At least in flies! Rhodiola rosea is a yellow-flowered mountain plant indigenous to the Arctic regions of Europe and Asia and an herbal supplement long used for its stress-relief properties. Now,...

According to scientists from at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, CBD (a compound from Cannabis Sativa) may prove to be effective at helping stop the spread of breast cancer...

These days, almost everybody is using a mobile phone. In fact I have been dependent on mobile phones for almost ten years now, I cannot even imagine a day without a cellphone. Anyway, in this...

Obesity contributes a lot to cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes - two of the conditions that have become an epidemic that is sweeping the western world and the rest of the human race. But from...

New miniature devices for brain implant to predict and prevent epileptic seizures and a nanotech sensor for eye implant for the treatment of glaucoma have been developed by a research team at Purdue...

A daily supplemental dose of Vitamin C does very little protection from colds, according to an updated review of studies conducted by researchers at the Australian National University and the...

A Finnish study on heavy drinkers, the craving-carving drug nalmefene can reduce heavy drinking days in problem drinkers when taken on an "as needed basis". According to researcher Sakari...

A new drug candidate that inhibits production of male hormones anywhere in the body - abiraterone - is showing potential in early trials on prostate cancer patients whose tumors continued to grow...

The severity of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's or cognitive disorders relating to aging may be reduced by eating a diet rich in blueberries. That is if the results of an animal...

A new Scottish study revealed that eating a low-carb diet (like the once popular Atkins diet) will lead to a poor gut health because certain types of bacteria in athe stomachs of obese men may be...

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a potentially blinding disease that annually affects about 15,000 babies. Newborn babies with this condition quickly develop new blood vessels that turn to be...

Within three to ten units of alcohol per week exhibited protective benefits against rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and also reduced the risk by smoking or by a genetic predisposition to RA, suggests a new...

The Alzheimer's Association International Conference on the Prevention of Dementia is currently ongoing (9-12 June 2007) in Washington D.C. In lieu of the said conference, Alzheimer's Disease...

Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors - cancer drugs currently used in clinical trials to attack cancerous tumors - has been found in mice study by UC Irvine scientists to enhance long-term memory and...

There might be hope for anti-aging compounds after all, according to University of Michigan researchers. A synthetic derivative of a pungent desert shrub is being tested in mice experiments to find...

The US Food and Drug Administration debunk previous research claims that the sugar substitute aspartame causes cancer. According to FDA's Office of Food Additive Safety Director, Laura Tarantino:...

A drastically weakened rabies virus has been used by scientists at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia to deliver HIV-related proteins into animals: vaccinating them against an AIDS-like...

Arizona Arrhythmia Consultants are now enrolling patients in a clinical study to investigate the safety and effectiveness of a new implantable pulse generator called the Optimizer™. The...

I was reading CNN today and came across an article that really caught my attention. A man has sued his ex wife because she wants to have him circumcised for what she calls "medical reasons"....