Eating flavonoids protects men against Parkinson’s disease
07 Apr 2012 Men who eat flavonoid-rich foods such as berries, tea, apples and red wine significantly reduce their risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, according to new research…
ABILIFY – The evidence base for the prescribing of aripiprazole in maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder is limited to a single trial, sponsored by the manufacturer of aripiprazole
Public release date: 3-May-2011 Limitations of evidence base for prescribing aripiprazole in maintenance therapy of bipolar disorder - The evidence base for the prescribing of aripiprazole in maintenance treatment of…
In surprise finding, blood clots absorb bacterial toxin
December 9, 2013 Capturing bacterial toxins Video (1 min 20 sec) Videography by Peter Armstrong/UC Davis Blood clots play an unexpected role in protecting the body from the…
Moral in the morning, but dishonest in the afternoon
Contact: Anna Mikulak amikulak@psychologicalscience.org 202-293-9300 Association for Psychological Science Our ability to exhibit self-control to avoid cheating or lying is significantly reduced over the course of a day, making…
Study examines expedited FDA drug approvals, safety questions remain / Avg. Drug is tested on only 104 patients prior to approval
Contact: Renee Brehio rbrehio@ismp.org 704-831-8822 The JAMA Network Journals Fewer patients were studied as part of expedited reviews of new drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
Scientists discover ‘Lost World’ of unknown creatures in Australia
Monday, 28 October 2013 On the second day of a four-day trek to Cape Melville a team led by Dr Conrad Hoskin, from James Cook University, and Dr Tim Laman,…
Researchers advance toward engineering ‘wildly new genome’
Contact: David Cameron david_cameron@hms.harvard.edu 617-432-0441 Harvard Medical School In two parallel projects, researchers have created new genomes inside the bacterium E. coli in ways that test the limits of genetic…
Spending more for lung cancer treatment did not substantially increase patients’ lives
Public release date: 22-Oct-2007 A new study finds that survival for elderly patients with lung cancer has changed little despite large increases in healthcare expenditures for lung cancer treatment. The…
Harvard seeks $8.1 billion in record fundraising drive
Sunday, September 22, 2013 - 10:36 Reuters BOSTON - Harvard, the richest university in the United States, said on Saturday it would seek to raise some $6.5 billion in donations…
What makes good people do bad things? The mere smell of money can make people behave unethically
Researchers from Harvard and University of Utah found that the mere promise of money is enough to cause people to make unethical decisions Results of the study found people would…
Fatty acid metabolite shows promise against cancer in mice
UC Davis discovery demonstrates mechanism in dietary omega-3 fatty acids (fish oils) April 2, 2013 (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A team of UC Davis scientists has found that a product resulting…
Harvard stripped of quiz championships for cheating
Harvard University has been stripped of a string of US quiz championship titles after a cheating scandal was uncovered by organisers. Championships awarded to the Ivy League college, based in…
Salt identified as autoimmune trigger
Contact: Bill Hathaway 203-432-1322 Yale University For the past few decades, health officials have been reporting increases in the incidence of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). Now researchers…
Women’s iron intake may help to protect against PMS
Contact: Janet Lathrop jlathrop@admin.umass.edu 413-545-0444 University of Massachusetts at Amherst Women who reported eating a diet rich in iron were 30 to 40 percent less likely to develop PMS than…
Stanford University raises $1 Billion in Donations
Wednesday, 20 February 2013 Stanford University has set a new record for college fundraising, becoming the first school to collect more than $1 billion in a single year, according to…
Calorie levels on food packaging ‘wildly misleading’ “OMG WHAT FIBER AGAIN?”
EEV: The lead story now in two lead publications, seems to have misunderstanding of fiber. This appears to be more of an experiment on hype and misinformation, then actually health or…
Fat chance of slimming: dieters who eat high-fibre foods consume more calories, scientists say ” YES YOU READ IT RIGHT”
"So eating raw food is a good way to lose weight, but you need to be careful about it long-term and it would not be advisable in children,” Manufacturers'…
Do palm trees hold the key to immortality?
Contact: Richard Hund rhund@botany.org 314-577-9557 American Journal of Botany Recent review reveals unique cellular structure and function that may contribute to their long life-span For centuries, humans have been exploring,…
Harvard approves student club dedicated to ‘kinky sex’
The group 'Harvard College Munch,' which relishes in conversations about erotic sex, has been officially recognized by the prestigious university The expected approval from the school’s student life board will…
Harvard ‘deeply troubled’ by row over Israeli buffet
Photo by: Courtesy By CHARLES BYBELEZER 09/11/2012 Business School responds to former student's criticism, description of Israeli dining station as affront to Arabs. Harvard Business School is “deeply troubled” for…
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