Healthy Tips For Back-to-school
Alexa Schmidt, Binghamton University’s registered dietitian, offers the following health and wellness tips for college students. Tips for beating the ‘freshman fifteen’ — Seek out campus resources. — Sign up for an active gym class. — Find the walking trails on campus or map out a route to do each day. — Buy a pedometer [...]
Gene Vital To Brain's Stem Cells Implicated In Deadly Brain Cancer
Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center’s Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a protein that activates brain stem cells to make new neurons ” but that may be hijacked later in life to cause brain cancer in humans. The protein called Huwe1 normally functions to eliminate other unnecessary proteins and was found to act [...]
White Tea Could Keep You Healthy And Looking Young
Next time you’re making a cuppa, new research shows it might be wise to opt for a white tea if you want to reduce your risk of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis or even just age-associated wrinkles. Researchers from Kingston University teamed up with Neal’s Yard Remedies to test the health properties of 21 plant and herb [...]
Stemedica Requests Pre-IND Meeting With FDA
Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc. USA, a leader in adult stem cell research and manufacturing, has requested a pre-Investigational New Drug (IND) meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) to discuss a proposed IND to use Stemedica’s proprietary line of allogeneic mesenchymal bone marrow cells (adult human) as a treatment for ischemic stroke. Source:Stemedica [...]
Even At Advanced Age, Exercise Boosts Muscle Cells' Energy Centers
Whether a person is 8 years old or 88, exercise helps protect against type 2 diabetes. It does this, in part, by revving up the function of small structures called mitochondria, which are found inside cells. Diabetes specialist Nicolas Musi, M.D., associate professor in the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science [...]
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