Link Between Inflammation and Mental Sluggishness Shown in New Study
University of Birmingham via Science Daily – Scientists have uncovered a possible explanation for the mental sluggishness that often accompanies illness. To read the original article and learn more about…
Make This Your Healthiest Holidays Ever: Simplify and Slow Down (Part 1)
Dr. Don Colbert – Every year, people mindful of their health hope to enjoy peaceful, healthy Holidays. And like a wave crashing down, many feel swept up in the frantic…
Dangerous Bacteria Send Out Warning Signals When Attacked by Antibiotics
University of Copenhagen The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences via News Medical-Net – “It is quite fascinating for us to see how the bacteria communicate and change behaviour in…
How to Recognize the Early Signs of Depression, How to Recover, and How to Help Someone Who is Struggling with Depression
Dr. Caroline Leaf – Depression is a mind issue: if you are conscious and breathing, you are at risk for depression, because, as a human being, you think and react…
How the Brain Detects the Rhythms of Speech
University of California – San Francisco via EurekAlert – “What I find most exciting about this work is that it shows a simple neural coding principle for the sense of…
New Drug Slows Tumor Growth and Strengthens Anti-Tumor Response
Johns Hopkins Medicin via EurekAlert – A compound developed by Johns Hopkins researchers that blocks glutamine metabolism can slow tumor growth, alter the tumor microenvironment and promote the production of…
Military Researcher Explores Ways to Prevent Chronic Pain
University of Kentucky via Newswise – The ultimate goal of the study is to determine which factors are most influential toward the development of chronic pain, and then create a…
Blood Cancers: A “New Generation” Stem Cell Transplant Significantly Reduces Complications for Patients
Universite de Montreal via Newswise – More than 100,000 patients worldwide undergo a blood stem cell transplant each year as a last resort treatment for various blood diseases. Newswise —…
Breast Cancer Could Soon Be Detected Early Using a Blood Test
Dr. Ananya Mandal, MD via News Medical-Net – Researchers have found that breast cancer may be successfully detected up to five years before any symptoms appear using a blood test.…
Hyperthyroidism vs. Hypothyroidism: How to Tell the Difference
Annie Price, CHHC via Dr. Axe – Thyroid problems can affect anyone of any age from infancy to the latest years of life. According to the American Thyroid Association, over 12…
Omega 3 Fish Oil Supplements May Benefit Some Children with ADHD
Dr. Ananya Mandal, MD via News Medical-Net – Experts have said that deficiency of omega 3 in blood is associated with more than one disorder in children and adults. It…
Chewy Chicken Breast? Scientists Now Know the Cause
University of Delaware via EurekAlert – If they can find common solutions, Abasht said, a far-reaching goal of the work might be to use chickens as a model to study…
Ease Anxiety with Primal Power Meal Plan
Al Sears, MD, CNS – There’s a big connection between what we eat and how we feel — both physically and mentally. Perhaps as a regular reader, you’ve heard me…
New Technique Lays Foundation for Regenerative Cardiac Therapies
Van Andel Institute via Newswise – Scientists have devised a technique to sort out which heart cells can replicate and which cannot, a critical step toward treatments that may one…
New Route to Blocking Children’s Bone Cancer
ISRAEL21c Staff via Israel21c – An Israeli study in mice showed that reducing a particular hormone signal keeps Ewing sarcoma tumors from growing and spreading. Ewing sarcoma is a bone…