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Potentially important new mechanisms found anti-aging effects of resveratrol

A well-conducted experimental study in mice has provided potentially important new insights into the association of the intake of resveratrol and like compounds with health benefits. Resveratrol is a constituent of red wine ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Financial burden of prescription drugs is dropping: Costs remain a challenge for many

The financial burden Americans face paying out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs has declined, although prescription costs remain a significant challenge for people with lower incomes and those with public insurance, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The governance of synthetic biology

The Synthetic Biology Project at the Woodrow Wilson Center is launching a new web-based Synthetic Biology Scorecard, designed to track federal and non-federal efforts to improve the governance of synthetic biology resear ...

Biology / Other

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study uncovers probable mechanism underlying resveratrol activity

National Institutes of Health researchers and their colleagues have identified how resveratrol, a naturally occurring chemical found in red wine and other plant products, may confer its health benefits. The authors present ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Smoke-free-air laws should include bars

Exempting bars from a statewide smoking ban in Indiana would significantly reduce the health benefits of a smoke-free-air law. Including bars not only protects the health of employees, say Indiana University tobacco control ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What are friends for? Negating negativity

"Stand by me" is a common refrain when it comes to friendship but new research from Concordia University proves that the concept goes beyond pop music: keeping friends close has real physiological and psychological benefits.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cocoa could prevent intestinal pathologies such as colon cancer

A new study on living animals has shown for the first time that eating cocoa (the raw material in chocolate) can help to prevent intestinal complaints linked to oxidative stress, including colon carcinogenesis ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Updated American Cancer Society nutrition guidelines stress need for supportive environment

Updated guidelines on nutrition and physical activity for cancer prevention from the American Cancer Society stress the importance of creating social and physical environments that support healthy behaviors. The report includes ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An apple a day isn't enough

Adults from 30 to 60 years old, especially those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, aren't consuming the daily recommended levels of fruits and vegetables. Quebecers, however, eat more of nature's produce than their fellow ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Increase in motorway speed limit poses risks to health

Government plans to increase the motorway speed limit in England and Wales will have adverse effects on health, outweighing any economic benefits, claims an editorial published in the British Medical Journal today.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 6

When it comes to heart health, how much is too much vitamin D?

(Medical Xpress) -- New research by Johns Hopkins scientists suggests that vitamin D, long known to be important for bone health and in recent years also for heart protection, may stop conferring cardiovascular benefits and ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Blogging may help teens dealing with social distress

Blogging may have psychological benefits for teens suffering from social anxiety, improving their self-esteem and helping them relate better to their friends, according to new research published by the American Psychological ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Milk consumption in adolescence may increase prostate cancer risk

(Medical Xpress) -- While people have been told for years about the importance of milk in a diet for children, a new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology says that milk consumption in large quantities in ado ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 02, 2012 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (9) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report

Beliefs battle hypertension

As you are weighing whether or not to go to church services this Christmas, consider this: Does a belief in God confer any health benefits? With the help of a large Norwegian longitudinal health study called HUNT, researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Doctors are cautious, patients enthusiastic about sharing medical notes

Patients are overwhelmingly interested in exploring the notes doctors write about them after an office visit, but doctors worry about the impact of such transparency on their patients and on their own workflow, a Beth Israel ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2