COPD News Of The Day

Kava Plant May Treat Anxiety

Karen Bastille — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:28:02 +0000

An extract from the kava plant can treat people with chronic anxiety, an study from Australia finds. Patients with generalized anxiety disorder who took kava extract tablets for six weeks showed a significant reduction in their symptoms, compared with a control group that took placebo pills, the results showed. The study confirms previous findings showing [...]

Now we know why old schizophrenia medicine works on antibiotics-resistant bacteria

Karen Bastille — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:16:02 +0000

In 2008 researchers from the University of Southern Denmark showed that the drug thioridazine, which has previously been used to treat schizophrenia, is also a powerful weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus). Antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a huge problem all over the world: For example, 25 – 50 per cent of the inhabitants [...]

Too much salt may trigger autoimmune diseases: studies

Karen Bastille — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:39:15 +0000

Increased salt consumption may be a key culprit behind rising rates of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, researchers reported on Wednesday in a trio of papers looking at the role of a specific class of cells linked with inflammation. Reporting in the journal Nature, the researchers said high-salt diets increased levels of a type [...]