News tagged with ginger

Study: Ginger capsules ease chemotherapy nausea

May 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 2

Ginger, long used as a folk remedy for soothing tummyaches, helped tame one of the most dreaded side effects of cancer treatment - nausea from chemotherapy, the first large study to test the herb for this has found.

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Chinese-produced fresh ginger is recalled

Medicine & Health / Other

Jul 30, 2007 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Monday for consumers to avoid eating fresh ginger imported from China.

Plastics that convert light to electricity could have a big impact

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Aug 04, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (12) | 5

University of Washington researchers have found a way to measure exactly how much electrical current is carried by tiny bubbles and channels that form inside nanoscale solar cells, paving the way for development ...

Space radar to improve miners' safety

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jun 19, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

Advanced ground penetration radar, originally developed to investigate the soil structure on the Moon and other planets on ESA planetary missions, is now being used in Canadian mines to spot hidden cracks and weaknesses in ...

Back to Nature rice crackers recalled

Medicine & Health / Health

Dec 11, 2007 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the nationwide recall of Back to Nature Sesame Ginger Rice Thins crackers because of a labeling error.

Motor neuron disease and toxic substances: Possible link?

Medicine & Health / Research

Mar 20, 2008 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Motor neuron disease is a rare, devastating illness in which nerve cells that carry brain signals to muscles gradually deteriorate. One form of it, Lou Gehrig’s disease or ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), is familiar ...

WWF: 52 New Species Discovered on Borneo

Biology /

Dec 19, 2006 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

Scientists have discovered at least 52 new species of animals and plants this past year on the island of Borneo. The discoveries, described in a new WWF report, include 30 unique fish species, two tree frog species, 16 ginger ...

Diet could reduce onset of eye disease by 20 percent

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Feb 18, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (4) | 0

University of Liverpool scientists claim that the degeneration of sight, caused by a common eye disease, could be reduced by up to 20% by increasing the amount of fruit, vegetables and nuts in the diet.

Herbal medicines could treat gastrointestinal disease

Medicine & Health / Medications

Mar 25, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

Herbal medicines could benefit patients suffering from gastrointestinal (GI) motility disorders that cannot be treated using conventional drug therapy. In a study published in Neurogastroenterology and Motility, researchers review ...

Fish go mad for ginger gene

Biology / Plants & Animals

Sep 28, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

There may be plenty of fish in the sea but the medaka knows what it likes. A new study published in the open access journal BMC Biology shows how a single gene mutation that turns Japanese Killifish a drab ...