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Obesity Can Lead to Vitamin D Deficiency

This image illustrates calcium regulation in the human body, the role of vitamin D is shown in orange (Mikael Häggström)
Apr 17, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to scientists reporting in the journal PLoS Medicine, obesity can lead to a lack of vitamin D circulating in the human body. This image illustrates calcium regulation in the human body, the role of vitamin D is shown in orange (Mikael Häggström) Vitamin D, which is essential for healthy bones as well as other functions, is made in the skin after exposure to sunlight but can also be obtained through the diet and through supplements. While...

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Teenagers lighting each other’s cigarettes, the Netherlands, 1932 (Nationaal Archief @ Flickr Commons)

Daily Walk Can Help Teenagers Quit Smoking

Apr 17, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to a study published online in the Journal of Adolescent Health, teen smokers who increased the days on which they got just 20 minutes of exercise...

This scanning electron micrograph shows macrophages infected with Bacillus anthracis (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology)

Epimerox: New Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Developed, Kills MRSA, Anthrax

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H7N9 Bird Flu Strain Adapts to Humans, Study Shows

Apr 15, 2013 by News Staff

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Air quality signboard indicating an ozone watch in Gulfton, Houston

Ozone Exposure Linked to Thousands of Premature Deaths Annually

Apr 12, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of scientists has used world-leading neutron sources at the Institute Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France, and at the Rutherford Appleton...

Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis, at the Botanical Garden KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany (H. Zell / CC BY-SA 3.0)

New Study: Rosemary Aroma May Improve Prospective Memory

Apr 12, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to a study conducted by Dr Jemma McCready and Dr Mark Moss from the University of Northumbria, England, the aroma of rosemary oil may improve...

Sources of cholesterol (University of California, San Francisco)

Study Finds New Way to Clear Cholesterol from Blood

Apr 11, 2013 by News Staff

A research reported in the online journal eLife identifies a new therapeutic target for lowering cholesterol. Sources of cholesterol (University of California,...

According to Dr Sinha from Newcastle University and his colleagues, muscle function improves with vitamin D supplements which are thought to enhance the activity of the mitochondria - the batteries of the cell (Richard Stockton College of New Jersey)

Vitamin D Boosts Your Energy Levels, Research Shows

Apr 10, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A new study led by Dr Akash Sinha from Newcastle University has shown that vitamin D is vital for making our muscles work efficiently and boosting energy...

Micrograph of a herpes simplex virus (CDC / Dr Erskine Palmer)

Scientists Reveal Novel Strategy for Stopping Herpes

Apr 5, 2013 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the Yeshiva University’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,...

Fish oil pills (Brown University)

Fish Oil Boosts Immune System, Study Suggests

Apr 2, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A new study published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that instead of suppressing the body’s immune response, fish oil actually enhances...

Methanobrevibacter smithii. This microorganism is responsible for the majority of methane production in the human host (Buck S. Samuel et al., 2007)

Study Links Obesity to Gut Microflora

Mar 29, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism suggests that a breath test profile of gut microorganisms may be able to...

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells (University of California, San Diego)

Scientists Identify Antibody that Kills Leukemia Cells

Mar 26, 2013 by News Staff

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Secondhand smoke detector (© Eli Burakian)

Researchers Develop New Device for Battling Secondhand Tobacco Smoke

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A team of researchers at Dartmouth College created a breakthrough device that can immediately detect the presence of secondhand cigarette smoke, and even...

Kiwifruits. According to the new study, eating high-value vitamin C foods, like kiwifruit, is the ideal way to maintain healthy levels (Hiperpinguino / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Vitamin C Found Essential for Muscles

Mar 22, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a daily vitamin C intake equivalent to eating two kiwifruits a day is...

SIRT1: broad potential for diseases of aging (© Sirtris)

Study Raises Hope for New Anti-Ageing Drugs

Mar 16, 2013 by News Staff

A new research published in the March 8 issue of the journal Science finally proves that a single anti-ageing enzyme in the body can be targeted, with...

According to a new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Adelaide, Australia, fluoridated water reduces tooth decay in adults, even if they start drinking it after childhood (Jenny Downing / CC BY 2.0)

Fluoridated Drinking Water Reduces Tooth Decay in Adults, Study Finds

Mar 15, 2013 by Natali Anderson

A new study published in the Journal of Dental Research provides the strongest evidence yet that fluoridated drinking water prevents tooth decay for all...

Structure of the peptide hypocretin, also known as orexin

Human Peptide Hypocretin Linked to Happiness

Mar 10, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of scientists led by the University of California Los Angeles has found that levels of a peptide called hypocretin (also known as...

Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1, shown in green, budding from cultured lymphocyte (C. Goldsmith)

Child Born with HIV Cured of the Virus, Scientists Say

Mar 5, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Researchers from the University of Massachusetts, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and the University of Mississippi have reported about the first...

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Feb 28, 2013 by Natali Anderson

A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, the Universidad de Granada and Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, Spain,...

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Feb 15, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

U.S. scientists led by Prof Genhong Cheng of the University of California Los Angeles have identified a natural protein with broad virus-fighting properties...

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