Polyphenols are the most abundant antioxidants in the diet and are widespread constituents of fruits, vegetables, cereals, dry legumes, chocolate, and beverages, such as tea, coffee, or wine. Experimental studies on animals or cultured human cell lines support a role of polyphenols in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, cancers, neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, or osteoporosis. Howe...

The old saying, " prevention is better than cure," is one, the truth of which has long been recognised, and which has for long been applied to many branches of medicine. Till recent years however but little has been done in this direction towards the prevention of the diseases it is proposed to discuss briefly in this article. Much undoubtedly can be done towards the prevention of such conditio...

Free radicals are responsible for causing pathogenesis of healthy cells to lose their structures and functions to develop various degenerative diseases that caused due to aging such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, cataracts, immune system decline, brain dysfunction as well as illness caused due to pollution, cigarette smoke, drugs, illness, stress. So, many dieticians believe that the Recomm...

The Prevention of Infectious Diseases in Prison Paper Presented ath the 6th international Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm, Florence, 26 30 March 1995 Round Table Session: The Politics of AIDS and Prisons (29 March 1995). Dr. Ingo Ilja Michels (Coordinator of Drug Policy and Drug Work in the State of Bremen) Dr. Heino Stöver (Executive Director of the Association KOMMUNALE DROGE...

Allergic diseases, such as asthma, allergic rhinitis, eczema, and food allergy, are preventable diseases. Primary prevention strategies of allergic diseases have been in scrutiny. Effective prevention strategies maybe started prenatally, postnatally, during infancy, and even during childhood. These guidelines have been prepared by the Philippine Society of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and the...

background: the pistachio is a nut produced by about 20 species of shrub. present-day studies show the health benefits of pistachio in preventing or treating diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases (cvds), cancer, multiple sclerosis (ms), and erectile dysfunction. materials and methods: medline / pubmed, and google scholar databases were searched using the keywords of pistacia vera, ...

In this study, it has been aimed to determine the knowledge level of students Van Yuzuncu Yıl University Health Services Vocational School, who will serve as health personnel future, about parasitic diseases, prevention and control measures from these diseases. A total 587 students, comprising 418 (71.2%) females 169 (28.8%) males, studying at Yüzüncü were included in study. The questions quest...