What Are the Benefits of Turmeric?
Famed for purported anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, the botanical is hailed for helping a host of conditions. Is that true? (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dawn MacKeen Tags: Turmeric (Spice) Dietary Supplements and Herbal Remedies Spices Alternative and Complementary Medicine Diet and Nutrition your-feed-selfcare Research Source Type: news
A bacterial light response reveals an orphan desaturase for human plasmalogen synthesis
Plasmalogens are glycerophospholipids with a hallmark sn-1 vinyl ether bond. These lipids are found in animals and some bacteria and have proposed membrane organization, signaling, and antioxidant roles. We discovered the plasmanylethanolamine desaturase activity that is essential for vinyl ether bond formation in a bacterial enzyme, CarF, which is a homolog of the human enzyme TMEM189. CarF mediates light-induced carotenogenesis in Myxococcus xanthus, and plasmalogens participate in sensing photooxidative stress through singlet oxygen. TMEM189 and other animal homologs could functionally replace CarF in M. xanthus, and kn...
Source: ScienceNOW - October 2, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Gallego-Garcia, A., Monera-Girona, A. J., Pajares-Martinez, E., Bastida-Martinez, E., Perez-Castano, R., Iniesta, A. A., Fontes, M., Padmanabhan, S., Elias-Arnanz, M. Tags: Cell Biology, Microbiology reports Source Type: news
Is Melatonin Safe to Take Every Night?
Americans aren’t sleeping well. Roughly 80% of U.S. adults say they struggle to fall asleep at least one night a week, according to a recent Consumer Reports survey. And research has found that sleep problems are also on the rise among adolescents.
While the causes of America’s sleep woes are up for debate, there’s little disagreement about America’s favorite remedy: Melatonin, by far the country’s most-used sleep aid.
What is Melatonin?
Melatonin is a hormone that plants and animals, including humans, produce naturally. The melatonin sold in over-the-counter pills is synthetic, but chemically...
Source: TIME: Health - October 1, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized anti-oxidants drug safety inflammation medicine melatonin Source Type: news
Dietary total antioxidant capacity as a preventive factor against depression in climacteric women - de Oliveira NG, Teixeira IT, Theodoro H, Branco CS.
Depression is characterized by physical or psychological distress and in many cases can lead to suicide. OBJECTIVE: to assess the prevalence of depression and its possible relationship with dietary total antioxidant capacity (DTAC) and nutritional ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 30, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Should Parents Worry About Kids Drinking Coffee?
Spend an afternoon hanging out in a Starbucks or Dunkin, and you’ll probably see a handful of teens—and maybe even some younger kids—stopping in for a cup of coffee. A 2017 industry report from the National Coffee Association found that the percentage of Americans aged 13 to 18 who drink coffee every day had risen to 37%, marking a 14-percentage-point increase since 2014.
The image of a 13-year-old drinking coffee seems somehow wrong—a child enjoying an adult’s habit. But there’s actually a lot of good in it. Recent studies have found that coffee consumption may lower a person’s ri...
Source: TIME: Health - September 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized Caffeine Coffee health kids Source Type: news
Medical News Today: 4 natural ways to increase glutathione
Glutathione is an important antioxidant with a range of health benefits. There are several natural ways in which a person can boost their glutathione levels. Learn more here. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
Evaluation of oxidative stress and antioxidant parameters in children with carbon monoxide poisoning - Teksam O, Sabuncuo ğlu S, Girgin G, Özgüneş H.
In this study, we aimed to investigate oxidative stress and antioxidant parameter levels in patients with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. METHODS: The study was conducted prospectively between March 1, 2015 and April 30, 2016 in the pedi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 21, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Medical News Today: A guide to antioxidant foods
Antioxidants are in many healthful foods. Experts believe that they help the body fight harmful free radicals that can lead to various health conditions. Find out which 13 foods to eat to get plenty of antioxidants here. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 26, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
Low doses of radiation promote cancer-capable cells
(Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute) Low doses of radiation equivalent to three CT scans, which are considered safe, give cancer-capable cells a competitive advantage over normal cells. Researchers studied the effects of low doses of radiation in mice and found it increases the number of cells with mutations in p53, a well-known genetic change associated with cancer. However, giving the mice an antioxidant before radiation promoted the growth of healthy cells, which outcompeted and replaced the p53 mutant cells. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - July 18, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Antioxidant precursor molecule could improve Parkinson's
(Thomas Jefferson University) The naturally occurring molecule N-acetylcysteine (NAC) shows benefit in a clinical trial for Parkinson's Disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 16, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Are crickets and other creepy crawlies the new superfood?
Researchers now show that crickets and other insects pack a very high antioxidant content, which could make them top contenders as super-nutritious foods. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 15, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
Meet the six-legged superfoods: Grasshoppers top insect antioxidant-rich list
(Frontiers) For the first time, a study has measured antioxidant levels in commercially available edible insects. For open-minded health freaks, it's good news: crickets pack 75% the antioxidant power of fresh OJ, and silkworm fat twice that of olive oil. And while even ladybirds fart, insects have a tiny land, water and carbon footprint compared with livestock -- so anything that encourages insect eating is good news for the planet, too. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 15, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Natural antioxidant helps improve immune-based therapies by modulating T-cells
Shikhar Mehrotra, Ph.D. and Xue-Zhong Yu, M.D., National Institutes of Health-funded researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), have discovered a way to improve immune-based treatments, such as adoptive T-cell therapy (ACT) and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), by modulating T-cells with thioredoxin, a powerful, naturally occurring antioxidant molecule. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - July 8, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Natural antioxidant helps improve immune-based therapies by modulating T-cells
(Medical University of South Carolina) Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina discovered a way to improve immune-based treatments by modulating T-cells. The advancement can help increase anti-tumor efficiency of T-cell therapy and protect patients from graft-versus-host disease resulting from hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 8, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Vitamin E Promotes Metastasis in Lung Cancer (In Mice) Vitamin E Promotes Metastasis in Lung Cancer (In Mice)
Pathways through which the antioxidant vitamin E promotes metastasis in lung cancer are elucidated by two research teams that came up with complementary findings.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - July 2, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
