There鈥檚 good news for the marketers of blueberries but not so good news for the pomegranate people. We鈥檝e heard all about blueberries being great for the mind, how seniors do better on memory tests...
When is a substance a food and when is it a drug? That may sound like a simple question but the answer can be complicated. Suppose you take some rice, inoculate it with a type of yeast, let it...
When you think of sugar, you don鈥檛 think of lowering cholesterol. But Cuban researchers do. In fact they think that a byproduct of the sugar industry, policosanol, is an effective alternative to...
Could oxytocin, a natural hormone, help patients suffering from anxiety and other related personality dysfunctions? Maybe. At least that is what a group of researchers from the University of...
You can tell that it鈥檚 sugaring off time because sappy articles about the health benefits of maple syrup start flowing from media outlets. 鈥淢aple Syrup Contains a Number of Health Benefits,鈥� 鈥淢aple...
The 2005 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology was awarded to Australian Drs. Robin Warren and Barry Marshall for demonstrating that most ulcers are caused by a bacterium and can be cured with...
I don't believe they do but I keep hearing this from many of my friends and I would like to shut them up once and for all. If you have any studies or papers you could refer me to I would be ever so...
You've probably seen the headlines over the years. There are loads of them, all with the same flavour. 鈥淭omatoes No Magic Bullet For Prostate Cancer.鈥� 鈥淭omatoes Fail As Prostate Cancer Preventative...
We know what we should be doing if we want to be environmentally conscious. Recycle, compost, use public transport more, insulate better, shop with reusable bags. But here is something that is...
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