Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

Gold medal for exercise: Key to long, healthy life - Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Activity is not just for the heart: For older people, it spells longevity, mobility, independence. Exercise fights diabetes and MS; even extends the lifespan. Time to get moving?

Skin Cancer – Why so Much? - Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Skin cancer is rising faster than the price of oil (almost). How can you identify skin cancer? How can you protect yourself? Is ozone loss one of the causes? Does sunscreen prevent melanoma?

Alcohol: Molecule curbs drinking among rats; are humans next? - Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Injecting a protein in the brain stifles the drive to drink among lab rats; one dose lasts three hours or more. Does GDNF offer a new angle on alcoholism?

Gene therapy: Success at last! - Thursday, May 8th, 2008

After decades of effort, gene replacement brings eyesight to the blind. How did it work? What does animal research say about gene therapy for curing cancer, reducing pain or reversing muscular dystrophy? Why has gene therapy taken so long?

Testosterone: New key to Wall Street success? - Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Financial traders make more money when their blood has more testosterone. Is this another arena where the male hormone leads to success, or could success raise the hormone level?

Antibiotic brainstorms - Thursday, April 10th, 2008

As pathogenic bacteria advance, scientists are desperately scrounging around for new ways to fight them. But would you believe healing clay, gator blood, honey and crushed leaves?

Diabetes epidemic expands: Blame “metabolic syndrome”? - Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Before type 2 diabetes or heart disease comes “metabolic syndrome,” a devil’s-brew of high blood pressure, bad cholesterol, a big waist and insulin resistance. Want to stop the slide – without drugs?

Targeting tumors: A new approach proven? - Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Up to 20 percent of cancers are caused by a viral infection. A new study turns cancer-causing viral proteins into a homing beacon to attract radioactive isotopes that kill tumor cells.

Unsilly cilia: Do tiny hairs help our sense of touch? - Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Survive the vaccination routine? That’s no fun for anyone — parent or child.

Vitamin C: Could it cure cancer? - Thursday, September 13th, 2007

30 years ago, a legendary biochemist said vitamin C could cure cancer. Har, har, said the scientific establishment. Now a mouse study shows C fighting two cancers. Did brilliant scientist and peace activist Linus Pauling get it right?

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