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Cannabis During Pregnancy Shrinks Baby Lungs, Groundbreaking Primate Study Reveals

Study Debunks Myth: Exercise Timing Doesn’t Impact Muscle Performance or Blood Sugar Control

Nose Breathing Lowers Blood Pressure, May Help Reduce Risk Factors for Heart Disease

Short on time? Aerobic, not resistance, best bet for weight, fat loss

Arginine, proline enriched diet may speed wound healing in diabet

Could animal hair, feathers lead to clues to restore human fingers and toes?

Neuroscience explains the ‘brain freeze’

Oxygen-Deprived Baby Rats Fare Worse When Kept Warm

Pregnant moms ‘program’ babies to be fat

New Study Suggests Weight Loss from Gastric Bypass Might be Partly Due to Dietary Fat Aversion

Obesity creates wimpy rats

Obesity appears to impair normal muscle function in rats, an observation that could have significant implications for humans, according to Penn State researchers.
“Our findings demonstrate that obesity involves more than accumulating excess fat an…

Study examines folic acid absorption rates from softgel capsule and standard tablet

NORTHRIDGE, CA (April 26, 2011) — Folic acid, an essential vitamin formulated to be part of a multivitamin + DHA liquid softgel capsule, is absorbed and available within the body in amounts similar to folic acid formulated for solid tablets, acco…

The science behind the cape

Bethesda, Md. (Mar. 8, 2011) — What do you have when you line up a martial artist, acrobatic gymnast, police officer, firefighter, NASCAR driver, and NFL running back? “Watson,” the IBM super-computer that recently routed humanity’s best on …