Hormone replacement therapies, or medications containing female hormones, may help cancer to spread. Credit: © Ivelin Radkov / Fotolia Hormone replacement therapies, or medications containing female hormones that substitute those no longer produced by the body, often are prescribed to reduce...
Probiotics may relieve symptoms of depression, suggests a new study. Credit: © WrightStudio / Fotolia Probiotics may relieve symptoms of depression, as well as help gastrointestinal upset, research from McMaster University has found. In a study published in the medical journal Gastroenterology,...
New research sheds light on how obesity increases the risk of cancer. Credit: © hin255 / Fotolia It's been well established that obesity is a contributor to cancer risk, but how it actually causes cancer is still a question...
Fresh fruits and vegetables. Credit: © Serghei Velusceac / Fotolia. Eating potassium-rich foods like sweet potatoes, avocados, spinach, beans, bananas -- and even coffee -- could be key to lowering blood pressure, according to Alicia McDonough, PhD, professor of cell and...
Most obese people develop insulin resistance, which can lead to type 2 diabetes and other chronic diseases. However, Horowitz and his team found that about one-third of the 30 obese adults in their study did not develop insulin resistance. Credit:...
Normal cells help corral tumors (left) and when removed lead to expansion of cancers. Credit: Yale University Scientists have spent decades studying the nature of tumor cells, but few have looked to see what was happening in the surrounding tissue. When Yale...
Life expectancy in the US over time, 1980-2014. Credit: IHME Babies born today in 13 US counties have shorter expected lifespans than their parents did when they were born decades ago, according to a new study. For example, life expectancy at...
The human brain actively develops until a person reaches their early twenties. Studies suggest that adults who smoked pot regularly during adolescence exhibit reduced neural connectivity in regions responsible for memory, learning and inhibitions. Credit: © Shane / Fotolia When high...
Pollution haze over South East London, through a window in a viewing area of the 95-storey skyscraper The Shard, the tallest building in Britain, in London, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. The London mayor's office says the city is experiencing...
Two billion children breathe toxic air worldwide, UNICEF says. Image Credit: Flickr/leniners Almost one in seven of the world’s children, 300 million, live in areas with the most toxic levels of outdoor air pollution – six or more times higher...
This is Kafuli Agbemenu, PhD, assistant professor in the UB School of Nursing. Credit: University at Buffalo For years, research has shown that female Somali Bantu refugees may be hesitant to use hormonal birth control and other methods of family planning. ...