (RR) of 0.74. and for every 5-mg/d increase in β-carotene intake, the risk of ARC significantly decreased by 8% with the RR of .92.

In other words, the intake of carotenoids has a negative implication on the risk of ARC.

Based on the findings, researchers said, "Higher consumption of certain...carotenoids was associated with a significantly decreased risk of ARC in cohort studies, but evidence from RCTs is less clear".

Taken altogether, carotenoids may be considered a remedy for the prevention and treatment of age-related cataracts (ARC), pending the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

Intake of carotenoids in the form of supplements should be taken with extreme care to prevent overdose acute liver toxicity.


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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All rights reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10,000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, Best Before it's news, the Karate GB Daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for Shorty Award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as the international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Serum status of carotenoids and tocopherols in patients with age-related cataracts: a case-control study by Olmedilla B1, Granado F, Blanco I, Herrero C, Vaquero M, Millan I. (PubMed)
(2) Dietary vitamin and carotenoid intake and risk of age-related cataract. by Jiang H1, Yin Y1, Wu CR2, Liu Y1, Guo F1, Li M3, Ma L. (PubMed)
(3) American Major Dietary Patterns and Age-related Cataracts by Chung-Jung Chiu, Gary Gensler, and Allen Taylor. (Faseb)

#Cranberry Extract Show no Effects on Urinary Disorders in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Patients, Researchers Say

Kyle J. Norton


Infection is an inflammatory condition caused by a microbial invasion of body tissues
Most cases of bacterial infection are treated with antibiotics. However, bacteria are very adaptable, and overuse of antibiotics has been found to make them resistant to antibiotics.

The most common symptoms of bacterial infection include redness and heat, swelling, fever, and pain at the site of infection.

Urinary tract infection (UTIs) mostly occur in women is an infection that affects the bladder and urethra caused mostly by bacterial strains Escherichia coli (E. coli), commonly found in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.

UTIs have been found to limit the function of the bladder and induce kidney infection.

The most common symptoms of urinary infection are a persistent urge to urinate, urinary burning sensation, cloudy urine, and smelly urine.

In severe cases, patients may also experience symptoms of blood in the urine and bladder and pelvic pain.

The most common risk factors for urinary tract infection are gender, females are more like to have UTI comapred to males, sexual activity, use of birth control, and menopausal women.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system) caused by the immune system attacking the protective sheath (myelin) that covers nerve fibers.

MS causes communication problems between the brain and the rest of the body.

SHARON BEGLEY in examing the genetic preposition involved in MS wrote, " A newly discovered genetic mutation gives people who carry it a whopping 70 percent chance of developing multiple sclerosis, potentially opening the way toward new therapies for a debilitating neurological disorder whose ultimate cause has stumped researchers for decades".

The author continued, "The 70 percent chance of developing MS compares to a 0.1 percent risk in the general population, and the 100 or so previously known genetic variants increase the chance of MS to only about 0.3 percent at most, with no single gene packing much of a punch".

In other words, people having certain genes inherited from the parent are at substantial risk of MS developing compared to people who do not.

According to the statistics, in 2010/2011, approximately 93,500 Canadians were diagnosed with the disease, or 290 cases per 100,000 population. Believe it or not, MS is the most prevalent in Canada compared to other parts of the world.

Cranberry is an evergreen dwarf shrub, genus Vaccinium, belonging to the family Ericaceae, native to Northern America and Southern Asia. Because of its health benefits, cranberry has been cultivated in some parts of the world for commercial profit and used in traditional and herbal medicine to treat wounds, urinary disorders, diarrhea, diabetes, stomach ailments, and liver problems.

In finding a potential compound for the prevention of urinary infections, researchers examined the effect of cranberry extract (CE) in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients suffering from urinary disorders.

The prospective, double-blind study included a total of 171 adult MS outpatients with urinary disorders presenting at eight centers who received either cranberry extract ((36 mg proanthocyanidins per day) or a matching placebo for 1 year.

According to the results of the follow-up, the was no difference between cranberry and placebo).
In other words, there was no difference in time to the first symptomatic UTI distribution across 1 year, with an estimated hazard ratio of 0.99, 95% CI [0.61, 1.60] (p = 0.97).

Furthermore, the secondary endpoints and tolerance also did not differ between groups.

Based on the findings, researchers aid, "Taking cranberry extract versus placebo twice a day did not prevent UTI occurrence in MS patients with urinary disorders".


Taken together, cranberry can not be considered a remedy for the prevention and treatment of urinary disorders in MS patients, pending the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

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Author Biography
Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All rights reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10,000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, Best Before it's news, the Karate GB Daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for Shorty Award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as the international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Cranberry versus placebo in the prevention of urinary infections in multiple sclerosis: a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial by Gallien P1, Amarenco G2, Benoit N3, Bonniaud V4, Donzé C5, Kerdraon J6, de Seze M7, Denys P8, Renault A9, Naudet F10, Reymann JM. (PubMed)
(2) Discovery of multiple sclerosis gene could inspire new therapies — if it’s right by By SHARON BEGLEY