Vital cell machinery behind the human body’s incorporation of selenium observed — ScienceDaily
A Rutgers scientist is part of an international team that has determined the process for incorporating selenium -- an essential trace mineral found in soil, water and some foods that increases antioxidant effects in...
There’s no ‘magic set of pills to keep you healthy.’ Diet and exercise are...
Drawn to the allure of multivitamins and dietary supplements filling nutritional gaps in their diet, people in the U.S. in 2021 spent close to $50 billion on vitamins and dietary supplements.
But Northwestern Medicine scientists...
Vitamin D deficiency can lead to dementia — ScienceDaily
Dementia is one of the major causes of disability and dependency among older people worldwide, affecting thinking and behaviours as you age. But what if you could stop this degenerative disease in its tracks?
A...
Dietary fiber in the gut may help with skin allergies — ScienceDaily
A Monash University study exploring the emerging gut-skin axis has found that microbial fermentation of dietary fibre in the gut can protect against allergic skin disease. The research could potentially lead to novel treatments...
After 10 years, AREDS2 formula shows increased efficacy compared to original formula, benefit of...
The Age-Related Eye Disease Studies (AREDS and AREDS2) established that dietary supplements can slow progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of blindness in older Americans. In a new report, scientists...
About 3 grams a day of omega-3 fatty acids may lower blood pressure, more...
About 3 grams daily of omega-3 fatty acids, consumed in foods or supplements, appears to be the optimal daily dose to help lower blood pressure, according to a research review published today in the...
Study finds more fruits and veggies means less inattention — ScienceDaily
Here's a good reason for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to eat their fruits and vegetables: It may help reduce inattention issues, a new study suggests.
As part of a larger study, researchers...
Hyperpolarized water boosts signal intensities of proteins, DNA, and membranes — ScienceDaily
A small group of researchers including Dennis Kurzbach from the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Vienna just published in Nature Protocols an advanced NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) method to monitor fast and...
Findings shed light on worldwide public health problem of zinc deficiency — ScienceDaily
We need zinc: one-tenth of the proteins in our cells require this metal for their normal functions in all aspects of cell metabolism.
We acquire zinc by eating it -- in foods or multivitamin supplements...
Hormonal changes during menopause are directly related to decline in cardiovascular health — ScienceDaily
Levels of bad cholesterol rise during menopause, and 10% of this increase is due to shifts in sex hormones. That's the finding of research published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a...
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Take it from the rats: A junk food diet can cause long-term damage to...
A new USC-led study on rats that feasted on a high-fat, sugary diet raises the possibility that a junk food-filled diet in teens may...
Repurposing non-pharmacological interventions for Alzheimer’s disease through link prediction on biomedical literature
The complete workflow is depicted in Fig. 1. To investigate the association between NPIs and AD, we initially conducted preprocessing and integration of biomedical triples...
Degenerative Dementias and Their Medical Care in the Movies
Compared with other neurologic problems, few films have been dedicated to degenerative dementia. To our knowledge, this is the first systematic review about the...