disease
Lung Cancer
by: rika, 2 pagesWhat is lung cancer? A: Cancer is a disease in which certain body cells don’t function right, divide very fast, and produce too much tissue that forms a tumor. The ...
Pharyngitis
by: shinta, 2 pagesPharyngitis is: Common throat disorder An inflammation of the pharynx Caused by a viral or bacterial infection Symptoms • Usually appear suddenly • ...
FUNCtIONAL FOOdS : From Science to HealtH and ClaimS
by: shinta, 44 pages“Let your food be your medicine” said Hippocrates. It is time now to revisit the concept of foods, beyond basic nutritional needs. Today, food has indeed become central ...
Functional Foods : Opportunities and Challenges
by: shinta, 66 pagesWhile food has long been used to improve health, our knowledge of the relationship between food compo- nents and health is now being used to improve food. Strictly speaking, all ...
Functional Food Ingredients from Tea and Other Plant Sources
by: shinta, 55 pagesA food can be regarded as functional if it is satisfactorily demonstrated to affect beneficially one or more target functions in the body, beyond adequate nutritional effects. ...
Myeloma Bone Disease Current and Future Treatment
by: shinta, 8 pagesMultiple Myeloma is a cancer that results from a malignant change in a particular type of white blood cell which is found in the bone marrow. This cell is called a plasma cell and it ...
Coffee - Functional Food and Medicinal Herb
by: shinta, 7 pagesCoffee (Coffea arabica) is the second-largest worldwide com- modity, overshadowed only by crude oil. Without ques- tion, coffee is the most frequently consumed functional food ...
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
by: shinta, 2 pagesSyStemic lupuS erythematoSuS (Sle) is a disease that can cause inflammation and damage to various parts of the body. Lupus can affect any area of the body, but it most often affects ...
WHAT IS LUPUS?
by: shinta, 1 pagesLupus is an autoimmune disease. This means the immune system does not work right. The body’s immune system makes anti-bodies. These anti-bodies attack the body’s cells ...
