Volume 36, No. 1
Newsletter Archive
NanoTech Lawsuit
Nanotechnology is a powerful platform technology for taking apart and reconstructing nature at the atomic and molecular level. Just as the size and chemical characteristics of manufactured nanomaterials give them unique properties, those same...
Nutrition & Prostate Health
The prostate is an organ that sits snuggled up under the bladder. Its biological purpose is to produce semen. As time goes on, however, many men have an enlargement of their prostates, causing annoying and sometimes painful urinary problems. The...
Restaurant Noise
Ever wonder why you seem to drink more and eat faster at a noisy restaurant? George Prochnik, author of In Pursuit of Silence, has the fascinating science behind this everyday phenomenon.
Not long ago, I found myself in a new barbecue restaurant in...
Garden on the Go
Garden on the Go is bringing fresh, affordable fruits and vegetables to neighborhoods in Marion County, Indiana
Indiana University Health's Garden on the Go is an effort to improve access to affordable fruits and vegetables in "food deserts...
Prenatal Flavor Learning
What if a mother could predispose her child to like broccoli or Brussels sprouts — or at least to not make a face and spit it out — by what she ate during pregnancy?
Some health-care practitioners are suggesting that if mothers...
Most important Nutrient?
Surprising Supplement Can Cut Your Risk of Dying by FIFTY PERCENT
Taking vitamin D supplements in order to overcome a deficiency in the vitamin could cut your risk of dying by more than half. An analysis of more than 10,000 patients found...
'Fresh' Squeezed?
The leading orange juice companies such as Tropicana (owned by PepsiCo), Minute Maid and Simply Orange (owned by Coca-Cola), and Florida’s Natural tell us many stories about orange juice: it’s natural, it’s pure and simple, it...
Vaccine Safety
Worry over vaccine risks continue to be an issue, even becoming fodder for the Presidential candidates. A just released analysis, by the Institute of Medicine, of more than 1,000 research articles claims that few health problems are caused by...
Bee Decline
Scientists are investigating a possible link between tiny particles of pollution found in diesel fumes and the global collapse of honey bee colonies.
Professor Guy Poppy, an ecologist, Dr Tracey Newman, a neuroscientist, and their team from the...
Blood Pressure Gene
In one of the largest genomics studies ever, an international research consortium that includes the National Institutes of Health has identified 29 genetic variations across 28 regions of the human genome that influence blood pressure. This...
Filthy Fish in US
Filthy seafood infected with bacteria or tainted with drugs and antibiotics banned in the U.S. is finding its way onto the plates of Americans, according to state and federal officials, consumer advocates, academics and food safety experts.
The U.S...
Deadly NSAIDS
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, often referred to as NSAIDS, are assumed to be well tolerated and are widely used as an initial therapy for common inflammation. Everyone is familiar with these types of drugs with millions using them for...
Nasal Spray for Alzheimer's
A new study released Monday shows that insulin applied daily through a special nasal spray might be a treatment that slows or stops the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. That’s hopeful news for millions facing the memory-robbing...
Enviroment & Autism
According to The California Autism Twins Study, environmental influences including parental age, low birth weight, multiple births and maternal infections during pregnancy may significantly increase the risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD...
"Natural" Hot Dogs
If there is no such thing as a healthy hot dog, how do you limit the damage at a summer cookout?
Linda Boardman, president of Applegate Farms, has proposed new labels to the U.S.D.A. to no avail, according to an article in the July 1st New York...
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