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Cyanotech regains Nasdaq compliance

Cyanotech Corporation, a world leader in microalgae-based, high-value nutrition and health products, today announced that it had received notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market on June 30, 2010 of full compliance with Listing Rules required for its continued listing on the The Nasdaq Capital Market.

3 Jul 2010

UCLA study highlights traffic-related asthma flares in urban areas

A new academic study led by UCLA scientists has found that even brief exposure to ultrafine pollution particles near a Los Angeles freeway is potent enough to boost the allergic inflammation that exacerbates asthma.

2 Jul 2010

Key mechanism present in virgin olive oil protects body against breast cancer: Researchers

Researchers at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, led by Dr Eduard Escrich, have discovered a key mechanism by which virgin olive oil, in contrast to other vegetable oils, protects the body against breast cancer.

30 Jun 2010

Aeolus AEOL 10150 study confirms ability to rescue skin from deleterious effects of CEES

Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. reported that researchers from National Jewish Health and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have completed studies demonstrating that AEOL 10150 provides statistically significant protection of the skin in the 2-chloroethyl-ethylsulfide (CEES; half mustard) model of mustard gas exposure in mice and in a human cell culture model.

30 Jun 2010

Antioxidant therapy may prevent long-lasting cognitive impairment in cerebral malaria: Research

Using an experimental mouse model for malaria, an international group of scientists has discovered that adding antioxidant therapy to traditional antimalarial treatment may prevent long-lasting cognitive impairment in cerebral malaria. Their findings were published online June 24, 2010, in the journal PLoS Pathogens.

28 Jun 2010

Researchers uncover association between free radical-mediated reactions and progression of SLE

University of Texas Medical Branch researchers have uncovered an association between free radical-mediated reactions and the severity and progression of system lupus erythematosus. Higher levels of oxidative and nitrosative stress markers were found in SLE patients with greater disease activity suggesting a causal relationship. Full findings of the study are available in the July issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology.

25 Jun 2010

Cyanotech's revenues for fiscal 2010 increase 13%

Cyanotech Corporation, a world leader in microalgae-based, high-value nutrition and health products, today announced financial results for fiscal year 2010, ended March 31, 2010.

24 Jun 2010

Extract of French maritime pine tree bark reduces hay fever symptoms

An estimated 60 million people in the U.S. are affected by allergic rhinitis, commonly known as hay fever, according to the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology. Hay fever is an allergic inflammation of the nasal airways that causes itching, swelling, mucus production, hives and rashes. A study published in the June 14, 2010 issue of Phytotherapy Research demonstrates Pycnogenol- (pic-noj-en-all), an antioxidant plant extract derived from the bark of the French maritime pine tree, substantially improves the symptoms of hay fever.

24 Jun 2010

Diet with high fructose, trans fats lead to fatty liver disease with scar tissue

Scientists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have discovered that a diet with high levels of fructose - levels equivalent to that in high fructose corn syrup - and of trans fats not only increases obesity, but also leads to significant fatty liver disease with scar tissue.

23 Jun 2010

Survey: MegaRed Omega-3 Krill Oil recommended for overall cardiovascular health

With America focused on the future of healthcare, a recent survey provides Americans added confidence in the ability of supplements like MegaRed Omega-3 Krill Oil to support their overall cardiovascular health.

23 Jun 2010

Beneficial effects of LifeVantage's Protandim on DMD mouse model published in Journal of Dietary Supplements

LifeVantage Corporation, the maker of Protandim®, a patented, science-based solution to oxidative stress, announced today that a peer-reviewed manuscript was published in the Journal of Dietary Supplements examining the beneficial effects of Protandim® on a mouse model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), an X-linked inherited disease affecting one in 3,500 males.

22 Jun 2010

Chocolate bar with resveratrol may help improve memory, learning skills

Wondering where you put the car keys? Can't remember what day of the week it is? Perhaps you need to eat a new kind of chocolate bar.

22 Jun 2010

Dietary antioxidants improve insulin resistance in obese adults, study finds

A diet rich in natural antioxidants improves insulin sensitivity in insulin-resistant obese adults and enhances the effect of the insulin-sensitizing drug metformin, a preliminary study from Italy finds. The results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego.

22 Jun 2010

Ipsen reports top line results from European study of GuidAge for Alzheimer's Dementia

Ipsen today announced top line results of GuidAge®, the longest (5 years) and largest (2,854 subjects) European study in the prevention of Alzheimer's Dementia (AD). This trial was conducted according to the most stringent international standards. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of a 5-year treatment with EGb 761® in the prevention of Alzheimer's Dementia in a population of elderly aged 70 or more, with memory complaint spontaneously expressed to their family physician and who lived at home at the inclusion in the study.

22 Jun 2010

Tea and coffee consumption linked with reduced heart disease: Study

Coffee and tea drinkers may not need to worry about indulging - high and moderate consumption of tea and moderate coffee consumption are linked with reduced heart disease, according to a study published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology: Journal of the American Heart Association.

19 Jun 2010

Study evaluates effect of Viusid on oxidative stress, cytokine parameters in patients with CHC

The pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis C is associated with severe oxidative stress and non-selective immunological disturbance that lead to necroinflammation and the progression of fibrosis. Several trials have suggested that antioxidant and immunostimulant therapies may have a beneficial effect. Two previous clinical studies have reported that the Viusid related effect on histologic features, especially fibrosis, appears to be associated with antioxidant and/or immunomodulatory properties.

18 Jun 2010

University of Montreal scientists discover free radical mechanism to viral invasion

Canadian researchers have discovered a new way the body combats respiratory viral infections. In the prestigious journal PLoS Pathogens, scientists from the University of Montreal and the University of Montreal Hospital Research Center explain how the NOX2 molecule, an enzyme that generates a burst of highly reactive oxygen derivatives (or free radicals), activates defense genes and molecules when viruses invade lung cells.

16 Jun 2010

Raw and cooked gingers reduce pain associated with muscle injury by 24%: Reed's

Reed's, Inc., maker of the top-selling sodas in natural food stores nationwide, commented today on a recent study in The Journal of Medicine that both raw and cooked ginger reduce pain associated with muscle injury by about 24%, compared with placebo. The study was supported by the McCormick Science Institute.

10 Jun 2010

Scientists discover how polyphenols present in red wine and green tea inhibit prostate cancer growth

In what could lead to a major advance in the treatment of prostate cancer, scientists now know exactly why polyphenols in red wine and green tea inhibit cancer growth. This new discovery, published online in The FASEB Journal, explains how antioxidants in red wine and green tea produce a combined effect to disrupt an important cell signaling pathway necessary for prostate cancer growth.

10 Jun 2010

Intellect Neurosciences receives Notice of Allowance from Israeli patent office for OXIGON drug candidate

Intellect Neurosciences, Inc announced it has received a Notice of Allowance from the Israeli Patent and Trademark Office for a new patent related to the Company's clinical-stage drug candidate OX1 (OXIGON), which has disease-modifying potential for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative disorders.

9 Jun 2010

Antioxidant News and Research

Latest Antioxidant News and Research

Cyanotech regains Nasdaq compliance

UCLA study highlights traffic-related asthma flares in urban areas

Key mechanism present in virgin olive oil protects body against breast cancer: Researchers

Aeolus AEOL 10150 study confirms ability to rescue skin from deleterious effects of CEES

Antioxidant therapy may prevent long-lasting cognitive impairment in cerebral malaria: Research

Researchers uncover association between free radical-mediated reactions and progression of SLE

Cyanotech's revenues for fiscal 2010 increase 13%

Extract of French maritime pine tree bark reduces hay fever symptoms

Diet with high fructose, trans fats lead to fatty liver disease with scar tissue

Survey: MegaRed Omega-3 Krill Oil recommended for overall cardiovascular health

Beneficial effects of LifeVantage's Protandim on DMD mouse model published in Journal of Dietary Supplements

Chocolate bar with resveratrol may help improve memory, learning skills

Dietary antioxidants improve insulin resistance in obese adults, study finds

Ipsen reports top line results from European study of GuidAge for Alzheimer's Dementia

Tea and coffee consumption linked with reduced heart disease: Study

Study evaluates effect of Viusid on oxidative stress, cytokine parameters in patients with CHC

University of Montreal scientists discover free radical mechanism to viral invasion

Raw and cooked gingers reduce pain associated with muscle injury by 24%: Reed's

Scientists discover how polyphenols present in red wine and green tea inhibit prostate cancer growth

Intellect Neurosciences receives Notice of Allowance from Israeli patent office for OXIGON drug candidate

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