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Mushrooms can help fight chronic disease
Free radicals, species with unpaired electrons have been implicated in a number of degenerative diseases, and even cancer. The scientific community has been trying hard to protect the body form the...
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Mushroom found to contain powerful antibiotic
Scientists at the Danish biotechnology company have now isolated a compound from a class of small black mushroom found in the woods of northern Europe. The newly discovered compound has been derived...
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Mushroom found to be a source of a new antibiotic: Plectasin
Animals and higher plants are known to express endogenous peptide antibiotics called defensins, which are small cysteine-rich peptides found to be active against bacteria, fungi and viruses. A recent...
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Mushrooms are Rich Source of Antioxidants
Eating varieties of mushrooms along with a variety of other vegetables could give you varieties of antioxidants - which prevent cellular damage , the common pathway for cancer, ageing and several...
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Magic mushrooms known to bring relief to patients
There is now evidence to suggest that an important ingredient in magic mushrooms is capable of assisting people suffering terminal cancer and a release from addictions. Researchers at Johns Hopkins...
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A Mushroom Extract May Impact the Body's Immune System
Can the extract of a mushroom that is commonly found in the woods of North America, Asia and Europe have a beneficial impact on the human immune system? A small study using "Turkey Tail" mushroom...
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Mushroom Extract Protects Poultry From Parasite Diseases
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist and her South Korean colleagues have found out that a wide use of mushroom extracts will protect poultry against a major parasitic disease. The...
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Magic Mushrooms Treat Obsessive Compulsion Disorder
An ingredient of psychedelic mushrooms, also called magic mushrooms can effectively reduce the symptoms of obsessive compulsion disorder (OCD), according to a study by University of Arizona. Magic...
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Private Health-care Clinics Mushroom in Ontario
Proliferation of private health-care clinics in Ontario has caught the attention of the ministry. Zoltan Nagy, intervening president of the Canadian Independent Medical Clinics Association, confesses...
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Magic Mushrooms Could Help Treat Depression, Say Scientists
Psilocybin - the active ingredient in magic mushrooms may serve as a useful tool for treating depression, say scientists. Brain scans of people under the influence of the psilocybin have given...
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Mushroom Poison to Arrest Pancreatic Cancer: Study
In mice, amanitin - toxin found in death cap mushroom IAmanita phalloides/I destroys pancreatic cancer cells without harming the body, say researchers. The trick to accomplish this is to deliver the...
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Mushrooms Good for Diabetics, Says Expert
Mushrooms are good for people with diabetes as they contain little or no sugar, says an expert. "Cultivated and wild species of mushrooms are consumed because of their nutritional value. They are rich...
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Magic Mushroom Drugs Could Treat Severe Depression: Study
Drugs made from magic mushrooms could help treat depression, says study. Scientists believe that the chemical psilocybin, the psychedelic ingredient in magic mushrooms, can turn down parts of the...
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Poisonous Mushrooms Turn Fatal for a 57-year-old
Soup made from dangerous death cap mushrooms turned fatal for 57 year old. Christina Hale was unaware that the mushrooms she had plucked from her house garden were death cap variety and were...
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Eating Mushrooms can Increase Vitamin D Level, Says Scientist
Three or four button mushrooms are sufficient to make vitamin D for the average person's estimated daily needs, says Australian scientist. Professor Rebecca Mason, head of physiology at Sydney Medical...
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Kashmir Provided Advanced Training And Technology To Mushroom Farmers in...
Advanced training and technology to mushroom growers were imparted by authorities in Kashmir in a bid to boost production and for the benefit of farmers. According to the Project Coordinator at...
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Harmless Variety of Mushroom Has Turned Toxic and is Spreading Fast
Mushroom lovers must now be careful with the otherwise innocuous variety of mushroom that has turned toxic and is spreading fast. Aptly named 'Death Cap', this variety is now on every continent except...
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Japanese Mushroom Extract Kills Cervical-cancer Causing Virus
Japanese mushroom extract active hexose correlated compound (AHCC) kills off HPV, human papillomavirus (HPV) in cervical cancer cells, say researchers. In the study cervical cancer cells were treated...
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Mushroom Sports Drink to Improve Athletic Performance
Scientists in North Korea have come up with a mushroom sports drink in order to improve athletic performance. The nation's state news agency has reportedly announced that the country has developed a...
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Japanese Mushroom Extract may be Effective to Eradicate Human Papillomavirus...
A pilot clinical trial revealed a Japanese mushroom extract may be effective to eradicate human papillomavirus (HPV). This was carried out at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston...
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Mushroom Used in Chinese Medicine Could Hold the Key to Treat Obesity
A mushroom referred to as reishi, which has been used in Chinese medicine for centuries could help treat obesity. According to the researchers at Chang Gung University in Taiwan, the fungus called...
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Both Risky Behaviors and Positive Outcomes Over Psilocybin Mushroom Use
Psilocybin and use of other hallucinogens became popular in the United States in the 1960s due to charismatic proponents, who suggested anecdotally that users would experience profound psychological...
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Mushroom Coffee: The New Caffeine Fad
Mushroom coffee is the newcaffeine fad that everyone is talking about. The coffee is made from the edible fungi- mushrooms. bMushroom coffee/b is brewed with dried or powdered mushrooms, where the...
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New Transgenic Mushrooms Raise Hope for Mass Production of Human Drugs
Penn State and Agariger, Inc. have patented the technology of making new transgenic mushrooms, which have increased hope of using mushrooms for the mass production of commercially valuable proteins or...
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Chernobyl Affected Finnish Fish, Mushroom Still Found to Be Toxic
Twenty-one years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, fish and mushrooms in parts of Finland are still toxic due to radioactive fallout, Finnish authorities said on Monday. The...
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Genetic Research Reveals How Poisonous Mushrooms Produce Toxins
Researchers at the Michigan State University have identified a genetic trait common to a few species of mushrooms that produces toxins and is responsible for almost all mushroom-eating deaths....
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Study Finds Wild Mushroom's Ability to Fight Against Prostate Cancer
Israeli scientists claim that a wild mushroom, used in traditional Chinese medicine for a century, could treat prostate cancer, the University of Haifa said Friday. Researchers at the university in...
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Button Mushroom Equally Rich in Antioxidants as Expensive Ones
The little white button mushroom is as good a source of anti-oxidants as its more expensive cousins, a new study has found. The button mushroom is the most cultivated edible mushroom in the world....
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Progression of Sarcoma Slowed by Reishi Mushroom and Green Tea Extracts
The combination of active ingredients in Reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum; Lingzhi) and green tea can produce a synergetic effect that can halt the growth of tumors and also slow down the time of...
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Mushroom Used in Oriental Medicine may Help to Fight Cancer
An exotic mushroom widely used in oriental medicine contains chemicals that may fight breast cancer, says a new study. Extracts of the fungus, Phellinus linteus, have been used for centuries by...
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Mushrooms to Keep the Doctor Away: They Boost Immunity and Fight Cancer
A new research has found that mushrooms may just be able to keep cancer at bay. Mushrooms are rich in antioxidants, nutrients, and vitamins that may help fight cancer and develop immunity, say...
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Study Says Mushrooms may Help Prevent Obesity
A new study has revealed that eating mushrooms in large quantities can help prevent or treat obesity. According to the study, which was led by Dr. Cheskin, suggests that increasing intake of...
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Can Mushrooms Slow Down Climate Warming?
A new study has found that mushrooms growing in dry spruce forests covering Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and other northern regions, can slow down climate warming in the regions. When soil in these...
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Mushrooms may Help With Weight Loss
A new study has highlighted the benefits of mushroom in helping lose weight. In the study, it was found that volunteers who had mushrooms rather than meat in four otherwise identical meals a week shed...
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Mushrooms and Green Tea may Cut Breast Cancer Risk By Two Thirds
Eating a daily portion of mushrooms could slash the risk of breast cancer by two thirds, new research has found. The study, carried out in China, also showed that women who combined a mushroom diet...
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Vitamin D Levels In Mushrooms Increase With UV Light Exposure
Australian researchers have found that exposing mushrooms to UV light can make them a major source of vitamin D. Mushrooms contain a high level of the ingredient ergosterol, needed for vitamin D. But...
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Farmers Start to Grow Medicinal Mushrooms in Himachal
Shiitake mushrooms (Lentinula Edodes) having medicinal qualities are now being grown by farmers at Solan in Himachal Pradesh. The farmers have started growing Shiitake mushrooms in the area after the...
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Mushrooms can Help Beat Prostate, Bladder Cancer
A mushroom common in Chinese and Japanese cooking can help beat bladder and prostate cancer, according to a new study. Scientists in the Department of Urology at the New York Medical College found...
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Chinese Mushrooms Could Hold Cancer Cure
A discovery of how a promising cancer drug, first discovered in a mushroom commonly used in Chinese medicine, works, by Researchers at The University of Nottingham. Dr Cornelia de Moor of The...
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How Mushroom Cancer Drug Works
A mushroom first discovered in common use in Chinese medicine, has been researched and how the cancer drug in it works, by researchers at The University of Nottingham. Dr Cornelia de Moor of The...
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Mushrooms Boost Body's Immune System
White button mushrooms enhance the activity of critical cells in the body's immune system, Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-funded scientists have found. The animal-model and cell-culture study was...
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Mushrooms With Extra Vitamin D Ready for Commercial Production
A new study concludes that a commercial processing technology is suitable for boosting the vitamin D content of mushrooms and has no adverse effects on other nutrients in those tasty delicacies. The...
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Mushroom Compound Improves Effectiveness of Cancer Drugs
Researchers report that a compound isolated from a wild, poisonous mushroom growing in a Southwest China forest appears to increase the effectiveness of a cancer-killing drug. The compound,...
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Poisonous Death Cap Mushrooms Kill 2 in Australia
In Australia, two people have died after eating poisonous Death Cap mushrooms, says source. Four people were initially hospitalised after eating the fungi, unaware of its deadly properties, reportedly...
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Magic Mushroom Drug Lowers Anxiety in Cancer Patients
In cancer patients, psilocybin, the compound found in psychedelic mushrooms combined with psychotherapy appears to be linked to significant improvements in emotional and existential distress, said...
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Mushroom May Help Cut Down the Odds of Developing Depression
bHighlights:/bul class="group-list punch-points"li Mushrooms are loaded with potent antioxidants, vitamin B12, anti-inflammatory agents, and nerve growth factors/liliThey are beneficial against...
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Can Mushroom Enhance Depressed Brain Functioning?
Treating depressed people with a magic mushroom compound may enhance their brain connectivity as per a study at the Centre for Psychedelic Research, Imperial College London published in the journal i...
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Mushroom Coffee Health Benefits: Myth or Magic?
bHighlights:/bul class="group-list punch-points" liIn recent times, many people are sipping on a warm mushroom coffee similar to regular coffee/li liIt provides some great health benefits but there...
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Magic Mushroom and Psychotherapy Help Fight Against Depression
bHighlights:/b ul class="group-list" li Psilocybin, combined with psychotherapy, reduces severe depression symptoms /li li Study shows the therapeutic benefit lasts up to six weeks post-treatment /li...
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Health Benefits of Mushroom Coffee
bHighlights:/bul class="group-list punch-points"li A healthy alternative called mushroom coffee, which contains powdered mushrooms, can replace your traditional coffee owing to its health benefits/li...
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