Smell is one of the oldest human faculties, yet it was one of the last to be understood by scientists. It was not until the early 1990s that biologists first described the inner workings of olfactory receptors — the chemical sensors in our noses — in a discovery that won a Nobel Prize. Since then,… Read More »
“Reversible Female Sterilization” The Second Most Popular Form of Birth Control Will Surprise You | TIME.
Ottawa flu season features aggressive strain of virus – Ottawa – CBC News.
Sugar could harm blood pressure more than salt – Daily Dose.
New studies link brain inflammation and preeclampsia with increased autism risk – Los Angeles LA | Examiner.com SO; Is a lack of cock sucking now child abuse? The likelihood of developing autism and developmental delay was doubled in the mothers who experienced preeclampsia compared to the control group. The scientists determined that this could be… Read More »
Researchers found that the food porn lit up the reward centers in the brains of the fructose drinkers, but not so much in the glucose drinkers via How Fructose Affects Weight Gain – Prevention.com.
Tamoxifen for five years drives down the incidence of breast cancer in women at high risk for the disease by close to 30%, via Breast cancer prevention drug gives lasting protection, study finds – LA Times.
New ‘Smelly’ Food Ingredient Curbs Hunger, Prevents Obesity – American News.
BULLIES: Many consumers don’t know they owe money for medical procedures until they get a call from a collection agency or they discover it on their credit report, a federal consumer watchdog says. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday released a report spotlighting concerns about how medical debts are collected and reported. About 43… Read More »
Age-related mitochondrial dysfunction is thought to contribute to mammalian aging, particularly in postmitotic tissues that rely heavily on oxidative phosphorylation. A new study ( Gomes et al., 2013 ) shows that reduced levels of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) contribute to the mitochondrial decay associated with skeletal muscle aging and that sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) modulates this process.… Read More »
Because current data suggest that nicotinamide riboside may be the only vitamin precursor that supports neuronal NAD+ synthesis, we present prospects for human nicotinamide riboside supplementation and propose areas for future research. via Nicotinic Acid, Nicotinamide, and Nicotinamide Riboside: A Molecular Evaluation of NAD+ Precursor Vitamins in Human Nutrition – Annual Review of Nutrition, 28(1):115.
Scientific Studies Mitochondrial Function [1.] Declining NAD(+) induces a pseudohypoxic state disrupting nuclear-mitochondrial communication during aging. Gomes AP, Price NL, Ling AJ, Moslehi JJ, Montgomery MK, Rajman L, White JP, Teodoro JS, Wrann CD, Hubbard BP, Mercken EM, Palmeira CM, de Cabo R, Rolo AP, Turner N, Bell EL, Sinclair DA. Cell. 2013 Dec 19;155(7):1624-38.… Read More »
MSG – TRESK gene / glutamate Aged cheeaze, hot dogs, bacon, sausages, = tyramine Olives, red plums, Avocado = tyramine Red vinegar = tyramine bananas = tyramine and histamine Citrus fruits = tyramine and histamine Beans = tannins Peppers = capisiam Dried fruits = sulfates Yeast bread = coumarin whole milk = choline, casein sour… Read More »
A self-proclaimed geek friend once described Silicon Valley as a place where instead of going to the movies to watch a film, everyone takes a seat in the theater and turns around to look at the projector. The Valley is home to cross-disciplinary teams of scientists, engineers, doctors and inventors who wake up every day… Read More »
New research suggests the herpes simplex virus could increase the risk of Alzheimer’s. The finding could help researchers develop new treatments to help slow down, or even completely prevent, the degenerative disease, Umea University reported. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common condition of its types, and a number of studies have been pointing… Read More »
Bullshit headline is typical of mass media. Your not dead until your brain is not able to be brought back and that is several hours. Life after death is real, British scientists confirm – The Times of India.
Can we preserve an entire person? In world first, ‘dead’ hearts transplanted into living patients – The Times of India.
Aging too quickly? Put down the soda : LIFE : Tech Times.
Unable to Meet the Deductible or the Doctor – NYTimes.com.
Here’s what’s scary about the Dallas health-care worker infected with Ebola: she knew she was treating an Ebola patient. That’s not supposed to happen. We’ve been told that Ebola can be stopped using modern medical protocols. An American health-care worker who is part of a team that knows it’s treating an Ebola patient is supposed to… Read More »
If you’ve been with enough guys in your lifetime (however many that may be) you might think you know your way around a penis. But the truth is, whether you’ve been with one or 10, you probably know a lot less about them than you thought. So to enlighten you on all things member-related, we’ve… Read More »
Medscape, a subsidiary of the medical information website WebMD, has released its 2014 Physician Compensation Report. The data in the report come from more than 24,000 doctors in 25 specialties, who responded to Medscape’s annual survey with information on their compensation for 2013. The infographic below shows the average earnings for each surveyed specialty.… Read More »
You may soon be a Google search away from immediate access to professional medical advice. The search engine giant is testing a new feature that urges people Googling illnesses or symptoms to jump on a video call with a medical professional. The finding was reported on Friday by Reddit user jasonahoule. When he typed “knee… Read More »
The peace symbol originated as a logo based on an “individual in despair . . . in the manner of Goya’s peasant before the firing squad.” Written By Mark Sinclair 6 Notes 2 Pin 98 Plus 156 Share 1.1k Tweet 699 Like The symbol that would become synonymous with the Campaign for Nuclear… Read More »
Having high triglycerides after radical prostatectomy raises the risk of cancer recurrence, researchers found. In a retrospective cohort study, risk of recurrence rose about 3% for every 10 mg/dL increase in triglyceride levels, Stephen J. Freedland, MD, of Duke University, and colleagues reported online in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. Other lipid parameters — total… Read More »
Your Coffee Drinking Habit Could be Genetic : Biology : Nature World News.
The American life span is longer than ever before : LIFE : Tech Times.
The data has now become clear that after initial chemotherapy fails, as many as 95% of cancer patients will not respond to the next suggested drug by conventional methods. There are now new cancer diagnostic and treatment methods that may save your life or that of a loved one. Even the top cancer chemotherapy drugs… Read More »
Walking may never become as trendy as CrossFit, as sexy as mud runs or as ego-boosting as Ironman races but for fitness experts who stress daily movement over workouts and an active lifestyle over weekends of warrior games, walking is a super star. For author and scientist Katy Bowman, walking is a biological imperative like… Read More »
Coffee According to Caffeine Informer, 154 shots of espresso is enough to kill the average person. (That’s calculated at a rate of 77mg of caffeine per shot, though studies have found the range of caffeine per shot can vary enormously.) That adds up to around 12 grams of caffeine — however, Jack James, editor-in-chief of… Read More »
New research says it’s easier to learn if you are interested and this curiosity stimulates the brain’s hippocampus where memories form By Tucker Sutherland, editor Based on materials from Cell Press Oct. 2, 2014 – The more interested we are in a topic, the easier it is to learn about that topic, according to new… Read More »
How Much Money Does Your Doctor Get From Medical Companies? Pratheek Rebala @pratheekrebala Chris Wilson @chriswilsondc 10:25 AM ET Use this search tool to find out Doctors received $3.5 billion from pharmaceutical companies and device makers over a five month period in 2013, according to figures the federal government released this week.… Read More »
Pulling the curtain back on long-hidden industry relationships, the federal government revealed that U.S. doctors and teaching hospitals had $3.5 billion worth of financial ties with drug and medical-device makers in the last five months of 2013. The details published Tuesday in a new government databasehave been sought for years by consumer advocates and lawmakers… Read More »
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Boston Scientists Develop New Probiotic Supplement to Manage Weight | How Life Works.
Seventy-five. That’s how long I want to live: 75 years. This preference drives my daughters crazy. It drives my brothers crazy. My loving friends think I am crazy. They think that I can’t mean what I say; that I haven’t thought clearly about this, because there is so much in the world to see and… Read More »
Antarctic fish with ice in its veins: How does it stay alive? +video – CSMonitor.com.
New Approach Described for Targeting Immune System Attack on Cancer Scientists at Louisiana State University Health New Orleans say they have identified the crucial role the Chop inflammatory protein plays in the body’s ability to fight cancer. Results demonstrate, for the first time, that Chop regulates the activity and accumulation of cells that suppress… Read More »
How pneumonia bacteria can compromise heart health Date: September 18, 2014 Source: PLOS Summary: Bacterial pneumonia in adults carries an elevated risk for adverse cardiac events (such as heart failure, arrhythmias, and heart attacks) that contribute substantially to mortality — but how the heart is compromised has been unclear. A study now demonstrates that Streptococcus… Read More »
growing body of evidence suggests that environmental stresses can cause changes in gene expression that are transmitted from parents to their offspring, making “epigenetics” a hot topic. Epigenetic modifications do not affect the DNA sequence of genes, but change how the DNA is packaged and how genes are expressed. Now, a study by scientists at… Read More »
Small, fast, and crowded: Mammal traits amplify tick-borne illness — ScienceDaily.
“[In our paper] we also review the evidence for alternative explanations for cravings and unhealthy eating behavior,” the investigators wrote. “Because microbiota are easily manipulatable by prebiotics, probiotics, antibiotics, fecal transplants, and dietary changes, altering our microbiota offers a tractable approach to otherwise intractable problems of obesity and unhealthy eating.” GEN News Highlights More »… Read More »
Researchers May Have Found Link Between Migraines And Parkinson’s Disease – KMBZ.
f the wife is happy and contended with her marriage, she tends to be more nurturing to her husband which in turn has a positive effect in his life. via Study confirms, Happy wife key to a Happy marriage life | 20Tech.
Thirty-eight percent of the women’s vaginas had papillomaviruses, while certain women showed high risks of cervical cancer through these viral finger prints. via Your Healthy Body is a Wonderland of Viruses – Health – Boston.com.
We are simply at the end of this era. The Printing press, libraries, mass education, fax machines, internet, youtube, blogs,……. companies like Microsoft or Oracle or Hewlett-Packard as fundamentally bets against technology. They keep throwing off profits as long as nothing changes. Microsoft was a technology company in the ’80s and ’90s; in this decade… Read More »
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Prostitution: A personal choice | The Economist.