A Prescription for Fear
If you’re looking for the name of a new pill to “ask your doctor about,” as the ads say, the Mayo Clinic Health Information...
Sleep Apnea May Raise Risk of Dementia, Study Finds
Sleep apnea, a fairly common, treatable disorder that causes people to stop breathing momentarily while they sleep, may lead to cognitive impairment and even...
Genetically Modified ‘Serial Killer’ T-Cells Obliterate Tumors in Leukemia Patients
In a cancer treatment breakthrough 20 years in the making, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania's Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine...
Eating Protein Throughout The Day Preserves Muscle, Physical Function In Dieting...
Dieting postmenopausal women who want to avoid losing muscle as they lose fat should pay attention to a new University of Illinois study. Adding protein throughout the day not only holds hunger pangs at bay so that dieters lose more weight, it keeps body composition -- the amount of fat relative to muscle -- in better proportion.
Pregnant Women in California Have Highest Levels of Potentially Toxic Flame...
A new study finds that pregnant women in Northern California have the highest PBDE flame retardant exposures reported to date among pregnant women worldwide....
Study Suggests Popular Muscle-Boosting Supplement Does Not Increase Blood Flow
A Baylor University study has found that a popular nutritional supplement that is marketed to lead to greater muscle strength through increasing blood flow...
New Urine Test Shows Prostate Cancer Risk; Test For Gene Fusion...
A new urine test can help aid early detection of and treatment decisions about prostate cancer, a study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology finds.
Why Diets Don’t Work: Starved Brain Cells Eat Themselves, Study Finds
A report in the August issue of the journal Cell Metabolism might help to explain why it's so frustratingly difficult to stick to a...
New Link Found Between Obesity And Insulin Resistance
Obesity is the main culprit in the worldwide avalanche of Type 2 diabetes. But how excess weight drives insulin resistance, the condition that may lead to the disease, is only partly understood. Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center now have uncovered a new way in which obesity wreaks its havoc, by altering the production of proteins that affect how other proteins are spliced together.
Nicotine Can Protect The Brain From Parkinson’s Disease, Research Suggests
If you've ever wondered if nicotine offered society any benefit, a new study published in The FASEB Journal offers a surprising answer. Nicotine can protect the brain against Parkinson's disease, the research suggests, and the discovery of how nicotine does this may lead to entirely new types of treatments for the disease.
Omega-3 Reduces Anxiety And Inflammation In Healthy Students, Study Suggests
A new study gauging the impact of consuming more fish oil showed a marked reduction both in inflammation and, surprisingly, in anxiety among a cohort of healthy young people. The findings suggest that if young participants can get such improvements from specific dietary supplements, then the elderly and people at high risk for certain diseases might benefit even more.
Heavy Metal: Titanium Implant Safety Under Scrutiny
A new strategy to quantify the levels of titanium in the blood of patients fitted with titanium orthopaedic implants is presented in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, a Springer journal.
