Healthy Lifestyle Habits Buffer Stress and Slow Cellular Aging
A new study from UC San Francisco is the first to show that while the impact of daily stress accumulates overtime and accelerates cellular...
Can Free Radicals Actually Help You Live Longer?
What is the secret to slowing aging and extending lifespan? Probably not antioxidants, according to new research published in the journal Cell.
Free radicals, the sometimes-toxic...
Spread of Drug-Resistant Superbug Increases Five-Fold in Southeastern U.S.
Cases of the highly contagious, drug-resistant bacteria, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), have increased fivefold in community hospitals in the Southeastern United States, according to a...
40 Percent of Americans Expected to Develop Type 2 Diabetes in...
Close to half (40%) of the adult population of the USA is expected to develop type 2 diabetes at some point during their lifetime,...
Natural Compounds in Watermelon Shown to Lower Blood Pressure
Be sure to pick up a watermelon or two at your local grocery store — it could save your life. A new study by...
Calming Stomach And Gastric Upset
The gastrointestinal tract has two primary nutritional functions. The stomach, or gastric region, starts the process of digestion, preparing food for assimilation in the small intestines. The intestines sort through the digested components so they can be absorbed into the bloodstream, or passed through the alimentary canal to be excreted.
Vision-Correcting Display May Eliminate Need for Reading Glasses
What if computer screens had glasses instead of the people staring at the monitors? That concept is not too far afield from technology being...
Relaxed Guidelines Relieve Millions of Need for Blood Pressure Medications
New guidelines that ease the recommended blood pressure could result in 5.8 million U.S. adults no longer needing hypertension medication, according to an analysis...
Study Links Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy to Developmental Problems in Children
Paracetamol (known as acetaminophen in the USA) is the most commonly used medicine in pregnancy, yet there are very few studies that have investigated...
Human Tumors Shrink Following Injection with Bacteria
A modified version of the Clostridium novyi (C. novyi-NT) bacterium can produce a strong and precisely targeted anti-tumor response in rats, dogs and now...
Natural Anti-Viral Support For Coughs And Congestion
Coughing is one of the most obvious and indisputable signs of human illness. In addition to being the main cause for patient visits to doctors, over a billion dollars are spent each year on over-the-counter (OTC) cough remedies in the US.
Could Vinegar be a Natural Fat Fighter?
Ordinary vinegar – acetic acid – may prevent the build up of fat, and therefore weight gain, according to results of a study with...
