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Zinc can protect against oxidative stress when taken along with coffee, tea, and chocolate

Ageing and a low life expectancy are caused, at least partly, by oxidative stress. A team of researchers led by Prof. Dr. Ivana Ivanovi-Burmazovi from the Chair of Bioinorganic Chemistry at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), together with researchers from the USA, have discovered that zinc can activate an organic molecule, helping to protect against oxidative stress.

2 Nov 2018

Hot brew coffee has more antioxidant capacity than cold brew, finds study

In a new study, Jefferson researchers found chemical differences between hot and cold brew coffee that may have health impacts.

1 Nov 2018

Roasted jackfruit seeds can replace cocoa to make cappuccino, study shows

Cappuccino made with jackfruit instead of cocoa powder. According to a new study, roasted jackfruit seeds can replace between 50% and 75% of the cocoa that is blended with milk and coffee to make cappuccino without impairing flavor or aroma.

26 Oct 2018

Pitt/UPMC researchers awarded NIH grants for brain computer interface research

A team of University of Pittsburgh and UPMC researchers was recently awarded two grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) totaling over $8 million to expand their groundbreaking brain computer interface (BCI) research in collaboration with researchers at the University of Chicago and Carnegie Mellon University.

12 Oct 2018

Diagnosing Atrial Fibrillation in 30 Seconds

An interview with Glyn Barnes, Marketing Director for AliveCor, about Kardia Mobile and the Kardia Band, the FDA approved devices which can provide a diagnostic quality ECG reading in 30 seconds.

From AliveCor, Inc. 11 Oct 2018

Congress targets misuse of hospice drugs

Hospice workers would be allowed to destroy patients’ unneeded opioids, reducing the risk that families misuse them, according to one little-noticed provision in the bipartisan opioids bill headed to President Donald Trump’s desk for his likely signature.

5 Oct 2018

New book explores unlikely origins of food regulation

Milk may seem as wholesome a drink as there is, but it was not always so.

4 Oct 2018

Research examines taste and odor preferences in patients after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, a type of bariatric surgery, many patients exhibit a reduction in taste preference for sweet and fatty foods, although this effect may only be temporary, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

17 Sep 2018

Study: Social class determines how the unemployed describe food insecurity

"Cherry Blossom," a 39-year-old woman worked as a hotel breakfast bar hostess around the start of the "Great Recession." She lost her job, and three years later she was being interviewed to assess her struggles with her unemployment. She talked about her empty refrigerator.

17 Sep 2018

Titan Enterprises offers reliable beverage dispensing flowmeters

Based upon a unique Pelton wheel design, Titan Enterprises beverage dispensing flowmeters are inherently reliable and proven in tens of thousands of installations around the world.

From Titan Enterprises Ltd 14 Sep 2018

Adhering to anti-inflammatory diet may reduce risk of early death

Adhering to an anti-inflammatory diet was associated with lower risks of dying from any cause, dying from cardiovascular causes, and dying from cancer in a recent Journal of Internal Medicine study.

14 Sep 2018

Consuming more caffeine may help reduce risk of death for people with kidney disease

A new study in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation indicates that consuming more caffeine may help reduce the risk of death for people with chronic kidney disease.

12 Sep 2018

Doctor with Guillain Barré syndrome recovers back to normal life

Doctors do the darndest things. Take the one who walked right up to Dan Thomas, MD, at a lecture, got into the ready position, and proceeded to perform several squats as Thomas watched, puzzled.

6 Sep 2018

New study shows importance of whole grains for prevention of type 2 diabetes

It doesn't matter if it's rye, oats, or wheat. As long as it is wholegrain, it can prevent type 2 diabetes. This is the finding of a new study from researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and the Danish Cancer Society Research Center.

5 Sep 2018

Cancer, schmancer. In California, coffee is king

It turns out that California and the Trump administration do agree on at least one thing: Don't mess with coffee.

31 Aug 2018

Restricting food to 10-hour window can lead to better health

Scientists at the Salk Institute found that mice lacking the biological clocks thought to be necessary for a healthy metabolism could still be protected against obesity and metabolic diseases by having their daily access to food restricted to a 10-hour window.

31 Aug 2018

Short and fragmented sleep associated with high risk of asymptomatic atherosclerosis

Sleeping less than six hours or waking up several times in the night is associated with an increased risk of asymptomatic atherosclerosis, which silently hardens and narrows the arteries, according to results of the PESA study presented today at ESC Congress 2018.

27 Aug 2018

Variability in the way neurons respond to visual stimuli is not just noise, finds research

Take a look at your favorite mug; it probably looks the same as it always has, but your neurons may not think so. Neurons are firing in response to the visual stimuli they see but they don't fire in exactly the same way every time.

24 Aug 2018

MDA announces 34 new grants totaling $9.9 million to accelerate neuromuscular research

The Muscular Dystrophy Association today announced the award of 34 new grants totaling more than $9.9 million for its summer round of funding. These new grants represent a continued commitment by MDA to fund groundbreaking research that will accelerate treatments and cures for the more than 40 diseases in its program.

24 Aug 2018

People fall into trap of greater inactivity during middle age, research reveals

People are falling into a trap of greater inactivity during middle age, according to new research from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, which calls for its findings to be considered in future national physical activity guidelines.

24 Aug 2018