News tagged with health benefit

Chemists figure out how to synthesize compounds from resveratrol

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers working at Columbia University in New York have succeeded in synthesizing several compounds from the stilbenoid, resveratrol, a chemical commonly found in the skin of grapes that ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

For your health, pick a mate who is conscientious and, perhaps, also neurotic

Conscientiousness is a good thing in a mate, researchers report, not just because it's easier to live with someone who washes the dishes without being asked, but also because having a conscientious partner ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Cola detectives test natural flavoring claims for pricey soft drinks

Scientists are reporting development and successful testing of a new way to determine whether cola drinks -- advertised as being made with natural ingredients and sold at premium prices -- really do contain natural flavoring. ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Probing Question: Are 'superfoods' really nutritional powerhouses?

You’ve probably seen the supermarket tabloid articles with titles like “The 12 Foods Everyone Should Eat” or “Four Foods for Peak Performance.” Every week there’s another berry, grain or bafflingly-named compound that is ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Hear! Hear! Texas wines fight cancer growth

It's happy hour for Texas wineries. Research now shows that wines produced in the Lone Star State share the anti-cancer traits known to exist in wines from other producing regions.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (13) | comments 3

The time is ripe for Salmonella

The ripeness of fruit could determine how food-poisoning bacteria grow on them, according to scientists presenting their work at the Society for General Microbiology's Spring Conference in Dublin this week. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Consumers willing to pay premium for healthier genetically modified foods: study

Consumers are eager to get their hands on, and teeth into, foods that are genetically modified to increase health benefits – and even pay more for the opportunity.

Biology / Other

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Verizon workers return to work, without a deal

(AP) -- Thousands of striking Verizon workers will return to work starting Monday night, though their contract dispute isn't over yet.

Technology / Business

created Aug 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Learning through unstructured play helps kids develop

Roughhousing, or tossing your children around on purpose, can be a hard sell to many parents. We worry our kids will get hurt. We don't want rowdy behavior carrying over into the classroom, especially in schools with no-touching ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Fuzzy math in health law formula

(AP) -- Older adults of the same age and income with similar medical histories would pay sharply different amounts for private health insurance due to what appears to be an unintended consequence of the new health care law.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Not just 'woody weeds' - spreading shrubs have silver lining

The global spread of native trees and shrubs into open grazing land and abandoned farms can bring unexpected environmental and economic benefits, a major new international study has found.

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Temperature, humidity affect health benefits of green tea powders

The beneficial compounds in green tea powders aren't as stable as once thought, according to a Purdue University study that will give industry guidelines on how to better store those powders.

Chemistry / Other

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Placing value, price on new drugs: The challenge facing new UK policy, say Hopkins bioethicists

The United States should pay close attention to how the United Kingdom carries out plans to assess a new drug's worth using factors that go beyond clinical and cost effectiveness, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study clarifies the role of cocoa bean handling on flavanol levels

As evidence regarding the health benefits of consuming dark chocolate and cocoa mounts, there has been an increasing debate about which cocoa and chocolate products deliver the most beneficial compounds, known as flavanols, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 10, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Study links social security improvements to longer life span

New findings from researchers at New York Medical College suggest that when Social Security benefits are improved, people over the age of 65 benefit most, and may even live longer.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0