Can antioxidants hasten the spread of lung cancer?
News Desk | Now, two independent Cell studies, one from the United States and the other from Sweden, reveal how lung cancer cells can use antioxidants to help them fuel their...
Can social interaction predict mental decline?
News Desk | Cognitive decline refers to a general reduction in mental abilities over time. It affects many people as they age and, in some...
Are our brains addicted to information?
News Desk | Humans are naturally curious beings. We constantly seek to learn, explore, and understand. However, curiosity may not always be a positive feature....
Do morning people have lower breast cancer risk?
News Desk | The researchers describe their methods and findings in a recent BMJ paper. For their analysis, they used data on 180,216 women from the UK...
Hypertension: Looking beyond the classic risk factors
News Desk | According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hypertension, or high blood pressure, affects almost 1 in 3 adults in...
Which form of sitting is worse for heart health?
News Desk | Sitting on the couch, watching TV could increase heart risk more than sitting at a desk doing office work. We already know...
Could certain gut bacteria protect against food allergy?
News Desk | Scientists at Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, also in Boston, MA, found that babies and children with food allergies...
Does Parkinson’s disease start in the gut?
News Desk | A new mouse model offers precious insights into how Parkinson's affects the brain. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,...
Can medicines increase dementia risk?
News Desk | New research by scientists from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom has analyzed the link between a certain class of...
Can we fight obesity with a single cup of coffee?
News Desk | Brown fat — which people sometimes refer to as "good" fat — helps the body turn nutrients into energy and generate heat. Unlike...
Women’s body pain may be related to gut bacteria – study finds
News Desk | Researchers in Canada identified 19 species of gut bacteria that were present in higher or lower numbers in individuals with fibromyalgia. "We found," says...
Can chocolate prevent type-2 diabetes?
News Desk | Now, new research from the University of Illinois at Urbana? Champaign and other institutions has shown that extract of cocoa bean shells...