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Health news: How pomegranate juice could tackle flu, the heart bypass jab and the eye drug that stops excess hair
By Daily Mail Reporter
20th October 2009

Health stories from around the world this week include how a scientists are whether pomegranate juice reduces the effects of flu. Also, tests are being carried on a heart injection that could replace the need for bypass surgery. And we reveal how a rub-on gel used to treat eye infections can treat unwanted hair growth.

Juice: Just what the doctor ordered
Flu? Try a glass of pomegranate juice

Can pomegranate juice reduce the effects of flu? In a new trial, patients with flu are being given two glasses of the juice every day for four or five days.

Previous laboratory studies have shown that compounds in pomegranates stopped the virus from replicating and spreading.

The new study, at the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Israel, will assess whether this benefit can be extended to people.