Medication for the recovery of health Immune system found by US researchers

A key element to restore the liveliness and the aging process of immune system is said to be identified by UCSF researcher, published by Journal Clinical Immunology.

A low dose of the drug lenalidomide can stimulate the body's immune-cell protein , which decrease production during aging, and rebalance the levels of several key cytokines, is identified by the team which researched on the cell of the blood.

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Watermelon helps to lowers pre-hypertension(Blood pressure)

Watermelon is abundant in vitamin A, B6, and C, apart from fibre, potassium and lycopene, a powerful antioxidant has been found to lower pre-hypertension, a precursor to cardio diseases, shows a study.

Study on the health benefits of watermelon was conducted by Assistant professor Arturo Figueroa and Professor Bahram H. Arjmandi of the Florida State University.

Their study found that extracts of watermelon, given daily for six weeks, lowered blood pressure in a group of pre-hypertensive men and women aged between 51 and 57 years, reports the American Journal of Hypertension.

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Drinking Pomegranate juice can relive blood pressure.

(PTI) Researchers at the University of Edinburgh found that the superfruit not only cuts high blood pressure, it also reduces the fat stored round the stomach — the main cause of heart diseases and strokes among middle-aged people.

In their experiment, the researchers gave 500ml of pomegranate juice to 24 men and women every day for four weeks.

After just one month, the volunteers were found to be less likely to develop fatty cells around their abdomen and had much lower blood pressure, the Daily Mail reported.

The researchers found that nearly half of all volunteers had much lower levels of fatty acid in their blood, known as nonesterified fatty acid or NEFA.

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Blood transfusion can raise heart attack risk

Recent studies suggest a blood transfusion during surgery increases the patient's risk of death, particularly from heart attacks or strokes and of serious illnesses, such as pneumonia and cancer of the lymph glands.

The risk, however, is not linked to contaminated blood infecting them with deadly viruses. Instead, scientists are investigating two possible causes, reports the Daily Mail.

One is that donated blood, instead of boosting a sick person's ability to ward off infection, might leave their immune system unable to resist attacks by bacteria and viruses, according to the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

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