http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Many kinds of cinnamon, cinnamon-flavored foods, beverages and food supplements in the United States use a form of the spice that contains high levels of a natural substance that may cause liver damage in some sensitive people, scientists are reporting. Their study, published in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, found similar results as those published in the European Union. http://phys.org/news287221772.html Chemistry Wed, 08 May 2013 08:50:18 EST news287221772 (Phys.org) -- The popular spice turmeric packs more than just flavor — it shows promise in fighting devastating viruses, Mason researchers recently discovered. http://phys.org/news264340014.html Chemistry Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:47:16 EST news264340014 Turmeric, a bright yellow spice from south Asia belonging to the ginger family, is the main ingredient in curries — and ancient wisdom suggests that it's also good for your health. Taking this wisdom to the laboratory, Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered that turmeric's active ingredient called curcumin amplifies the therapeutic activity of highly toxic anti-inflammatory drugs used to fight colon cancer when used at high doses. http://phys.org/news218282334.html Medicine & Health Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:03:42 EST news218282334 A "huge" variation exists in the amounts of coumarin in bark samples of cassia cinnamon from trees growing in Indonesia, scientists are reporting in a new study. That natural ingredient in the spice may carry a theoretical risk of causing liver damage in a small number of sensitive people who consume large amounts of cinnamon. The report appears in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. http://phys.org/news208014651.html Chemistry Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:20:01 EST news208014651 Two University of Hertfordshire academics will release new evidence about the dangers of ‘Spice’ drugs today at the first International Psychonaut Web Mapping Conference in Ancona, Italy. http://phys.org/news172497147.html Medicine & Health Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:53:04 EST news172497147 A clinical report from Dresden supports the impression that "Spice Gold" is strongly addictive. http://phys.org/news166356151.html Medicine & Health Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:03:46 EST news166356151 An imaging coronal spectrograph called SPICE (Spectral Imaging of the Coronal Environment), designed by scientists and engineers at Southwest Research Institute in Boulder has been selected by ESA and NASA for the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter mission to explore the innermost regions of the solar system from the closest distances to the Sun ever attempted. Solar Orbiter will be positioned at a unique vantage point, about one-fourth the distance of the Earth from the Sun. http://phys.org/news156956348.html Space & Earth Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:59:54 EST news156956348