A recent study found that an alarming increase in the consumption of sports and energy…
Month: May 2012
Global warming: New research blames economic growth
It’s a message no one wants to hear: to slow down global warming, we’ll either…
Computer use and exercise combo may reduce the odds of having memory loss
You think your computer has a lot of memory … if you keep using your…
Garlic compound fights source of food-borne illness better than antibiotics
A compound in garlic is 100 times more effective than two popular antibiotics at fighting…
Important mechanism that affects the aging process identified
Scientists have identified a key mechanism of action for the TOR (target of rapamycin) protein…
Resveratrol: Study resolves controversy on life-extending red wine ingredient, restores hope for anti-aging pill
A new study appears to offer vindication for an approach to anti-aging drugs that has…
Geneticist develops tool to identify genes important in disease, tailoring individual treatment
Medical researchers have devised a technique for testing the consequence of variant human gene alleles…
Risks of mixing drugs and herbal supplements: What doctors and patients need to know
Herbal, dietary, and energy or nutritional supplements may offer specific health benefits, but they can…
Were dinosaurs undergoing long-term decline before mass extinction?
Despite years of intensive research about the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs about 65.5 million years…
Greater numbers of highly educated women are having children, bucking recent history
A U.S. national study suggests that a significantly greater number of highly educated women in…