Category: Health

Smokers Trying to Give Up: Don’t Stop Thinking About Cigarettes
Smokers Trying to Give Up: Don't Stop Thinking About Cigarettes
ScienceDaily - Blocking thoughts of cigarettes helps reduce smokers' intake at first [...]

Moderate Chocolate Consumption Linked to Lower Risks of Heart Failure
Moderate Chocolate Consumption Linked to Lower Risks of Heart Failure, Study Finds
ScienceDaily - Middle-aged and elderly Swedish women who regular [...]

Health foods: Perception all in the labeling
Health foods: Perception all in the labeling
Although you wouldn’t think it, more people are taking an interest in trying to be healthy. Unfortunate [...]

Focusing on Immediate Health Effects May Improve Weight Loss Success
Focusing on Immediate Health Effects May Improve Weight Loss Success
Most weight loss programs try to motivate individuals with warnings of the long [...]
Western Diet Harms Gut Flora
Western Diet Harms Gut Flora
FIRENZE, Italy—Typical Western diets of sugary, fatty foods may promote the risk of asthma, allergies and other inflamm [...]
Bacopa Formula Enhances Cognition
Bacopa Formula Enhances Cognition
LISMORE, Australia—A proprietary formula of the Ayurvedic botanical Bacopa monnieri may enhance cognitive performa [...]

Vitamin D and IGF-1
Vitamin D and IGF-1
by Matt Cahill
To date, all the mini-articles I’ve written on Vitamin D are to do with ensuring sufficient intake and avoiding [...]

Light Shed on Triglyceride Metabolism
Light Shed on Triglyceride Metabolism
ScienceDaily (Aug. 8, 2010) - New findings reported in the July issue of Cell Metabolism, are offering new lea [...]

4 Cornerstones of Health
4 Cornerstones of Health
By Sylvia Booth Hubbard
A study carried out by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention validates four [...]

Protein That Shuttles RNA Into Cell Mitochondria Discovered
Protein That Shuttles RNA Into Cell Mitochondria Discovered
ScienceDaily (Aug. 8, 2010) - Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center [...]

The Path to Obesity Becomes Clearer
One High-Fat Diet, Two Different Outcomes: The Path to Obesity Becomes Clearer
ScienceDaily (Aug. 5, 2010) — Why is it that two people can consume t [...]

Researchers find 95 genes affecting cholesterol
Researchers find 95 genes affecting cholesterol
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A scan of all the human DNA has turn [...]

7 Hours Magic Number for Sleep
7 Hours Magic Number for Sleep
People who sleep more or fewer than seven hours a day, including naps, are increasing their risk for cardiovascular d [...]

Resveratrol Shown to Suppresses Inflammation, Free Radicals in Humans
Resveratrol Shown to Suppresses Inflammation, Free Radicals in Humans
ScienceDaily - Resveratrol, a popular plant extract shown to prolong life in y [...]

Study: Cold Cuts Could Cause Cancer
Study: Cold Cuts Could Cause Cancer
Red meat is being raked over the coals again.
Already linked with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease a [...]