How Exercise Beefs Up the Brain
New research explains how abstract benefits of exercise—from reversing depression to fighting cognitive decline—might arise from a group of key molecules. While our muscles pump iron, our cells pump...
View ArticleGoogle to make smart contact lenses that will monitor blood sugar
If successful, Google’s newest venture could help to eliminate one of the most painful and intrusive daily routines of diabetics. People with diabetes have difficulty controlling the level of sugar in...
View ArticleNew study shows that anger outbursts acutely raise risk of heart attack and...
Getting really angry might be more dangerous than you think. A new study found people who experienced severe anger outbursts were more at risk for cardiovascular events in the two hours following the...
View ArticleNew sweetener from the tequila plant may treat diabetes and weight loss
Could a new sugar substitute actually lower blood sugar and help you lose weight? That’s the tantalizing – but distant – promise of new research presented at the American Chemical Society (ACS) this...
View ArticleNew research shows that women who never sunbathe are twice as likely to die...
Researchers at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, say guidelines that advise people to stay out of the sun unless wearing sunscreen may be harmful, particularly in northern countries which have long,...
View ArticleHouston’s health crisis: by 2040, one in five residents will be diabetic
Diabetes is so common in Patricia Graham’s neighbourhood that it has its own slang term. “At churches you run into people you ain’t seen in years, and they say, ‘I’ve got sugar,’” she says. Graham...
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