Drinking alcohol over a long period of time profoundly affects the brain, which adapts to the intoxicant and causes withdrawal symptoms when consumption stops.
May 5, 2010
A Commission of national health care experts convened by the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC) has unveiled a roadmap and integrated…
May 5, 2010
A combination of enzymes and fermentation modifies bran structure and changes the bioavailability of the bioactive compound, according to new studies forming part of the European Union's large-scale HEALTHGRAIN project.
May 4, 2010
Calgary, AB -- Cryptococcus disease is a rare but serious infection resulting from inhaling a toxic fungus often found in fir trees.
May 4, 2010
Dear EarthTalk: Isn’t the interest in electric cars and plug-in hybrids going to spur increased reliance on coal as a power source?
May 4, 2010
URBANA -- New treatments for intestinal failure and other intestinal absorption disorders are a step closer to the patients who need them after a discovery in Kelly Tappenden's University of Illinois laboratory.
May 4, 2010
Providence, RI -- Historical research by Peter J. Snyder, PhD, reveals more of Charles Darwin's thinking when he completed what may be the first example of a prospective "single-blind" study of human perception of emotional expression.
May 4, 2010
(PHILADELPHIA) -- Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University have found that colonoscopy preparation drugs administered the same day as the procedure are…
May 4, 2010
LOS ANGELES (May 3, 2010) -- A targeted antibiotic provides effective and long-lasting relief of Irritable Bowel Syndrome symptoms, according to the results of two multisite Phase III clinical trials designed by Cedars-Sinai researchers.
May 4, 2010
In Australia, Martu hunter-gatherers light fires to expose the hiding places of their prey: monitor lizards called goanna that can grow up to six feet long.
May 3, 2010
Dr. Irving Gomolin, Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology at Stony Brook University proposed a much-needed policy to long term care…
May 3, 2010
COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. (Mon., May 3, 2010) -- The generation of transgenic plants can be a lengthy and difficult process.
May 3, 2010
CHICAGO -- The American Dietetic Association has published an updated position paper on nutrition assistance programs for children that reviews existing…
May 3, 2010
BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL, May 3, 2010 -- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have isolated a microalgal strain which produces large amounts of a…
May 3, 2010
