Compounds found in a common fungus have the potential to slow the progression of prostate cancer, the tumor recently diagnosed in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and in around 2,250 other Israeli men every year.
How long have you been suffering due to a specific illness like high blood pressure, diabetes, or heart problem? If you are not at the moment, how do you know that you will not suffer from any disease like cancer or paralysis in the future? Indeed, the changing times has brought do many advances to peoples living. But, as it elevates the peoples living condition, it also brings a lot of new illnesses and diseases that are becoming harder and harder to cure.
People in Asia have long turned to mushrooms for their purported health benefits. One fungus in particular is becoming increasingly popular in North America for the same reasons. Known in Japan as the "king herb" and in China as "God's herb", reishi is praised by many for its alleged immune-enhancing properties.
A link between green tea consumption and protection from different types of cancer has been well documented. The same holds true for the medicinal mushroom Ganoderma lucidum; evidence suggests that consuming it can help prevent some cancers.
Alzheimer's Disease is primarily an old age disorder in which competent individuals become agitated, uncomprehending, with profound loss of cognitive function finally requiring continued, complete care. In the United States it is the leading cause of death. At present, the choice of therapeutic or preventive for use in Alzheimer's disease is limited and the best only slow the progress disease for about 40 weeks. Recent research has discovered evidence of inflamation in the brain of Alzheimer's patients and unless inflammation is present there is little evidence of neurodegeneration, even in patients with profuse amyloid B-peptide deposition and neurofibrillary tangles. Prospective and retrospectively collected data on men and women suggest that use of non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs is associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease.