Medicinal Mushroom Heals HPV R
E-Cigarettes Produce Free Radicals E
esearch from the University of Texas Medical School and Health Science Center has found that a medicinal mush- room extract may be able to eradicate human papillomavirus (HPV), a com- mon sexually transmitted disease. Presented last fall at the 11th International Conference of the Society for Integrative Oncology, in Houston, the clinical study treated 10 women that tested positive for HPV with the mushroom mycelia extract called active hexose correlated compound (AHCC). The patients were given three grams of the AHCC once a day for six months
or longer. Eight of them tested negative for HPV after the period, including three that were confirmed HPV-eradicated after stopping the AHCC treatment. The two other patients continued receiving the extract. A phase II clinical trial led by Dr. Judith Smith, a professor at the UT Medical
lectronic cigarette use, or vaping, is on the rise as many consider it a healthier alternative to smok- ing. However, in a study published in the American Chemical Society journal Chemical Research in Toxi- cology, researchers from the Penn State University College of Medicine report that e-cigarettes produce considerable levels of reactive free radicals created by the high-temper- ature heating coils that warm up the nicotine solution. Dr. John Richie, a professor at
Penn State and senior author of the research, says, “The identification of these radicals in the aerosols means that we can’t just say e-cig- arettes are safe because they don’t contain tobacco. They are poten- tially harmful.” The researchers found that
levels of free radicals in e-cigarettes are between 100 to 1,000 times less than the levels produced by tobacco cigarettes, still making them a better choice than traditional cigarettes although they still carry risk. Richie explains, “The levels of radicals that we’re seeing are more than what you might get from a heavily air-polluted area, but less than what you might find in cigarette smoke.” Previous research has found that e-cigarette smoke also contains aldehydes that can potentially cause cellular and tissue damage.
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Awe and Wonder Prime Physical Health T
wo related studies from the Univer- sity of California, Berkeley, suggest that the act of admiring the beauty of nature with awe and wonder can decrease inflammation in the body. More than 200 adults reported their experiences of emotions on a particular day, including amusement, awe, com- passion, joy, contentment and pride. Samples of the subjects’ gum and cheek
tissues were analyzed for cytokines, and the researchers found those that cited emotions of awe, wonder and amazement had the lowest levels of the pro-inflam- matory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6).
UC Berkeley professor and co-author of the research Dacher Keltner, Ph.D.,
says, “That awe, wonder and beauty promote healthier levels of cytokines suggests that the things we do to experience these emotions—a walk in nature, losing oneself in music, beholding art—have a direct influence upon health and life expectancy.”
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