Active component of grape seed extract effective against cancer cells
By Garth Sundem in Latest News · December 4, 2013 · No comments An active ingredient of grape seed extract, B2G2, acts against cancer cells. A University of…
Estrogen: Not just produced by the ovaries
Contact: Ei Terasawa terasawa@primate.wisc.edu University of Wisconsin-Madison MADISON – A University of Wisconsin-Madison research team reports today that the brain can produce and release estrogen — a discovery that may…
Toxigenic C. difficile resides harmlessly in infants, poses risk to adults
Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology Infants and toddlers frequently carry toxigenic Clostridium difficile, usually with no harm to themselves, but can serve as a reservoir and…
Many trial results in ClinicalTrials.gov not published
Contact: Fiona Godwin medicinepress@plos.org Public Library of Science Half of trials with results posted in ClinicalTrials.gov database have not been published in a journal, and for some that have, the…
Vitamin D Decreases Pain in Women with Type 2 Diabetes and Depression
Loyola Health Sciences research demonstrates additional benefits of supplementMAYWOOD, Ill. – Vitamin D decreases pain in women with type 2 diabetes and depression, according to a study conducted at Loyola…
‘Designer sperm’ inserts custom genes into offspring
Contact: Cody Mooneyhan cmooneyhan@faseb.org 301-634-7104 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that altering genes in sperm and then inducing fertilization, produces new…
New UK Study Suggests Low Vitamin D Causes Damage to Brain
By Allison Perry Nov 26, 2013 LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 2, 2013) — A new study led by University of Kentucky researchers suggests that a diet low in vitamin D…
New research shows obesity is an inflammatory disease
Contact: Cody Mooneyhan cmooneyhan@faseb.org 301-634-7104 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that an abnormal amount of an inflammatory protein called PAR2 is…
Evidence suggests that “healthy and overweight” is a myth
A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies published from 1950 until 2013 suggests that there is no such thing as being healthy and overweight, according to an article published…
The Counter to the Lancet Claims Vitamin D has little Efficay – Well the Lancet is mistaken ( Here, try some Science )
For the very non scientific claims of Vitamin D lacking evidence, as posted in other publications like the Mail onlie: "Vitamin D supplements 'don't ward off ill health': Little evidence…
Probiotic therapy alleviates autism-like behaviors in mice
Contact: Deborah Williams-Hedges mr@caltech.edu 626-395-3227 California Institute of Technology Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is diagnosed when individuals exhibit characteristic behaviors that include repetitive actions, decreased social interactions, and impaired communication.…
Results from many large clinical trials are never published
Contact: Tom Hughes tahughes@unch.unc.edu 919-966-6047 University of North Carolina Health Care Non-publication is more common among industry-funded trials, study finds CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – A new analysis of 585 large,…
World’s oldest DNA is recovered from a 400,000-year-old thigh bone – and provides a new jigsaw piece in the history of evolution
Scientist reconstructed the mitochondrial genome from two grams of bone They found early humans shared a common ancestor with the Denisovans This was suprising as early humans were thought to…
‘Your mother loved you very much and wanted to keep you’: Judge’s remarkable message to baby girl of woman who was forced to have caesarean
Judge Roderick Newton, who ruled that the baby born to sedated mother be put up for adoption, tells child her mother wanted to keep her Girl was born to mother,…
High Fructose Corn Syrup and interesting ways to create pandemics. Part 1
This is to open up an honest debate into the scientific rationale to why High Fructose Corn Syrup may have been a mistake. This is only part 1 of my…
Pregnant woman has unborn baby girl forcibly removed by caesarean after social workers obtain court order because she had suffered a mental breakdown
Italian woman claims she was not warned she would be given a ceasarean Essex council obtained order allowing them to sedate her against her will The case has now escalated…
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