Showing posts with label Biology/Bio-Chemistry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biology/Bio-Chemistry. Show all posts
Sunday, June 28, 2015

'Fasting-mimicking diet' may promote health and longevity

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A new study published in  Cell Metabolism  suggests following a calorie-restricted diet that mimics fasting for just 5 days a month for 3 m...
Thursday, June 4, 2015

Will 'the female Viagra' really help women?

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Later today, a committee of advisors to the Food and Drug Administration will vote on whether or not the agency should approve flibanserin ...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Study links PTSD to premature aging

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Individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder may be at greater risk for premature aging. This is according to a new study published in t...
Sunday, April 26, 2015

Gut microbes important for serotonin production

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Serotonin is probably best known as a brain chemical that affects emotions and behavior, an imbalance of which is thought to contribute to ...

Drop in abuse and overdose after opioids were made crush-resistant

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After 2010, when oxycodone - a high-dose opioid painkiller sold as OxyContin - was switched by its manufacturer to a new abuse-deterrent fo...

Scientists 'incredibly excited' by asthma treatment breakthrough

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A breakthrough study has uncovered a potential root cause of asthma and a drug that reversed symptoms in lab tests. The finding brings hope...

How worried should we be about ticks?

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 For many people, spring has well and truly arrived. The time is now right to enjoy the outdoors and to roam freely in the woods and the lo...