So much of the time we hear about exciting research… valuable scientific finds… and then nothing more.
Does anyone take what is learned in the lab and try and apply it to the real world to get results for real people?
Researchers at the University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health, collaborating with those at [...]
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Strange how sometimes when scientists are looking for one thing, they uncover something different but equally valuable. That’s the story here.
New research, appearing in the journal Cell, has uncovered another way that the body seems to use to control how much it eats.
A team of U.S. researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, looking at a [...]
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Is it any wonder that the natives of Andorra have the longest life expectancy in the world?
Clean air…
Take your breath away mountain views…
Well off, with nearly non-existent levels of crime (one prison with 50 inmates for the whole country), over 700 years of peace and a temperate climate of cold snowy winters and warm, dry [...]
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
If you have a young person in your life with a weight problem… acknowledged or not… this latest study is going to give you a unique way to encourage healthy habits. Reading.
Obesity researchers at Duke University found that reading (the last activity that you’d expect) spurs weight loss in teen girls.
The researchers looked at 31 [...]
SIDS, or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, is one of the most horrible and heartbreaking losses a family can endure.
Striking an otherwise healthy baby of between 1 month and one year old, SIDS is the diagnosis given when a child of this age dies suddenly and an exact cause can’t be found even after a full medical [...]
It’s been estimated that 90% of our kitchens… as well as some unknown number of dorm rooms and break rooms across the land contain a microwave oven.
These marvels of modern ingenuity have made it possible to prepare all kinds of foods —everything from popcorn and side dishes to full blown meals — in much less [...]
Thursday, October 23, 2008
If a man in your life is at risk for developing prostate cancer, here’s some information you might want to pass along.
While a connection between eating meat and enjoying high fat dairy products and cancer of the prostate has been suspected for a while, recent research by a team at Oxford University has been able [...]
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
You’ve probably heard that the antioxidants found in certain foods and red wine can offer some protection from breast cancer, heart disease and stroke. According to new research set to appear in October’s Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, we could soon be adding lung cancer to that list.
“An antioxidant component in red wine may help [...]
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Here’s a good reason to appreciate flowers for more than just how beautiful they look or how wonderful they make you feel.
Pleasing floral smells may also improve your dreams. The relationship between smells and dreams was presented at last month’s Chicago meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology.
The work had been conducted by German researchers [...]
New research may link one of the species of bacteria that live in our digestive system to the development of colon cancer. Home to many species, some “good” and others “bad”, our digestive system provides these microbes a place to live, and in return they help with digestion and training the body’s immune system.
However, an [...]
