Health and Medicine

Heartnuts for Health and Horticulture By | February 4, 2014
February gardening: Heartnut trees
Can Vitamin C Stop an Aging Brain? By | February 2, 2014
Hell will freeze over before an expensive study using high amounts of C and lysine is done
New analysis finds hempseed oil packed with health-promoting compounds By Maria Angeles Fernández-Arche, Ph.D. | January 29, 2014
Sterols, aliphatic alcohols and linolenic acids,
A faster way to flag bacteria-tainted food — and prevent illness By Sibani Lisa Biswal, Ph.D. | January 29, 2014
Nanomechanical cantilevers
The Worst Place to Carry A Cell Phone By | January 26, 2014
The danger of electromagnetic radiation from smart phones
Emerging class of therapeutics represents a coming wave for developers and manufacturers By | January 22, 2014
Many are responding and investing millions to expand capacity for this promising new class.
Picturing pain could help unlock its mysteries and lead to better treatments By Sandip Biswal, M.D. | January 22, 2014
Past research has shown an association between pain and a certain kind of protein, called a sodium channel
Toward fixing damaged hearts through tissue engineering By Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Ph.D. | January 22, 2014
Chitosan
The Airplane Cold : Fact or Fiction? By | January 19, 2014
You have to conclude that boarding a plane carries infection risks. But it’s not just the fault of airlines
New strategy emerges for fighting drug-resistant malaria By Christine Hrycyna, Ph.D. | January 15, 2014
Plasmodium falciparum,
Finally, a way to authenticate premium chocolate By Dapeng Zhang, Ph.D. | January 15, 2014
Unique fingerprints of different cacao species
A New Year’s Resolution That Makes Sense By | January 12, 2014
My best wishes for a healthy and less stressful 2014.
New way to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria: Target human cells instead By Huib Ovaa, Ph.D. | January 8, 2014
The research shows that phosphatases, like kinases, could be general targets for drug development.
The Darkness Hormone By | January 5, 2014
Vitamin D, sunshine, melatonin
Overweight and Fit? By | December 29, 2013
If you’ve developed belly fat, it’s the wrong location for good health. Being apple-shaped is more dangerous than being pear-shaped.
Suggested ban on trans fat begs the question: Are substitutes any healthier? By | December 18, 2013
Despite this move away from trans fat, it is still found in some processed foods, though not for long
First plant-based ‘microswimmers’ could propel drugs to the right location By Joseph Wang, D.Sc. | December 18, 2013
Packaging insulin into a pill-friendly form for diabetes treatment By Sanyog Jain, Ph.D. | December 18, 2013
Two approaches to shield insulin from the digestive enzymes and then get it into the blood
Stein’s Law and Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs By | December 15, 2013
CLDs are associated with increased risk of muscle degeneration, violent deaths, liver and kidney problems and in some cases death
New way to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria: Target human cells instead By Huib Ovaa, Ph.D. | December 11, 2013
Phosphatases
Picturing pain could help unlock its mysteries and lead to better treatments By Sandip Biswal, M.D. | December 11, 2013
Saxitoxin
Be Careful How Many Friends You Invite For Dinner By | December 8, 2013
Multiple studies also show that where food is located on the table determines how much you pile on your plate
Osteoarthritis medicine delivered on-demand By Xinqiao Jia, Ph.D. | December 4, 2013
A special type of hydrogel that responds to compression
What I Learned as a Medical Journalist By | December 1, 2013
Journalism was an unexpected career and one hell of a ride.
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Vitamin C : What You Don’t Know About Its Multiple Benefits By | November 24, 2013
I find it tragic that 99.9 percent of doctors are unaware of the many medical benefits of vitamin C which could prevent many catastrophes.
Toward a urine test for detecting blood clots By Sangeeta N. Bhatia, Ph.D. | November 20, 2013
“Our results demonstrate that synthetic biomarkers can be engineered to sense vascular diseases remotely from the urine and may allow applications in point-of-care diagnostics,”
Hormone therapy could enhance the therapeutic effect of head and facial bone grafts By Zulma Gazit, Ph.D. | November 20, 2013
Craniofacial reconstruction
Reducing the salt in bread without losing saltiness, thanks to a texture trick By Peter Koehler, Ph.D. | November 20, 2013
The subjects in the study rated the fluffier bread with the longest proofing time as noticeably more salty, even though each bite actually contained less salt
How Many Readers Know The Right Number? By | November 17, 2013
Cancer has become big business with billions spent on cancer drugs
Maximizing broccoli’s cancer-fighting potential By John Juvik, Ph.D. | November 13, 2013
Methyl jasmonate