Friday, 5 September 2008
Olive Leaf Extract Can Help Tackle High Blood Pressure And Cholesterol
The enquiry is published in the latest edition of Phytotherapy Research.
Hypertension is one of the most common and significant disease risk factors imposed by the modern life-style. Many people would thence benefit from finding slipway of reducing blood pressing. Experiments in rats had previously indicated that olive leaf extract could be one path of achieving this end.
To test this in humans, researchers from Switzerland and Germany conducted a pilot trial with 20 identical (monozygotic) twin pairs who had an increased blood pressure. Individuals were either granted placebo capsules or capsules containing doses of 500mg or 1000mg of olive leaf extract EFLA�943. Pairs of twins were assigned to different treatments. After the subjects had taken the draw out for octad weeks researchers measured blood pressures as well as collecting data about aspects of life style.
"The study confirmed that olive folio extract EFLA�943 has antihypertensive drug properties in humans," says one of the co-authors, Cem Aydogan, General Manager, Frutarom Health.
"This whole kit and boodle showed that taking a 1000mg dosage has substantial effects in people with borderline hypertension," says Aydogan.
Full citation: Perrinjaquet-Moccetti T, Busjahn A, Schmidlin C, Schmidt A, Bradl B, Aydogan C. Food Supplementation with and Olive (Olea europea L.) leaf extract reduces blood pressure in borderline hypertensive monozygotic gemini the Twins. Phtotherapy research 2008; 22. DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2455
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Maxwell plots first stage of musical return
R&B creative person Maxwell [ ] resurfaces for his first live shows in six eld this fall with a run of dates ahead of his planned "Black Summers' Night" trilogy.
The singer, who hasn't performed since supporting his last studio album, 2001's chart-topping "Now," has lined up a 24-city trek kicking off Oct. 8 in Boston. The picnic, which runs through recent November, besides features dates in New York City (10/9), Chicago (10/18) and Los Angeles (11/1). The complete itinerary is listed below.
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Maxwell described the turn in a press statement as a "pre-party tour celebration" for the forthcoming "Black Summers' Night," a trilogy of studio albums that the artist expects to release over the next tercet years. The first instalment, titled "Black," is due out sometime this year on Columbia, and streaming audio of the showtime track from the set, "Pretty Wings," can be heard at Maxwell's MySpace page.
"Maxwell's still working with Sade's band, his tried and true team," Columbia exec Kyambo "Hip-Hop" Joshua told Billboard last year. "He took some clip off and now he's ready."
The singer's previous record album, "Now," has sold more than 1.7 copies in the US alone, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
[Note: The undermentioned tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this chronicle. Changes english hawthorn occur earlier go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for tardy updates.]
October 20088 - Boston, MA - Opera House 9 - New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall10 - Wallingford, CT - Chevrolet Theater14 - Cincinnati, OH - Taft Theater 15 - St. Louis, MO - Fox Theater 17 - Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theater 18 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theater 19 - Detroit, MI - Fox Theater 21 - Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theater 22 - Omaha, NE - Music Hall 23 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater 25 - Denver, CO - Paramount Theater 28 - Oakland, CA - Paramount Theater 31 - Las Vegas, NV - Pearl November 20081 - Los Angeles, CA - Shrine Auditorium6 - Houston, TX - Verizon Theater 8 - Dallas, TX - Majestic Theater 10 - Birmingham, AL - BJCC Hall 11 - Memphis, TN - Orpheum Theater 12 - Atlanta, GA - Civic Center 14 - Greensboro, NC - War Memorial 15 - Richmond, VA - Landmark Theater 17 - Washington, D.C. - Constitution Hall 21 - Philadelphia, PA - Susquehanna Center
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Thursday, 7 August 2008
Birth Defect Three To Four Times More Likely For Infants Born To Diabetic Women, Study Says
According to the AP/Mercury News, the study -- which used hospital data from 1997 to 2003 in 10 states -- provides the most detailed information on the kinds of conditions experienced by infants of diabetic women. The CDC researchers who conducted the study listed nearly 40 kinds of birth defects found to be significantly more than likely infants born to diabetic women than other infants.
The study compared 13,000 births that involved a major mar and compared them with 5,000 randomly selected births that did not involve a major defect. Researchers asked pregnant women if they had been diagnosed with diabetes earlier or during their pregnancies.
Janis Biermann -- senior frailty president for education and health furtherance at the March of Dimes -- said the list of defects was longer than previously understood, adding, "It adds more information around the specific types of birth defects associated with pre-gestational diabetes and gestational diabetes" (Stobbe, AP/San Jose Mercury News, 7/30).
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Monday, 30 June 2008
MTV: Britney Could Return to VMAs
If Britney Spears is serious about making a comeback, she can prove herself this September at the Video Music Awards.
Despite last year's reviled, head-scratching, lip-synching performance the singer put forth, MTV claims it'll never say "no" to Britney Spears.
''Everyone deserves a second or third chance, right?'' Van Toffler, president of MTV Networks Music Group, says.
Don't get too excited though. Van admits that he was "sorta" kidding about welcoming Brit back with open arms.
"Who knows?" he adds.
Last September, a bikini-adorned, uncoordinated Britney opened the network's marquee award show with a lackluster performance of her new single, "Gimme More."
"She looked lost and confused," a VMA audience member told OK! at the time. "She was definitely not into it. People were shaking their heads and wondering what happened."
If the 26-year-old is invited back, she won't have to travel far to attend the ceremony. After stints in New York, Miami and Las Vegas last year, the VMAs are returning to Los Angeles this year.
Van says producers and crew members are already planning the show, but know they have their work cut out for them.
''I'm not sure how we top Britney opening the show,'' he says. ''We are working on it every minute of every day.''
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Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Britney Spears Fears Early Death
Biographer and journalist Ian Halperin spent 18 months studying the Toxic singer as an undercover paparazzo, getting close to the star and her inner circle.
And now he's writing all about his findings in a new book which he hopes to have on shelves by Christmas.
Amid all the claims of drug abuse, bipolar problems and suicidal tendencies, Halperin states Spears told him personally she fears she will die at 27.
The biographer, who ironically penned a book about Kurt Cobain - who lost his life at 27, tells Life & Style magazine, "She told me she feared she'd die at age 27 (her current age), just like other music stars, like Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain."
Joplin and Cobain aren't the only members of the sinister 27 Club - rock greats Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Brian Jones all perished before their 28th birthday.
Spears turns 28 on 2 December.
Sunday, 15 June 2008
DJ Orgasmix and Cano Beat
Artist: DJ Orgasmix and Cano Beat
Genre(s):
Breakbeat
Discography:
Like An Angel and Space Vinyl
Year: 2003
Tracks: 3
 
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
Aggie is booted off Dancing on Ice
The television star was forced to compete in the skate-off against javelin champion Steve Backley when they were both placed in the bottom two as a result of the public vote.
All of the five judges chose to save Backley, sending home MacKenzie.
Member of the judging panel Jason Gardiner said: "I wish we could get rid of both of them."