Friday, April 26, 2024

COVID-19 Coronavirus Epidemic Source Confirmed as Natural, Not Man Made

The novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that emerged in the city of Wuhan, China, last year and has since caused a large scale COVID-19 epidemic and...

Bacteria Living on Our Eyeballs May Help to Treat Common Eye...

You may be familiar with the idea that your gut and skin are home to a collection of microbes – fungi, bacteria and viruses...

Environmental Estrogens: The Invisible Threat That Surrounds Us

On a daily basis we consume and breathe environmental estrogens known to cause birth defects and cancer in animals. These substances are everywhere, in...

Common Food Additive Linked to Microbiota and Gut Inflammation

New research provides evidence that nanoparticles, which are present in many food items, may have a substantial and harmful influence on human health. The study,...

California “Holy Herb” Medicinal Plant May Hold Promise For Alzheimer’s Treatment

The medicinal powers of aspirin, digitalis, and the anti-malarial artemisinin all come from plants. A Salk Institute discovery of a potent neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory...

Poor Sleep Linked to Buildup of Arterial Plaque, Cardiovascular Disease

Getting adequate sleep is key to good health, and studies have shown that insufficient sleep increases the risk of serious problems, including cardiovascular disease....

Extra Vitamin C Prevents Antioxidant Depletion of Metabolic Syndrome

A higher intake of vitamin C is crucial for metabolic syndrome patients trying to halt a potentially deadly cycle of antioxidant disruption and health-related...

All Calories Are Not Alike – Low-Carb Diets Burn More Calories

Most people regain the weight they lose from dieting within one or two years, in part because the body adapts by slowing metabolism and...

Household Cleaning Products May Contribute to Childhood Obesity by Altering Gut...

Commonly used household cleaners could be making children overweight by altering their gut microbiota, suggests a Canadian study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association...

Man-Made Antioxidant 100 Times More Powerful Than Vitamin E

Naturally-derived antioxidants have become the 'it' health ingredient to look for in food. But researchers from UBC Okanagan and the University of Bologna have...

Autism Risk Linked to DDT Insecticide Exposure in New Study

A study of more than 1 million pregnancies in Finland reports that elevated levels of a metabolite of the banned insecticide DDT in the...

Gum Disease Bacteria Linked to Onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects a person's joints and internal organs, causing pain and leading to disability. Rheumatoid arthritis...