Internationaal nieuws 3 - 9 januari 2016

University spin-off helps medical device innovators discover which better is best

Medical devices and equipment is a global multi-billion dollare industry. But a major drag on its growth is a consequence of its structure with more than 99 per cent of firms in the sector defined as small and medium-sized companies (SMEs).

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What the mouse eye tells the mouse brain

Tübingen researchers have shown that image processing in the eye is more extensive than previously thought. They investigated the channels that transmit information from the eye to the brain. In the course of this investigation, they not only identified numerous new cell types: they also found that the retina seems to possess some 40 different channels into the brain, twice as many as previously assumed.

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Molecular Mechanism responsible for a neurodegenerative disease discovered

Scientists from Bern have discovered a mechanism which is responsible for the degeneration of Purkinje cells in the cerebellum in a neurodegenerative disease called Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1. The results of their study open up new avenues for the future treatment of cerebellum associated degenerative disorders.

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Factors in the Blood During Dieting May Have Anti-Diabetes Properties

Factors in the blood from calorie-restricted rats can modify energy-producing mitochondria within the insulin-producing cells that regulate blood sugar levels, new research shows. This has a positive impact on glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and protects cells from fatty acid and glucose toxicity.

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Using nanoparticles to combat arteriosclerosis

In industrialized countries, a high number of people suffer from arteriosclerosis – with fatal consequences - deposits in the arteries lead to strokes and heart attacks. Researchers under the leadership of the University of Bonn have developed a method for guiding replacement cells to diseased vascular segments using nanoparticles. They demonstrated in mice that the fresh cells actually exert their curative effect in these segments. However, much research remains to be done prior to use in humans.

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Proposed Link Between Liver Cancer and Adeno-Associated Virus Challenged in Human Gene Therapy

The conclusion drawn from a recent study that insertion of adeno-associated virus 2 (AAV2) into human DNA causes mutations leading to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was resoundingly rejected by leading researchers in the fields of gene therapy and molecular genetics. Calling the conclusions of the study authors "an enormous leap from their data," the team of researchers challenge details of the experimental methods, interpretation of the findings, and limitations of the study design in an Editorial published in Human Gene Therapy, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers (http://www.liebertpub.com/). The Editorial is available free to download on the Human Gene Therapy (http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/hum.2015.29014.kib) website until February 6, 2016.

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Eat less and be happy -- really!

New brain-imaging research reveals that small, uncertain incentives stimulate the same reward center of the brain as food.

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Veterans and civilian patients at risk of ICU-related PTSD up to a year post discharge

One in ten patients is at risk of having new post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to their ICU experience up to a year post-discharge. This was the finding from a multicenter, prospective cohort research study of veterans and civilians. The research was published online ahead of print in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

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Long-term ozone exposure increases ards risks in critically ill

Critically ill patients who are exposed to higher daily levels of ozone are more likely to develop acute respiratory disease syndrome, according to a new study published online ahead of print in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

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Valuing your time more than money is linked to happiness

Valuing your time more than the pursuit of money is linked to greater happiness, according to new research published by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

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'Dry eye' linked to chronic pain syndromes

Physician-researchers with Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, part of UHealth-the University of Miami Health System, have found a link between 'dry eye' and chronic pain syndromes -- a finding that suggests that a new paradigm is needed for diagnosis and treatment to improve patient outcomes.

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Scientists root out the 'bad seeds' of liver cancer

Researchers have found the 'bad seeds' of liver cancer and believe they could one day reprogram them to remain responsive to cancer treatment, a new USC study has found. The key to disrupting chemo-resistant stem cells that become liver tumors from multiplying is to target the stem cell marker NANOG, said Keigo Machida, senior author.

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DNA research offers clues on cell mutation

A Colorado State University team has found that RNA plays a new and important role in the DNA repair process.

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UC San Diego researchers link higher risk of leukemia to low sunlight and vitamin D

Epidemiologists at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that persons residing at higher latitudes, with lower sunlight/ultraviolet B (UVB) exposure and greater prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, are at least two times at greater risk of developing leukemia than equatorial populations.

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Antibiotics pave way for C. diff infections by killing bile acid-altering bacteria

New research finds that bile acids which are altered by bacteria normally living in the large intestine inhibit the growth of Clostridium difficile, or C. diff.

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Researchers uncover new details linking stress, fat metabolism

If you're under constant stress and can't lose weight, there might be a protein to blame.

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Why low oxygen levels soon after birth may raise risk for learning & behavioral disorders

New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, shows that the development of white matter in the mouse brains is delayed when they are exposed to chronic low oxygen levels shortly after birth. If true in humans, this may help explain why infants born with cyanotic heart disease, prematurity and/or severe lung disease often exhibit developmental disabilities that effect learning during childhood, years after the low-oxygen exposure.

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Flu virus hijacking tactics revealed by scientists, paving way for new treatments

Scientists at Imperial College London have discovered how flu viruses 'hijack' cell machinery when they infect the body. The findings, published in the journal Nature, may pave the way for more effective antiviral treatments for pandemics and for seasonal flu, which infects over 800 million people worldwide every year.

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Deep-water ocean circulation may have awakened marine biodiversity climate change

In a new study, a research team headed from the Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, has shown a direct link between the greatest increase in Phanerozoic marine biodiversity and the onset of a sudden icehouse.

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Is it all just a myth -- does working too much actually affect your relationship?

Traditionally we have been told that the longer you work, the harder it is to maintain romantic relations. However, a new study from the journal Human Relations, published by SAGE in partnership with The Tavistock Institute, has found the opposite: that there is in fact no negative association between the hours worked and relationship satisfaction.

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Cancer drug shows promise for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy

A drug commonly used to treat leukemia is showing potential as a treatment that could slow the progression of the muscle-wasting condition, Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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How you manage your emails may be bad for your health

The research suggests many people have developed some bad habits when it comes to managing email. Nearly half of those surveyed have emails automatically sent to their inbox (push notifications) and 62 percent left their email on all day. Those who checked email early in the morning and late at night may think they are getting ahead, but they could be making things worse, as the study showed that these habits were linked to higher levels of stress and pressure.

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Male workers in typically female jobs are not motivated by money

Dr. Solowiej said - 'It is often assumed that men value careers with regular opportunities for promotion; however our study demonstrates that this isn't always the case. Men who work in typically female-dominated occupations value success in ways that went beyond salary and promotion.'

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Exercise to improve skill and coordination can help reduce lower back pain

A new Cochrane Review published today shows that targeting exercises to muscles that support and control the spine offers another strategy to reduce pain and disability caused by lower back pain.

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Skin bacteria help cancer cells grow

Our skin is covered in millions of bacteria and most of them help keep us healthy. However, for patients with lymphoma, it may be a rather different story, as new research from the University of Copenhagen shows that toxins in the staphylococcus bacteria help cancer cells gain control over healthy cells. The Danish Cancer Society's Break Cancer Collection contributed DKK 3 million (US$0.5 million) to the research project.

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Insulin-producing pancreatic cells created from human skin cells

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes and the University of California, San Francisco have successfully converted human skin cells into fully-functional pancreatic cells. The new cells produced insulin in response to changes in glucose levels, and, when transplanted into mice, the cells protected the animals from developing diabetes in a mouse model of the disease.

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Researchers discover link between stress and unhealthy microbiomes

Red squirrels living in a low-stress environment harbor healthier communities of micro-organisms, a result that might hold implications for human health, according to a new University of Guelph-led study.

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Loss of cells in brain's memory center linked to schizophrenia

Scientists have found that deficits in social memory -- a crucial yet poorly understood feature of psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia -- may be due to a decrease in the number of a particular class of brain cells, called inhibitory neurons, in a little-explored region within the brain's memory center. These findings explain some of the underlying mechanisms that lead to the more difficult-to-treat symptoms of schizophrenia, including social withdrawal, reduced motivation and decreased emotional capacity.

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Is there a connection between your age at menopause and later depression?

Is there a connection between your age at menopause and later depression? A review of medical literature suggests older age at menopause was associated with a lower risk of depression for women in later life.

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Sugary drinks tax in Mexico linked with 12 percent cut in sales after one year

In Mexico, a 10 percent tax on sugar sweetened drinks has been associated with an overall 12 percent reduction in sales and a 4 percent increase in purchases of untaxed beverages one year after implementation, finds a study published by The BMJ this week.

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Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome

Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome We have always been told that carbohydrates are the good guys of nutrition and that, if we eat large amounts of them, the world should be a better place.

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Effects of acute electromagnetic fields exposure on the interhemispheric homotopic functional connectivity during resting state.

In this paper, we aimed to investigate the possible effects of acute radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (EMF) on the interhemispheric homotopic functional connectivity with resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technique.

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One Mom's Race to Legalize Medical Cannabis in Her State and Potentially Save Her Daughter's Life

When she was born, doctors didn’t expect Remie Miette Ellet to live. In anticipation of her death, her mother gave her the name that means “sweet little remedy.”“I just really wanted her to have a pretty name I could remember her by,” Sarah Ellet says.

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Who's Responsible for CA's Giant Toxic Methane Leak That Has Forced Thousands to Evacuate Their Homes?

This natural gas leak is an atmospheric catastrophe like we've never seen before.

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A Look Into the Future at How TPP Could Create Environmental Nightmares

The TPP makes the rights of companies sacrosanct, including the right to mine. But what about the rights of people who live in the way of proposed mining sites?

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Exposing the EPA’s Dark Side

The federal agency has a broken process for regulating pesticides.

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Obesity 'linked to cancer rise'

Rising levels of obesity could be linked to an additional 670,000 cases of cancer in the next 20 years, a report by Cancer Research UK predicts.

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Organ donor bill 'potentially damaging'

The most senior doctor dealing with organ donation in Northern Ireland says legislation is not the way to increase donation rates.

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Are diet drinks a no-go?

Are low-calorie beverages really a healthier choice?

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FDA To Approve Cannabis-Based Pharmaceutical For Multiple Health Conditions

GW Pharmaceuticals is expected to be given a green light for a cannabidiol drug (marijuana-based medicine) which has shown promise in the treatment of epileptic children, cutting epileptic attacks down by as much as 100% (45% average). When will the Feds admit cannabis is a medical miracle? In one breath the mainstream medical system has been telling us that ‘cannabis has no medicinal value,’ while the U.S. government has stealthily patented cannabinoid-based medicine which obviously shows that our government officials are well aware that cannabis can be extremely valuable from a medicinal standpoint.

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How Corrupt Is the American Government?

The biggest companies own the D.C. politicians. Indeed, the head of the economics department at George Mason University has pointed out that it is unfair to call politicians “prostitutes”. They are in fact pimps … selling out the American people for a price. Government regulators have become so corrupted and “captured” by those they regulate that Americans know that the cop is on the take. Institutional corruption is killing people’s trust in our government and our institutions.

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'Healthy-ish' eating is good enough, experts say

If you can't eat healthy, maybe try eating "healthy-ish." That advice seems to be gaining traction among health advocates — like author Michael Pollan, who reduced his food philosophy to "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."

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Lumosity to refund $2M for unproven 'brain training' apps in U.S.

The developer of Lumosity "brain training" games will pay $2 million US to settle federal allegations that it misled customers about the cognitive benefits of its online apps and programs.

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Pets provide insights that can improve patient care

Health professionals who ask patients about their pets gain important information that can lead to better care for those people, new research shows.

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President Obama Links Mental Health Conditions and Gun Violence! He Needs to Hear from You!

On January 5, 2016, President Obama held a press conference in which he perpetuated the myth that there is a link between mental health conditions and gun violence. In response, the Campaign for Real Change in Mental Health Policy went into action, calling for people to “Tell the White House to Stop Scapegoating People with Psychiatric Diagnoses!” At the same time, the Campaign is circulating its petition, addressed to the U.S. House of Representatives, asking them to “Vote Against The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (H.R. 2646).” Full Article →

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Serotonin Is Still Alive and Well in Psychiatry Land

In the September, 2015 issue of JAMA Psychiatry, a team of Swedish researchers published a study evaluating the serotonin system in persons with social anxiety. the findings here are in direct contradiction to what the pharmaceutical companies would have us believe: that anxiety and depression are caused by deficit levels of serotonin. There was an editorial by the authors in the same issue which attempted to obfuscate the findings by referencing the heterogeneity in persons who exhibit social anxiety. Unfortunately, neither the article or the editorial referenced the work of neuroscientist who for the past 30 years have been investigating what happens in the brains of animals that are subjected to uncontrollable stress. Full Article →

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Setting the Record Straight - The Psychiatric Legacy of Robert Spitzer

On December 25, 2015, renowned psychiatrist Robert Spitzer died. Spitzer was a giant in world psychiatry, best known as the architect of the third edition of the psychiatry’s diagnostic bible — The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) — the edition that effected a turnaround and became the template for how psychiatric diagnosing has proceeded ever after. As such, this death has hardly gone unnoticed, with stories about him proliferating. Most of what is written is highly laudatory. What concerns me is how to understand his “psychiatric contribution” to society. Full Article →

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Do neonicotinoids harm bees? It depends on the crop, says EPA

The pesticide harms honeybees when used on cotton and citrus but not on crops such as corn, berries, and tobacco, says new EPA study.

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Beijing says pollution is down, despite 'red alerts' – or maybe because of them

Air pollution in China remains far above safe levels, but new government policies are stepping up to tackle it, spurred by concerned citizens who are taking matters into their own hands – literally. 

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What's really on your plate - hidden world of food fraud revealed - in pictures

Three years on from the horsemeat scandal, food safety expert Professor Chris Elliott explains how common food products are still at risk of adulteration.

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Three years on from the horsemeat scandal - 3 lessons we have learned

Smaller businesses do not have the resources to map out dangers of food fraud in their supply chain, warns the expert who led the horsemeat inquiry.

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More than half of UK's food sourced from abroad, study finds

Researchers warn that the damage done by the amount of food and feed coming from abroad has an environmental impact on poorer countries.

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Fracking fluid contains a stew of known toxic chemicals - and that may not be the worst of it.

New research reveals fracking involves hundreds of toxics that may pose serious ills and many more that remain unstudied.

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People are starving in East Africa—again—as the world looks away.

Humanitarian groups are growing increasingly concerned about two hunger emergencies unfolding in East Africa -- one caused by drought, the other by war.

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Berkeley's suit against Monsanto approved.

The Berkeley City Council has voted unanimously to file a nuisance lawsuit that seeks to hold Monsanto Co. accountable for the cost of cleaning up contamination that the city believes is linked to the company's products.

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Big carbon polluters face new emissions rule in Washington state.

New carbon pollution rules in Washington state will pack the biggest wallop for cement makers, oil refiners and paper mills.

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Consumers moving away from processed foods, toward fresh produce

With consumers souring on certain ingredients, General Mills this year exiled gluten from Cheerios and banished artificial colours and flavours from all of its cereals, its biggest US business. With organic and natural foods booming, General Mills is on the prowl for more acquisitions like its buyout of Annie's, the mac and cheese maker popular with millennial moms. While the move away from processed foods is a few years old, the pace of current change is unprecedented, said Ken Powell, General Mills' CEO and a 36-year food industry veteran.

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Venezuela passes new law rejecting GMOs and seed patents nationwide

(NaturalNews) In 2004, President Hugo Chavez prevented the planting of 500,000 acres of Monsanto's genetically modified (GM) corn. Since then the Venezuelan farmers have been expressing strong feelings against growing or buying GM seeds.However, this didn't stop big corporations...

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Why every prepper needs a reserve of raw, natural honey

(NaturalNews) Honey is one of nature's most amazing gifts. It's a substance which offers dozens of useful and health-boosting properties aside from its wonderful, sweet flavor. All serious preppers should make sure to obtain a sizable quantity of raw, natural honey to add to their...

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Monsanto's secret studies showed glyphosate caused cancer four decades ago

(NaturalNews) The world's most hated chemical company, Monsanto, knowingly engaged in some shady wheeling-and-dealing to get its prized herbicide, Roundup (glyphosate), approved for commercial use, a new independent inquiry has revealed.Dr. Stephanie Seneff from the Massachusetts...

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Marijuana overdose fatality rates remained at constant level throughout 2015

(NaturalNews) In late December 2015, the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its yearly statistics regarding overdose death rates from various legal and illegal drugs.Although overdose death rates are on the increase...

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Your DOCTOR is now your DICTATOR - Obama gives doctors power to declare you 'mentally ill' and take away your guns

(NaturalNews) Through the power of unconstitutional executive orders, Obama has just granted doctors the power to place you on the FBI's "no buy" list for firearms merely for having the opinion that you're "mentally ill."Yep, there's no scientific test, no hard evidence and no...

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Unravelling the Genetics of Pregnancy and Heartbreak

Scientists have found that women who suffer unexplained heart failure towards the end of pregnancy or shortly after giving birth share certain genetic changes.

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Teens with Autism and Caregivers Should Plan Early for Adulthood

As the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders continues to rise, medical professionals have emphasized early diagnosis, intervention and treatment. However, less attention has been given to children with autism once they reach their teen years and adulthood. Now, one University of Missouri researcher is working to find ways to support teens with autism and their caregivers so the teens can transition into adulthood successfully and independently.

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Money Affects Children's Behavior, Even if They Don't Understand Its Value

The act of handling money makes young children work harder and give less, according to new research published by the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management and University of Illinois at Chicago. The effect was observed in children who lacked concrete knowledge of money's purpose, and persisted despite the denomination of the money.

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Another Reason Why Your Diet Is Doomed - "Hunger" Neurons Promote Negative Feelings

In its simplest terms, weight loss occurs when the amount of energy consumed in the form of food is less than the amount of energy burned. This can be accomplished by eating less or exercising more. With either approach, the goal is to create a caloric debt that will be resolved by burning stored carbohydrate, protein, or fat. Challenges to losing the holiday weight (alternatively a beer gut, Freshman Fifteen, etc.) are simple: eating feels good and being hungry is uncomfortable.

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As If Slavery Weren’t Enough, 6 Other Reasons to Avoid Shrimp

Ah, shrimp. Americans can't get enough of it: Per capita consumption has doubled since the early '80s, and we now eat on average about four pounds per year of the briny crustacean. Not even tuna and salmon (about 2.3 pounds each) outshine the shrimp on the US dinner table.

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Fearful Food Industry Jeopardizing Public’s Right to Information

Over the more than 20 years I have worked as a business journalist, I’ve always been motivated by a simple premise - Knowledge is power, and that power belongs with the public.

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What Drinking Alcohol Does to Your Brain

Alcohol acts as a depressant to your central nervous system, which means when you drink it your brain cells communicate at a slower rate than normal. The limbic system of your brain, which controls emotions such as anxiety and fear, is also affected.

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A Better Year for Migrants?

The Mediterranean migration crisis has exposed the inadequacy of European and global systems for protecting migrants, which has enabled populist leaders to win support by stoking public fear. That is why vigorous action at the European and global levels – which was sorely lacking in 2015 – is essential this year.

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The Danger of a Weak Europe

The key question in assessing Europe’s power resources is whether the EU will retain enough cohesion to speak with a single voice on a wide range of international issues, or remain a limited grouping defined by its members’ different national identities, political cultures, and foreign policies. The answer varies by issue.

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Underage youth widely exposed to online alcohol marketing

(Reuters Health) - More than half of underage people say they’ve seen alcohol marketing on the Internet, though few admit to engaging with brands or being a fan online, according to a new U.S. study.

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E-cigarette ads' wide reach among U.S. youth alarming
(Reuters) - E-cigarette companies are reaching about seven in 10 U.S. middle- and high-school students with advertisements employing themes of sex, independence and rebellion that hooked previous generations on regular cigarettes, a government study released on Tuesday said.

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How Much do You Know About Your Own Brain?

We tend to believe we're aware of what's happening in our own brains, and also in conscious control of our behavior. But a growing body of neuroscience and psychology research demonstrates that most of what happens inside the brain-- including the processes that cause us to select and execute behaviors-- is beyond our conscious awareness. This has important implications for our eating behavior, body weight, and health, as I explore in my upcoming book The Hungry Brain.Let me give you a straightforward example that illustrates how little of our brain's activity we're aware of. It focuses on information processing by the visual system, which is one of the best-understood systems of the brain. I drew the basic facts of this example from a recent talk by the accomplished neuroscience researcher Marcus Raichle, who studies patterns of activity in the human brain. Read more »This post was written by Stephan Guyenet for Whole Health Source.

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Greenpeace - Chinese Farmers Are Illegally Growing GMO Corn

An investigation into corn production in Liaoning Province has found that 93 percent of ...

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27,000 Pink Plastic Detergent Bottles Wash Up on UK Beach

"Our friends at Lizard National Trust were the first to spot these bottles on their beaches and believe they are...

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12 Earthquakes Hit Frack-Happy Oklahoma in Less Than a Week

Oklahoma closed 2015 with an estimated 900 earthquakes hitting its ...

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Two Indoor Farm Startups Stand Up to Alaska’s Short Growing Season

How do you turn Alaska's icy tundras into lush, year-round farms? Two forward-thinking startups...

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Ocean engineering students study impact of rising sea levels

It's no secret that rising sea levels and storms are threatening Rhode Island's coastal communities. Now University of Rhode Island students are studying one community that could be hit especially hard: Matunuck.

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Toxins found in fracking fluids and wastewater, study shows

In an analysis of more than 1,000 chemicals in fluids used in and created by hydraulic fracturing (fracking), Yale School of Public Health researchers found that many of the substances have been linked to reproductive and developmental health problems, and the majority had undetermined toxicity due to insufficient information.

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The UK is increasingly outsourcing the environmental impacts of its food supply

A new study from researchers at the University of Aberdeen, the Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, the James Hutton Institute, and the Alpen-Adria University in Vienna, shows that the UK's food self-sufficiency has decreased substantially over recent decades, as more food and animal feed are imported compared to 25 years ago.

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New Dietary Guidelines Crack Down On Sugar. But Red Meat Gets A Pass

An advisory panel had recommended telling Americans to cut back on red and processed meats. But that controversial advice is missing from the update to the government's official nutrition guidelines.

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How A Simple Bump Can Cause An Insidious Brain Injury

Hundreds of thousands of people suffer brain injuries each year. Sometimes the damage is caused by something that seems innocuous, like a stumble or a bump on the head. When should you see a doctor?

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Acetominophen Use During Pregnancy Associated with Increased Autism Risk in Danish Study

Here's a study that readers will find interesting as the "genetic" epidemic rages on. ABSTRACT http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26688372 Acetaminophen (paracetamol) is the most commonly used pain and fever medication during pregnancy. Previously, a positive ecological correlation between acetaminophen use and autism spectrum...

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Need to Switch Your Pet’s Food? Here Are Key Steps to Take

Your veterinarian has recommended a diet change for your pet. Easy, right? Maybe not. It may seem daunting, but here are a few steps you can take to successfully switch over to a new food or way of feeding. 1. Go Slow Any two diets will have differences between them — even if these differences are […]

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Can Stress Sometimes Be Good?

Everywhere you look, there are articles touting the dangers of submitting to stress — that it is the worst possible thing for your health. We are urged to find our inner calm and are taught to avoid stress like, well, the plague. But, stress will inevitably find its way to you, one way or another (especially since […]

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8 Reasons to Love Seaweed

Some people are touting seaweed as a super food for 2016, but this treasure from the oceans reached that status before the turn of the new year.

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SAM-e for fibromyalgia - Studies reveal advantages of supplement

SAM-e is also known as S-adenosylmethionine, and it has become a popular supplement. This amino acid has been used by patients seeking relief from depression, anxiety, pain, headaches, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia and other health problems. Although researchers continue to debate the efficacy of this supplement, patients have reported an improvement in their fibromyalgia symptoms after using the treatment.

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Is your smoothie doing you more HARM than good?

Smoothies cause levels of antioxidants - chemicals thought to protect cells from damage - in the body to plummet for up to a day after drinking, an alarming experiment by Newcastle University has found.

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New injection illuminates cancer cells 'making it easier for surgeons to locate and remove'

Duke University Medical Center scientists tested a blue injectable agent called LUMO15, which fluoresces cancerous cells - and found they could better remove tumors and surrounding tissue.

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Health experts fear 'adverts threaten to reverse progress in preventing smoking'

CDC director Dr Tom Frieden said 'the same advertising tactics used by the tobacco industry years ago to get children addicted to nicotine are now being used to entice them to use e-cigarettes'.

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Having a big family can 'make children badly behaved or low achievers'

The National Bureau of Economic Research found for every additional child born, the others are more likely to suffer. Boys were more likely to misbehave while girls saw their maths and reading skills dip.

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Can smothering your FEET in Vicks cure that cough?

An increasing number of Vicks fans are claiming the ointment works better for them when they put it… on their feet. Users have claimed that the trick lets people suffering coughs have a good night's sleep.

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Researchers reveals breakthrough that can harvest energy from natural motion

A new device developed by researchers at MIT has potential to harvest energy from natural motion to charge your phone while you walk, using mechanical energy to produce voltage.

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Could a mind reading computer let us speak telepathically?

Technology developed by computer scientists at Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan is able to identify distinct brainwaves produced before people utter different syllables.

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10 healthy and easily-bought supermarket foods to stock up on

Forget expensive and hard-to-find fads and supplements. These foods have been billed as some of the healthiest around - and you’ll find all of them in the supermarket

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With Twice The Protein As Quinoa, The Pulse Might Be The Year’s New Hot ‘Superfood’

Beans, lentils, and chickpeas are looking to get a boost in 2016, thanks to a U.N. initiative.

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Why Nuclear Power Is Just Too Costly To Play A Bigger Role In Stopping Climate Change

Nuclear power might play a modest role in avoiding catastrophic global warming, but renewables will play a much bigger role in any plausible scenario.

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Oklahoma Fracking Company Defies Plan To Reduce Earthquakes

The link between Oklahoma's earthquakes and fracking is about to be tested.

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A broken bone may lead to widespread body pain – not just at the site of the fracture

Breaking a major bone may increase risk of widespread chronic body pain in later life, a new study has found.

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Overweight young people can avoid diabetes risk if they lose weight early enough, says new research

Obese young people can still turn their chances of developing life threatening illness around if they change before middle age, says new research.

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High blood sugar levels could lead to heart attack complications

Foods high in sugar could affect heart’s recovery according to University of Leicester study

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Tools for protecting drinking water

We place high demands on the quality of our drinking water. If pathogens or toxic substances found their way into the piping system, many people could become infected or injured very quickly. That’s why this risk must be kept low. To do this, experts have developed technologies for a comprehensive monitoring, early warning and emergency management system.

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NUS study shows the causes of mangrove deforestation in Southeast Asia

A National University of Singapore study identified the rapid expansion of rice agriculture in Myanmar, as well as sustained conversion of mangroves to oil palm plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia, as increasing and under-recognised threats to mangrove ecosystems in Southeast Asia. This is the first study to systematically quantify the conversion of mangroves to different land use types in the region and identify the key drivers of mangrove deforestation over the last decade.

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The brain can be trained to regulate negative emotions -- Ben-Gurion University study

'These findings are the first to demonstrate that non-emotional training that improves the ability to ignore irrelevant information can result in reduced brain reactions to emotional events and alter brain connections,' says Dr. Noga Cohen. Cohen conducted the study as part of her Ph.D. research at BGU's Cognitive Neuropsychology Lab under the supervision of Prof. Avishai Henik of the Department of Psychology. 'These changes were accompanied by strengthened neural connections between brain regions involved in inhibiting emotional reactions.'

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Wage gap could explain why women are more likely to be anxious and depressed than men

The odds of major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder were markedly greater among women who earned less than their male counterparts, with whom they were matched on education and years of experience. Among women whose income was lower than their male counterparts, odds of major depression were nearly 2.5 times higher than men.

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New findings on embryonic heart valves may prevent congenital heart defects in newborns

Cornell biomedical engineers have discovered natural triggers that could reduce the chance of life-threatening, congenital heart defects among newborn infants. Those triggers can override developmental, biological miscues, leading to proper embryonic heart and valve formation.

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Waste less at home

Consumer food waste carries the highest environmental impact compared to losses earlier in the food chain, and it is no longer a problem concentrated only in higher income countries. How can household food waste be reduced? The proper answer might come from more research to identify which communication and marketing initiatives work better to decrease waste.

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DHEA improves vaginal discomfort after menopause

A new phase III trial with positive results is taking intravaginal DHEA a step closer to governmental approval. The formulation could provide women who cannot or do not wish to use intravaginal estrogen with an effective vaginal alternative for easing vaginal symptoms and pain with sex after menopause. The trial results were published online today in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society.

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Study finds cerebrovascular disease to be major determinant of psychosis in patients with Alzheimer's

About half of all patients with Alzheimer's disease develop symptoms of psychosis, such as delusions or hallucinations.

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Mind of blue - Conveying emotion affects brain's creativity network

The workings of neural circuits associated with creativity are significantly altered when artists are actively attempting to convey emotions, according to a new brain-scanning study of jazz pianists.

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Is your child's achy back more than just growing pains?

According to a new literature review in the January issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, it's becoming more common for children and adolescents to seek medical care for back pain. Even with expensive, advanced tests like MRI scans, doctors may not be able to find the exact cause for the pain.

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Gene thought to suppress cancer may actually promote spread of colorectal cancer

A gene that is known to suppress the growth and spread of many types of cancer has the opposite effect in some forms of colorectal cancer, University of Missouri School of Medicine researchers have found. It is a finding that may lay the foundation for new colorectal cancer treatments.

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Social networks as important as exercise and diet across the span of our lives

The more social ties people have at an early age, the better their health is at the beginnings and ends of their lives, according to a new study from UNC-Chapel Hill. The study is the first to definitively link social relationships with concrete measures of physical well-being such as abdominal obesity, inflammation, and high blood pressure, all of which can lead to long-term health problems, including heart disease, stroke and cancer.

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Pioneering artificial pancreas to undergo final tests

A device to automatically monitor and regulate blood-sugar levels in people with type 1 diabetes will undergo final testing in two clinical trials beginning early this year.

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Students with influence over peers reduce school bullying by 30 percent

Curbing school bullying has been a focal point for educators, administrators, policymakers and parents, but the answer may not lie within rules set by adults, according to new research led by Princeton University. Instead, the solution might actually be to have the students themselves, particularly those most connected to their peers, promote conflict resolution in school.

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How to improve cardiac arrest survival in three easy steps

Although survival rates for people who suffer cardiac arrest outside a hospital are extremely low in most places, emergency physicians propose three interventions to improve survival rates and functional outcomes in any community and urge additional federal funding for cardiac resuscitation research in an editorial published online last Wednesday in Annals of Emergency Medicine ('IOM Says Times to Act to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival ... Here's How').

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Higher monthly doses of vitamin D associated with increased risk of falls

Higher monthly doses of vitamin D were associated with no benefit on low extremity function and with an increased risk of falls in patients 70 or older in a randomized clinical trial, according to an article published online by JAMA Internal Medicine.

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Mobile phone use and risk of glioma
Our results do not support the hypothesis that the use of mobile phones increases the risk of gliomas in Koreans; however, we found a non-significant increase in risks among ipsilateral users.

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Should We Be Paranoid About Hormone Risks from Essential Oils?

A scientific study alleges that lavender and tea tree oils caused pubescent boys to grow breasts.

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People Don't Mix Alcohol & Marijuana as Often as You Might Think

New data upends a common assumption.

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Sustainable Sabotage - Activists Use New Tactics to Thwart Animal Trophy Hunters

A new wave of animal rights activism is scrupulous about staying within the law to protect wolves, bears and other animals from hunters.

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Dental care in England 'Third World'

Standards of NHS dental care in England are likened to a "Third World" service, by dentists.

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Free app reveals drink sugar content

Parents are being urged to sign up for a free app which tells them the sugar content of food and drink, created by Public Health England.

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The bionic eye that can restore sight

A woman who has gradually been losing her sight for years has been describing the joys of being able to see again after being fitted with a bionic eye.

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Exploding the low fat myth

Explainer looking at why low fat isn't the best way to lose weight.

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Low-fat or high-fat - does it matter?

Does it really matter how much fat we eat?

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Is breakfast a waste of time?

Does the science behind breakfast actually stack up?

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Marijuana derivative 'shatter' poses risks, policy challenges

With its high THC-potency and production dangers, the marijuana derivative called shatter is offering police and policy makers a new set of challenges.

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Widespread brain damage of man with 10 concussions 'unusual in such a young football player'

A 25-year-old former college football player showed signs of a type of brain degeneration from repeated trauma, say researchers who described the autopsy-confirmed case.

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Psychiatry and Crime

I have made the point many times that the DSM definition of a mental disorder can be accurately paraphrased as: any significant problem of thinking, feeling, and/or behaving. It is important to note that the APA's definition of a mental disorder/illness is entirely arbitrary, in that there is no objective reality to which it must conform. A mental disorder is what the APA says it is, and there is no way to argue that a particular problem is not a mental disorder, because there is no reality against which this kind of labeling can be checked. Full Article →

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Waste not, want not - why French diners are learning to love their leftovers

Doggy bags are so alien to restaurants in France that there isn’t even a word for them.

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How satellite technology is helping to fight illegal fishing

A new initiative is arming coastguards with satellite intelligence that allows them to target their search for pirate fishing vessels in remote marine areasPirate fishing vessels plundering fish from the world’s marine reserves, such as the one around Ascension Island announced on the weekend, can now be watched, tracked and brought to justice using satellite technology. Despite a proliferation of huge, publicly lauded marine reserves, actually stopping fishing in many remote areas has previously been almost impossible.

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Should you worry about the radiation from CT scans?

Patients demand — and doctors order — a lot of CT scans. So what’s the harm in testing?

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What scientists discovered in Greenland could be making sea-level rise yet worse.

Rising global temperatures may be affecting the Greenland ice sheet - and its contribution to sea-level rise - in more serious ways that scientists imagined, a new study finds.

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FDA Bans Three Toxic Chemicals From Food Wrapping – Too Little, Too Late

Under pressure from EWG and other environmental and health groups, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is banning three grease-resistant chemical substances linked to cancer and birth defects from use in pizza boxes, microwave popcorn bags, sandwich wrappers and other food packaging.

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Positive - Britain to create marine reserve the size of UK in waters of Ascension Island

The British Government is to create a marine reserve only slightly smaller than the UK in the waters of Ascension Island in the South Atlantic, it has been announced. The waters have a host of extraordinary species, including some of the largest marlin in the world, one of the largest populations of green turtles, large colonies of tropical seabirds, and the island's own unique frigate bird.

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Positive - Spain plans super 'whale highway' to help safe migration through Mediterranean

Spain's Environment Ministry is planning a special route through the Mediterranean that will protect whales and dolphins from the dangers of oil drilling. The 'whale highway' will help in the conservation of whales and other cetaceous species in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain. If the plan goes ahead, exploratory drilling by oil companies will be banned in the area, a victory for campaigners who have long called for an end to the practice, which can severely harm the marine ecosystem.

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Chinese government harvests organs from LIVE religious prisoners, complaints allege

(NaturalNews) Thousands of members of a religious group in China, the world's most populous nation, are said to have had their organs illegally harvested while they were still alive so they could be sold to "transplant tourists" as part of a massive human rights abuse conspiracy.The...

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Is the meat industry more sustainable than California's almond plantations?

(NaturalNews) When "progressives" speak about unsustainable food production, they often go after meat products as being among the worst foods for the health of our planet. But did you know that the amount of water required to grow a single serving of almonds using conventional methods...

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Prenatal exposure to SSRI antidepressants changes brain wiring, causes anxiety and depression in adults

(NaturalNews) The dangers of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) like Prozac and Lexapro are once again highlighted in a new study, which found that the use of these brain-altering drugs during pregnancy can have lasting and sometimes permanent effects on offspring, with...

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Climate Change Altering Greenland Ice Sheet & Accelerating Sea Level Rise, Says York University Prof

New research has found the Greenland ice sheet is rapidly losing the ability to buffer its contribution to rising sea levels.

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How Much Omega-3 Is Right for You and What Are the Best Sources?

Many Americans diets are lacking in healthy fats, and this includes the animal-based omega-3 fats eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Although omega-3s are most well known for their role in heart health, they're important for so much more.

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Yurok Tribe Adopts Ordinance Banning Frankenfish and GMOs

The Yurok Tribe, the largest Indian Tribe in California with over 6,000 members, has banned genetically engineered salmon and all Genetically Engineered Organisms (GEOs) on their reservation on the Klamath River in the state's northwest region.

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Why Do Americans Wash and Refrigerate Eggs?

Perhaps it's just a matter of course that you wash your eggs before using them. Many Americans do.

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Lack of sleep is hurting Canada's kids

A surprising new Canadian study suggests 70 per cent of children have trouble settling into what should come naturally — sleep. And further, about 30 per cent of parents struggling with this problem give their kids over-the-counter medications such as melatonin, a so-called “magic pill” with unknown long-term effects.

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Hanging a mirror in the kitchen can prevent weight gain, study finds

It seems like a painfully obvious suggestion, but installing a mirror in the dining room and kitchen could be one of the best ways to avoid piling on the pounds

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Venezuela Bans GMO Crops, Passes One of World’s Most Progressive Seed Laws

Venezuela approved a new law that imposes one of the world's toughest regulations on...

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Feds Sue Volkswagen in Diesel Emissions Scandal

The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit against Volkswagen charging that ...

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Teflon’s Toxic Legacy - DuPont Knew for Decades It Was Contaminating Water Supplies

A jury found DuPont liable for Carla Bartlett’s cancer, agreeing that...

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Bad air 'plagued Beijing for nearly half of 2015'

Beijingers spent nearly half of 2015 breathing air that did not meet national standards, Chinese media reported Tuesday, as the city struggles to address a smog problem that has provoked widespread public anger.

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Lack Of Deep Sleep May Set The Stage For Alzheimer's

A mouse's brain clears out toxins during periods of deep sleep — including toxins that form the sticky plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease. Could the same hold true for people?

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Forgot Something Again? It's Probably Just Normal Aging

Around age 50, people may begin to forget things. This can be scary. But there are clear differences between the onset of dementia and totally normal, age-related lapses in memory.

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Can too much exercise harm your heart?

New findings should reassure most of us with ambitious fitness goals for the new year with a note of caution.

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New MRI techniques mean fewer brain surgeries like the one that removed this apple-sized abscess

A new MRI scanning technique allows neurosurgeons to differentiate between the blood vessels that will be present in different types of tumours.

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Tiny Seaweed Beads Could One Day Replace Insulin Injections

Microfluidics could help make pancreatic islet transplants more effective for patients with type 1 diabetes.

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7 Foods to Add to Plain Oatmeal That Pack a Nutritious Punch

Oatmeal is really the perfect breakfast food, at least in my opinion. When you choose whole oats that arent prepackaged with any extra sugar, flavoring or other processed ingredients, youre getting a seriously healthy and filling dose of fiber-rich carbohydrates, protein, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.

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Rob Hobson unveils the 8 biggest diet mistakes we ALL make

Rob Hobson, a nutritionist in London, says we are all making mistakes which hamper our weight loss efforts. These include relying on diet meals, skipping carbs and eating too many snacks.

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Detoxing is a waste of time and money because your body has ALREADY done it for you, expert claims

Dr Veronique Chachay, a dietitian from the University of Queensland, says the body is a 'self-mending, self-detoxing machine'.

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Can having CHILDREN wreck your hearing?

Excessive noise is known to raise the risk of hearing loss and trigger stress in the body that’s linked to high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke.

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Why having too much 'good' cholesterol can actually be BAD for you

FOR many years, doctors have drawn a distinction between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ cholesterol. Now it seems that for some patients, high HDL levels actually confer no benefits and may even be detrimental.

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Does the Pill make you fat and should you take it for years?

There are 15 million unwanted pregnancies a year, with 40 per cent of women saying they avoid contraception due to health concerns. Here, experts bust the main myths about the Pill..

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Could YOGA help prevent you from Broken-heart syndrome?

Broken-heart syndrome, which primarily affects women in their 60s, is often triggered by extreme emotional stress, like the death of a loved one, and in certain cases can be fatal.

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Black pudding set to fly off the shelves as 2016's new superfood

Black pudding, a breakfast staple in the many parts of the UK, has been listed as one of the foods expected to soar in popularity because of its nutritional benefits.

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Fat people 'are in denial about cancer' and risks of being overweight

Around 24,000 cases a year could be prevented if people maintained a healthy weight, according to the World Cancer Research Fund, which carried out the 'alarming' poll.

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Breast cancer tumours were targeted by tiny gold seeds

Linda Rowe, 70, a grandmother from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was one of the first women in the UK to undergo a new procedure to locate cancer in the breast.

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Why YOU crave junk food when you're drunk

Scientists at the University of Liverpool found people who drank alcohol ate more cookies than those given a placebo drink, suggesting alcohol impairs self control and causes people to eat more.

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Is the flu jab pointless?

The flu jab only protects against major strains of the virus, a study by New York University found. But minor variants are also transmitted and they can still land us in bed or kill the weak and infirm.

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Why buying a home from a smoker increases YOUR chance of cancer

Researchers at San Diego State University found the harmful residue of tobacco smoke was absorbed by most porous surfaces. Cleaning or painting over surfaces did not contain the compounds.

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Van Winkle reports the sleep position that will lead to nightmares

People who sleep on their left side are more at risk of nightmares, whilst those who sleep on their right have better quality sleep with a greater feeling of safety.

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Chemical signals in sweat may warn us when a person is feeling angry

Neuroscientists at Karolinska University in Stockholm, Sweden, found body odour from men taking part in aggressive activities like boxing triggered anxiety in those who smelt it.

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Climate change could lead to an energy crisis

World energy production could be significantly affected by the impacts of climate change, a study by researchers from Wageningen University in the Netherlands has claimed.

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Is your email inbox making you SICK?

The London-based Future Work Centre asked nearly 2,000 working people across a variety of industries, sectors and job roles in the UK about their experience of using email.

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CSNE says fibres fitted inside the BRAIN could restore stroke victims' movement

The devices, developed at the University of Washington, record and decode electrical signals generated by the brain when a person forms an intention (illustrated).

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What effect alcohol is having on our bodies including 5 cancer links

From causing the pancreas to become inflamed to shrinking the testicles and lowering testosterone levels, we reveal how alcohol, even in moderate amounts, can harm the body.

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Loneliness ‘as unhealthy as diabetes’

A life of loneliness threatens aspects of someones health as much as physical inactivity in adolescence or diabetes in old age, new research claims.

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Climate Change Is Taking A Toll On Farmers’ Mental Health

A new study from Australia connects climate change to farmers' mental health.

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Methane Release from Northern Lakes Needs Serious Attention

Methane is increasing in the atmosphere, but many sources are poorly understood. Lakes at high northern latitudes are such a source.

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If you’re reading this article, you have time to exercise

High intensity training offers workout benefits for the time-crunched, says a McMaster professor.

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A new approach to dealing with back pain

Emotional outlook and stress, not structural concerns, are the No. 1 factor for back pain, according to a study from Stanford University.

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Functional training, high-intensity interval training top fitness trends for 2016

Canfitpro's annual survey of fitness trends listed the same top two workout regimens as last year's report.

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Unsweetened natural cocoa has anti-asthmatic potential
Unsweetened natural cocoa powder has potential anti-asthmatic properties when administered orally at the doses tested.

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The Big Short's Michael Burry Warns "The Little Guy Will Pay" For The Next Crisis
We are sure, just as many of the so-called "smartest men in the room" ignored him last time, so every status-quo-maintaining, asset-gathering, commission-taker will be quick to dissonantly shrug off Michael Burry's (the economic soothsayer from Michael Lewis' book "The Big Short") warnings this time.

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Security gaping holes
The German researchers found, any card data may be easily stolen right off the terminals designed to protect it. This risk can not be easily fixed. Not only customers but shops can find this technology turned against them. Meanwhile banks are acknoledged of this problem but are reluctant to react to it.

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Why we shouldn’t let the food industry dictate our diets
Michael Pollan's bestselling book "In Defense of Food" was a call to arms for making real food a bigger part of Americans' diets. Now he takes that push to PBS with a new documentary.

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Fructose might fuel growth of cancer
Fructose, a type of sugar, may be blamed for fueling the growth of cancer, finds a new research. The research paper published in the journal Cancer Research has shown a possible mechanism as to how it works.

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Vitamin D Status and Bone Mineral Density in Obese Children with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
In conclusion, inflammatory markers, hepatic fibrosis scores, trunk fat, and insulin resistance may reflect the spectrum of NAFLD in obese children, whereas vitamin D levels and BMD may not. In patients with NASH, however, low serum vitamin D is associated with hepatic fibrosis and insulin resistance, but not with bone health status.

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Vitamin D and neuropsychological assessment of cognitive functions
This study confirms the high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in elderly population and suggests a link between vitamin D deficiency and memory.

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Vitamin D Status and Rates of Cognitive Decline in a Multiethnic Cohort of Older Adults
Low VitD status was associated with accelerated decline in cognitive function domains in ethnically diverse older adults, including African American and Hispanic individuals who exhibited a high prevalence of VitD insufficiency or deficiency. It remains to be determined whether VitD supplementation slows cognitive decline.

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Vitamin D and executive functioning - Are higher levels better?
Supratherapeutic levels of vitamin D were associated with significantly better performance on verbal fluency. Importantly, commonly used cutoff levels and sufficiency categories have been based on bone health and optimal levels for cognition are unknown. These findings suggest that levels exceeding 100 nmol L-1 may be optimal for at least some aspects of executive functioning.

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Vitamin C Deficiency of Korean Homeless Patients Visiting to Emergency Department with Acute Alcohol Intoxication
The patients' vitamin C levels were markedly diminished, vitamin C replacement therapy for homeless patients should be considered in EDs.

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Electroacupuncture prevents white adipose tissue inflammation
We conclude that EA prevents weight gain through modulation of HIF-1?-dependent pathways and inflammatory response in obese adipose tissues.

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Curcumin prevents inflammatory response, oxidative stress and insulin resistance in high fructose fed male Wistar rats
Our findings conclude that curcumin attenuated glucose intolerance and insulin resistance through its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. Thus, we suggest the use of curcumin as a therapeutic adjuvant in the management of diabetes, obesity and their associated complications.

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25-hydroxyvitamin D levels are associated with multiple sclerosis in Iran
There was no association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and disability scores in MS patients. Iranian Patients with MS have low levels of vitamin D and, where deemed necessary, appropriate supplementation should be given.

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Vitamin D - A New Promising Therapy for Congenital Ichthyosis
Supplementation with high-dose vitamin D followed by recommended daily allowance appears to be an effective form of therapy in the management of congenital ichthyosis with vitamin D deficiency.

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Iron, folate and vitamin B12 status of Ethiopian professional runners
The observed gender difference in the association of running-distance category with iron and folate in this study needs further investigation. Given the 11 % iron overload in the present study; there is a need of awarance creation activities and diet intervention in the athletics federation, the athletes and the coaches in order not aggravate the present overload. Prescription of supplements such as iron-folate, multivitamins and minerals should not be based on broad spectrum rather it should be based on recent history of confirmed deficiency, clinical signs and/or laboratory testing to prevent trace element toxicity.

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Intestinal anti-inflammatory activity of the seeds of Raphanus sativus L. in experimental ulcerative colitis models
The current findings show that RWE ameliorates intestinal oxidative and inflammatory damages in DSS and TNBS models of rat colitis, suggesting its beneficial use for the treatment of intestinal inflammatory disorders.

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Calcitriol ameliorates renal damage in a pre-established proteinuria model
Calcitriol may have therapeutic potential in the proteinuric nephropathy model used in the present study by inhibiting the TGF-?1 axis.

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Elevated plasma vitamin B12 levels and cancer prognosis
Cancer patients with elevated Cbl levels had higher mortality than those with normal Cbl levels. These findings may have clinical significance for assessing the prognosis of cancer patients.

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Dietary fiber and satiety - the effects of oats on satiety
the majority of the evidence suggests that oat ?-glucan has a positive effect on perceptions of satiety.

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Instant Oatmeal Increases Satiety and Reduces Energy Intake Compared to a Ready-to-Eat OatBased Breakfast Cereal
The effects of instant oatmeal on satiety demonstrated in this study are similar to the effects that were observed in previous studies comparing the satiety effects of a thicker oat flake (old-fashioned oatmeal) with the oat-based RTEC [19] and a smaller serving of instant oatmeal to an isocaloric serving of the RTEC [20].

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Victory in Paris vs Monsanto GMO Cabal
There is a very positive news coming out of Paris, a city with more than her share of bad news lately. It’s a major legal victory for the voices of science and reason against the GMO Monsanto-led cabal.

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Effects of Vitex Agnus and Flaxseed on cyclic mastalgia
Flaxseed and Vitex agnus are effective in short-term period in decreasing cyclical mastalgia. However, further studies are needed to examine the long-term effectiveness and sustainability of the effects after stopping the treatment in order to decide whether these alternative treatments are suitable to treat mastalgia or not.

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Direct electrical stimulation on the injured ulnar nerve using acupuncture needles combined with rehabilitation accelerates nerve regeneration and functional recovery
Directly applying ES to the proximal site of an injured nerve can augment nerve regeneration through three suspected mechanisms.

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Does pain-catastrophising mediate the effect of tai chi on treatment outcomes for people with low back pain?
As the first known mediation analysis of tai chi for reducing low back pain-symptoms, it provides initial evidence that it may do so by having an effect on cognitive appraisal outcomes such as pain-catastrophising and information for choosing appropriate process measures for future studies.

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Impact of prebiotic supplementation on T-cell subsets and their related cytokines, anthropometric features and blood pressure in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
The present study showed several beneficial effects of oligofructose-enriched inulin on the improvement of the glycemic status, lipid profile, and immune markers in patients with T2DM.

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Reduced risk of stroke in patients with cardiac arrhythmia receiving traditional Chinese medicine
Receiving TCM treatment was associated with a lower risk of stroke in patients with cardiac arrhythmia. However, this study was limited by lack of information regarding lifestyles, biochemical profiles, the dose of herbal medicine, and acupuncture points used in treatments.

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Sugar in western diets increases risk for breast cancer tumors and metastasis

The high amounts of dietary sugar in the typical western diet may increase the risk of breast cancer and metastasis to the lungs, according to a study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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Three hits to fight lung cancer

A new study in mice has shown that cancers with KRAS-related gene mutations might benefit from a triple therapy with two experimental drugs plus radiation therapy.

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Sylvester researchers describe role of STING protein in development of colorectal cancer

A new study published today by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (Sylvester) reports on a key finding about the immune system's response to tumor development following studies on colorectal cancer. This is the first detailed examination of how the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) signaling pathway may play an important role in alerting the immune system to cellular transformation.

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Genetically correcting a muscle disorder

Three independent groups of researchers provide preliminary evidence that CRISPR can treat genetic disorders by editing a gene involved in muscle functioning, restoring some muscle function in mice with a specific type of muscular dystrophy.

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A father's diet affects the RNA of his sperm, mouse study shows

Two new studies in mice demonstrate how a father's diet affects levels of specific small RNAs in his sperm, which in turn can affect gene regulation in offspring.

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What are the risks of giving birth inside and outside a hospital setting?

The out-of-hospital birth setting in Oregon was associated with a higher risk of perinatal death, while the in-hospital birth setting was associated with a higher risk for cesarean delivery and other obstetric interventions (e.g., induction or augmentation of labor), according a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University.

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Let hunger be your guide

New research published in the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, found that the tendency of today's consumers to eat when they are not hungry might be less advantageous for health than eating when they are hungry.

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Michael Pollan - What You Should Eat to Be Healthy

A new documentary helps consumers navigate a food system complicated by globalization and industrialization.

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5 Crazy Ideas About Female Sexual Desire in History

The presence of female desire was once considered a bigger problem than the absence of it.

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The Big Lie in the War Against Drugs

Since the beginning, the War on Drugs has been about controlling political power--by breaking up Black communities and the dissident left.

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Nailing Obesity? Put a Tax on Food that Makes People Fat

The prevailing belief is that so-called fat taxes need to be hefty to have a material impact on consumer choice.

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Food Is Fundamental - Why Aren't We Teaching Kids About What They're Eating in School Cafeterias?

Its time that the place where kids eat every day actually reflects the importance that food has on health and nutrition.

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E-cigarette laws to change across EU

Laws on electronic cigarettes are to change across Europe, with new health warnings and controls on how they are sold.

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The Global Health Crisis Will Crush the Global Economy

Though evidence of a looming global healthcare crisis is plainly visible, few seem to realize the consequences will be catastrophic to individuals, households and national economies. Here is a list—by no means exhaustive—of major health issues threatening hundreds of millions of people globally.

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Scientists Reprogram Social Behavior in Carpenter Ants Using Epigenetic Drugs

In Florida carpenter ant colonies, distinct worker castes called minors and majors exhibit pronounced differences in social behavior throughout their lives. In a new study published today in Science, a multi-institution team anchored at University of Pennsylvania found that these caste-specific behaviors are not set in stone. Rather, this pioneering study shows that social behavior can be reprogrammed, indicating that an individual's epigenetic, not genetic, makeup determines behavior in ant colonies.

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Alabama Uses BP Oil Spill Money to Repair a Governor’s Mansion

An Alabama governor’s mansion that has sat abandoned and boarded up for nearly 20 years is getting renovated thanks to money from the BP oil spill. The mansion, built in the 1960s near the Gulf coast, was damaged in 1997 by Hurricane Danny. From that point it sat unused and vacant because succeeding gubernatorial administrations were reluctant to spend taxpayer money on repairing the two-story, 7,500-square-foot home.

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Polish govt to restrict the freedom of the press

Poland’s conservative government has introduced a bill to reform the country’s public broadcasters, effectively giving the government power to appoint or dismiss their media executives. That power would give the country’s national media council, which is closely tied with the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, significantly more influence over the operations of television broadcaster TVP and Polish Radio, the BBC says.

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Bullying during teen years linked to health problems for adults

Bullying during adolescence may be tied to health problems that follow teens into adulthood, a Canadian study suggests.

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To the Heart of the Matter, Part II - Perceptions of Public and Personal Stigma

Public perception of mental health stigma does not entirely reflect a reality that exists. Many of you reading this that have experienced truly negative reactions from others (due to mental health concerns and/or treatment) may be angered or offended by this proposition. However, no one (especially myself) is saying that stigma is not a serious concern that doesn’t need to be addressed. It is. Although in some ways I do feel that people can seek out treatment with less apprehension today than decades ago, there is no doubt that many still experience negative reactions (intentionally or unintentionally) from what others perceive in them. Full Article →

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Judge green lights whistleblower claim against USDA by pesticide researcher.

A prominent scientist in the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service has just cleared the first hurdle in an ongoing whistleblower claim against the agency, which asserts the agency tried to block his research into harful effects of pesticides on bees and butterflies.

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Electrifying India, with the sun and small loans.

About a quarter of the world’s off-the-grid people, or 300 million or so, live in India, mostly in remote, rural communities like Paradeshappanamatha, or in informal urban settlements.

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Plastics ban good move but problem not yet in the bag.

There is no magic pill for our country's growing problem with plastic pollution, but a bill signed into law by the President Barack Obama this week will help keep some microscopic bits out of the Great Lakes.

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The dirty truth about ‘clean diesel.'

As scandals go, it was a juicy one. Volkswagen, one of the world’s highest grossing automakers, persuaded consumers it had created a new generation of so-called clean diesel cars — until investigators discovered that defeat devices.

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Delhi’s farcical pollution war.

Gamblers in India like to play with even and odd numbers. The gamblers would have perhaps found it amusing that even and odd numbers have now been given a legal sanctity by the Kejriwal government which will restrict the movement of private cars and two-wheelers on the basis of the last digit of the vehicle’s registration number plate in the nation’s capital.

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Should you filter your water?

While the Environmental Protection Agency regulates municipal tap water and sets legal limits on certain contaminants, and most water utilities generally stay within these limits, “some of the legal limits may be too lenient,” said Paul Pestano, a research analyst with the Environmental Working Group.

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At C.D.C., a debate behind recommendations on cellphone risk.

When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published new guidelines 18 months ago regarding the radiation risk from cellphones, it used unusually bold language on the topic for the American health agency: “We recommend caution in cellphone use.”

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BP boss - The Gulf of Mexico oil spill was a 'near death experience' for us.

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010 was one of the world's worst environmental disasters and it cost energy giant BP around $40 billion (£27 billion) in fines, compensation and settlements.

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What to expect from Monsanto in January

In 2001, the biotech industry named Tom Vilsack (now USDA Secretary of Agriculture) “Governor of the Year, thanks to his loyal support...

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Venezuela to approve Seed Law to ban GMO seeds

Venezuelan campesinos and rural families will soon have a reason to celebrate as the head of the National Assembly has assured that the Seed Law to regulate hybrid seeds and ban transgenic seed research in the South American country will be approved before the opposition takes control of the Parliament on 5 January 2016. The law will regulate the production of hybrid seeds in Venezuela and prevent the research, production, import, and distribution of GMO seeds in the name of protecting human and environmental health, food sovereignty, and soil fertility. It also brings agricultural policy in line with the Article 305 of the Venezuelan constitution, which mandates state promotion of sustainable agriculture as the constitutional foundation of food security and rural development.

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Success - The science of meditation. What is it? Why do it?

There have been over 360 published scientific studies to date showing the many benefits of Transcendental Meditation, including over US$26 million of research funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), writes Vanessa Vidal, National Director for the Transcendental Meditation Women's organization in the US. 'Published meta-analyses of studies of many meditation and relaxation techniques have found that the TM technique produces deeper rest than other practices and is more effective for reducing anxiety and depression, alleviating drug abuse, reducing high blood pressure, reducing health care utilization and costs, and increasing psychological health and self-actualization,' she says. TM is also the only meditation known to create widespread brainwave coherence and brain integration.

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Barcelona bans glyphosate in public parks

Several environmental organizations requested the ban due to health risks

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Rhode Island mandates 7th graders get dangerous HPV vaccine - adverse reactions hidden from parents

(NaturalNews) It was announced this week that 7th graders in Rhode Island would be required to have the Gardasil HPV vaccine as a requirement for attending school. The Providence Journal[1] reports: (Story by Brian Shilhavy, republished from VaccineImpact.com.)Starting...

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Scientists document how evil corporations memory-hole facts they don't want the public to remember

(NaturalNews) How many times have we seen a major corporation exposed for malfeasance attempt to bury its wrongdoings with a feigned apology, followed by efforts to sweep the whole thing under the rug and continue with business as usual? A new study out of Finland takes a closer look...

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How herbs and nutrition can increase breastmilk supply and improve your mood postpartum

(NaturalNews) After a woman gives birth at a hospital, a doctor will likely follow up with her, making sure she's healing internally. Sadly, most doctors only offer pain-relief drugs at this point, giving no practical advice for some common challenges that women are bound to face...

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Reverse coronary artery disease safely and naturally

(NaturalNews) Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common form of heart disease – killing about 370,000 people (every year) in the United States alone. Sadly, for most people, the first warning sign of heart trouble is a heart attack – often ending in premature death...

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Is the flu shot effective or just a big government-endorsed scam?

(NaturalNews) Nearly every person who lines up for the flu shot is given no information about the vaccine. If people were given the vaccine insert to read, for example, they'd learn that it's never been scientifically tested at all.GlaxoSmithKline's FluLaval insert states that...

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Fukushima radiation causes debilitating deformities in US Navy sailors

(NaturalNews) U.S. Navy sailors and Marines dispatched to provide aid to Japan following the massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 are now suffering a variety of rare and undiagnosed health problems, including many involving horrifying and visible changes to their bodies.After...

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Sugar in Western Diets Increases Risk for Breast Cancer Tumors and Metastasis

The high amounts of dietary sugar in the typical Western diet may increase the risk of breast cancer and metastasis to the lungs, according to a study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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Right or left? One in five can't tell

Some of the most infamous medical errors in medicine have been wrong-sided surgery.

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Smokers more likely to get antibiotics prescriptions than others

(Reuters Health) - Doctors are more likely to give smokers antibiotics for an infection, a bad habit that may endanger public health by promoting antibiotic resistance, according to a U.S. study.

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Psychologists warn constant email notifications are 'toxic source of stress'

A culture has developed where people must feel they are constantly available for work, study reveals

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Genetic Manipulation of Organisms - Legal Victory in “Paris vs Monsanto GMO Cabal”

There is a very positive news coming out of Paris, a city with more than her share of bad news lately. It’s a major legal victory for the voices of science and reason against the…

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A Tangled Web - How the Media Misleads the Public on Terrorist Threats

Public perception about the so-called “Global War on Terror” is manipulated in various ways by a trail of misinformation and disinformation.

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Google helps analyze if rooftop solar panels are good deal

The company that lets you compare air fares and translate foreign languages online wants to make it easier to weigh the costs and benefits of installing solar panels on household rooftops.

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What To Think About Conflicting Medical Guidelines

Recommendations for who should get mammograms or take cholesterol-lowering drugs are among the medical guidelines that have recently changed.

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The Secret to Dating a Busy Partner

Your partner’s full schedule doesn’t mean they don’t love you. Keep the romance flowing with understanding.

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Whether We Are Night Owls or Early Risers May Be in Our DNA

We all know which side of the spectrum to find ourselves—and maybe even our partners, roommates and family members—when it comes to whether we prefer staying up late or rising before the sun. If you have ever experienced the unsavory effects of trying out what lies on the opposite end of this continuum, you may […]

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Improve Your Balance with These 5 Simple Exercises

Balance and strength go hand in hand when improving overall function. Exercises that build strength can also help improve balance, which is crucial as we age. Young, healthy individuals generally balance reflexively, but for older adults, daily balance work helps keep the body primed and ready to move through any environment. What is Balance? To […]

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15 Best & Worst Foods to Eat When You’re Sick

Being sick is never fun. While reducing stress and getting plenty of sleep can help you get through a nasty bout of seasonal sickness, food can play an important role, too. Of course, some foods are better than others. Here are some of the best and worst foods you can eat when you’re feeling under […]

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Are Freaky Fragrances Messing With Your pH ‘Down There?’

Don’t be embarrassed. Every now and then, some ladies experience less-than-fresh odors in their nether regions. But it’s usually not because of poor hygiene—in fact, obsessive washing could be the culprit. The truth about vaginas: they contain more bacteria than any other part of the body, besides the intestines. Sounds gross, we know, but that’s a […]

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7 Ways to Love Your Liver

Your liver is amazing, called into service 24/7 to filter and process blood, detoxify harmful substances from food and other environmental sources, manufacture blood clotting proteins, metabolize nutrients, and more. You’ve gotta love an organ that does all that essential life-supporting work!

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A sniff of rosemary could boost the memory because it helps the chemicals in the brain

A compound that gives the herb its distinctive smell –1,8-cineole – aids a brain chemical which is the key to memory, researcher Dr Mark Moss, head of psychology at Northumbria University, claims.

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What effect alcohol is having on our bodies including 5 cancer links

From causing the pancreas to become inflamed to shrinking the testicles and lowering testosterone levels, we reveal how alcohol, even in moderate amounts, can harm the body.

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MRI scans find young brains 'are more susceptible to smoking'

California and Illinois scientists found teenagers have strong reward responses to smoking - because the brain's 'pleasure' center develops quickly, leaving them vulnerable to addiction.

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Men with heart disease don't know risks for erectile dysfunction

Few men with heart disease know the condition is a leading cause of erectile dysfunction or understand all of the things they can do to make sexual difficulties less likely, a Polish study suggests.

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How Showing Compassion for Animals Can Improve Your Health

The effects of compassion are far reaching and have been shown to have benefits for physical as well as psychological health.

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Giant floating dam that promises to rid the oceans of plastic gets its first trial on open water
The Ocean Cleanup Organisation will be installing a 328ft-long (100 metre) barrier (illustrated) segment in the summer of 2016 in the North Sea.

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Drink guidelines ‘based on flawed research’

NEW evidence that shows even a small amount of alcohol can contribute to heart disease has prompted calls for government drinking guidelines to be tightened.

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A yoga pose for the morning after the night before

When you're feeling the effects of overindulgence and lack of sleep, there's a yoga pose you can do right in your bed.

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Always Hungry?
Forget everything you've been taught about dieting. In ALWAYS HUNGRY?, renowned endocrinologist Dr. David Ludwig explains why traditional diets don't work, and presents a radical new plan to help you lose weight without hunger, improve your health, and feel great. For over two decades, Dr. Ludwig has been at the forefront of research into weight control. His groundbreaking studies show that overeating doesn't make you fat; the process of getting fat makes you overeat. That's because fat cells play a key role in determining how much weight you gain or lose.

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A Scourge Returns - Black Lung in Appalachia
Once a month, a group of men in t-shirts, jeans, and baseball caps gather around a long table at the New River Health Clinic. The clinic, a small, one-story yellow clapboard building, is located in the tiny town of Scarbro, nestled in the bituminous hills of southern West Virginia.

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Beyond a One-Time Scandal - Europe’s Ongoing Diesel Pollution Problem
In September 2015 Volkswagen officials announced that nearly half a million diesel-powered cars sold by the company in the United States contained an illegal “defeat device” that disables pollution controls on the road.

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Long-term PM2.5 Exposure and Neurological Hospital Admissions in the Northeastern United States
To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine the relationship between long-term exposure to PM2.5 and time to first hospitalization for common neurodegenerative diseases. We found strong evidence of association for all three outcomes. Our findings provide the basis for further studies, as the implications of such exposures could be crucial to public health.

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Vehicular Traffic–Related Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Exposure and Breast Cancer Incidence
In our population-based study, we observed positive associations between vehicular traffic-related B[a]P exposure and breast cancer incidence among women with comparatively high long-term traffic B[a]P exposures, although effect estimates were imprecise.

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Paired Serum and Urine Concentrations of Biomarkers of Diethyl Phthalate, Methyl Paraben, and Triclosan in Rats
Our study highlights the importance of carefully considering the oral dose used in animal experiments and provides useful information in selecting doses for future studies.

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Low-Concentration PM2.5 and Mortality
These findings suggest that improving air quality with even lower PM2.5 than currently allowed by U.S. EPA standards may benefit public health.

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Smoking-Associated DNA Methylation Biomarkers and Their Predictive Value for All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality
The novel methylation biomarkers are highly informative for both smoking exposure and smoking-related mortality outcomes. In particular, these biomarkers may substantially improve cardiovascular risk prediction. Nevertheless, the findings of the present study need to be further validated in additional large longitudinal studies.

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Suicide and Ambient Temperature in East Asian Countries
We estimated consistent positive associations between suicide and elevated ambient temperature in three East Asian countries, regardless of country, sex, and age.

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Association of Perfluoroalkyl Substances, Bone Mineral Density, and Osteoporosis in the U.S. Population in NHANES 2009–2010
In a representative sample of the U.S. adult population, serum PFAS concentrations were associated with lower bone mineral density, which varied according to the specific PFAS and bone site assessed. Most associations were limited to women. Osteoporosis in women was also associated with PFAS exposure, based on a small number of cases.

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Occupational Lead Exposure and Associations with Selected Cancers
Our findings, though limited by small numbers of cases, suggest that lead is associated with the risk of several cancers in women and men.

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Chronic Exposure to Arsenic and Markers of Cardiometabolic Risk
Moderate exposure to As may increase cardiometabolic risk, particularly in individuals with high proportions of urinary dimethylarsenic. In this cohort, As exposure was associated with several markers of increased cardiometabolic risk (diabetes, triglyceridemia, and cholesterolemia), but exposure was also associated with higher rather than lower HDL cholesterol.

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Effects of Crude Oil/Dispersant Mixture and Dispersant Components on PPAR? Activity in Vitro and in Vivo
We conclude that DOSS is a putative obesogen worthy of further study, including epidemiological and clinical investigations into laxative prescriptions consisting of DOSS.

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Impact of Exposure Uncertainty on the Association between Perfluorooctanoate and Preeclampsia in the C8 Health Project Population
We found that correlated exposure uncertainty can substantially change estimated PFOA serum concentrations, but results in only minor impacts on the epidemiological association between PFOA and preeclampsia.

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Elemental Constituents of Particulate Matter and Newborn’s Size in Eight European Cohorts
Sulfur, reflecting secondary combustion particles in this study, may adversely affect LBW and head circumference, independently of particle mass.

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Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Concentrations in Amniotic Fluid, Biomarkers of Fetal Leydig Cell Function, and Cryptorchidism and Hypospadias in Danish Boys (1980-1996)
Environmental PFOS exposure was associated with steroid hormone and INSL3 concentrations in amniotic fluid, but was not associated with cryptorchidism or hypospadias in our study population. Additional studies are needed to determine whether associations with fetal hormone levels may have long-term implications for reproductive health.

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A Case–Control Study of Prenatal Thallium Exposure and Low Birth Weight in China
To our knowledge, ours is the first case–control study to investigate the association between prenatal Tl exposure and LBW. The results suggest that prenatal exposure to high levels of Tl may be associated with an increased risk of LBW.

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What Can Epidemiological Studies Tell Us about the Impact of Chemical Mixtures on Human Health?
Humans are exposed to a large number of environmental chemicals: Some of these may be toxic, and many others have unknown or poorly characterized health effects. There is intense interest in determining the impact of exposure to environmental chemical mixtures on human health. As the study of mixtures continues to evolve in the field of environmental epidemiology, it is imperative that we understand the methodologic challenges of this research and the types of questions we can address using epidemiological data. In this article, we summarize some of the unique challenges in exposure assessment, statistical methods, and methodology that epidemiologists face in addressing chemical mixtures. We propose three broad questions that epidemiological studies can address: a) What are the potential health impacts of individual chemical agents? b) What is the interaction among agents? And c) what are the health effects of cumulative exposure to multiple agents? As the field of mixtures research grows, we can use these three questions as a basis for defining our research questions and for developing methods that will help us better understand the effect of chemical exposures on human disease and well-being.

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Vitamin D as an adjunct therapy for the treatment of Pneumocystis pneumonia
Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) is an opportunistic disease caused by Pneumocystis fungi that develops in immunocompromised individuals.

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Is vitamin D deficiency associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects about 5% of our children. There are significant problems with executive functions (e.g., attentional control and inhibitory control) that cause attention deficits, hyperactivity or impulsiveness.

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Low dose vitamin D may be more effective in preventing falls than high doses
Researchers recently conducted a study to determine the ideal vitamin D dose to prevent bone problems in the elderly.

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The effects of vitamin D supplementation on maternal and neonatal outcome
Our study showed 50,000 IU vitamin D every 2 weeks decreased the incidence of GDM.

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Adverse Outcomes Associated With Cigarette Smoke Radicals Related to Damage to Protein Disulfide Isomerase
We also found abnormally high levels (4-6 times) of oxidized and sulfenilated forms of PDI in murine smokers lungs compared to non-smokers. PDI oxidation progressively increases with age.

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Extracts of Tsai Tai (Brassica chinensis) - enhanced antioxidant activity and anti-aging effects

These results suggest that Tsai Tai might serve as a good source of natural antioxidants, and in particular, Hon Tsai Tai could be explored as a potential dietary supplement to retard aging.

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Fructose and Cardiometabolic Health
In this review we summarize the epidemiological and clinical trial evidence evaluating added sugars, especially sugar-sweetened beverages, and the risk of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease and address potential biological mechanisms with an emphasis on fructose physiology.

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Black raspberries suppress colonic adenoma development in ApcMin/+ mice
Freeze-dried black raspberries (BRBs) have demonstrated chemopreventive effects in a dietary intervention trial with human colorectal cancer patients. The aim of this study was to investigate BRB-caused metabolite changes using the Apc(Min/+) mouse as a model of human colorectal cancer.

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Protective effect of Lactobacillus plantarum 21, a probiotic on trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid-induced ulcerative colitis in rats
These results suggest that LAB 21 may be effective in the treatment of UC by immunomodulatory and antioxidant properties.

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The association between childhood environmental exposures and the subsequent development of Crohn's disease

This study demonstrates that both limited microbial exposures and exposure to second-hand cigarette smoke during childhood is associated with future development of CD.

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Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of unripe papaya extract in an excision wound model
Treatment of excision wounds with papaya extract, especially with the addition of selenium for 10 d, reduced inflammation associated oxidative damage apparently via cyclooxygenase specific inhibition, arginine metabolism, and up-regulation of antioxidant enzymes.

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Benefits of antioxidant supplements for knee osteoarthritis
The antioxidant supplements with most evidence for benefit for pain relief and function in knee osteoarthritis were based on curcumin and avocado-soya bean unsaponifiables. Boswellia and some herbs used in Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine may also be useful.

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Dietary fiber and satiety - the effects of oats on satiety.
the majority of the evidence suggests that oat ?-glucan has a positive effect on perceptions of satiety.

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Perfluoroalkyl substances and food allergies in adolescents
In conclusion, we found that serum levels of PFASs were associated with higher odds to have self-reported food allergies.

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Tumor suppression by resistant maltodextrin, Fibersol-2
These results identify Fibersol-2 as a mechanism-based dietary supplement agent that could prevent colorectal cancer development.

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Stevia-derived compounds attenuate the toxic effects of ectopic lipid accumulation in the liver of obese mice
We conclude that Stevia-derived compounds reduce hepatic steatosis to a similar extent, despite differences in effects on glucose and lipid metabolism, and inflammation and oxidative stress.

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The levels of trace elements and heavy metals in patients with acute migraine headache
Trace elements and heavy metals may have a role in the genesis of considerable oxidative stress in patients with acute migraine headache.

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Resveratrol, in its natural combination in whole grape, for health promotion and disease management
whole grape products or specific combinations of grape constituents provide us with the possibility of synergistic interactions leading to improved efficacy.

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Effects of nutrition on educational standards of school children of a developing country
In the age of specialization we have become so focused on specific areas and issues that we fail to take a holistic approach to problems. The fact is that human life comprises several integrated sectors. The impact of one on another is profound and symbiotic. Hence effective solutions to various problems call for a comprehensive strategy.

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Endocrine activity of alternatives to BPA found in thermal paper in Switzerland.
A substitution of BPA by BPF and BPS should be thus considered with caution, since they exhibit almost a similar endocrine activity as BPA.

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