New Discovery Shows Ancient Herb Fights Inflammation
Advanced study techniques identify anti-inflammatory components in ginseng FRIDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Ginseng has been used in medicine for centuries, and now its reputation for improving health is expanding: A new study has found that the herb, which is used in traditional Chi...Discovery in amber reveals ancient biology of termites
CORVALLIS, Ore. The analysis of a termite entombed for 100 million years in an ancient piece of amber has revealed the oldest example of "mutualism" ever discovered between an animal and microorganism, and also shows the unusual biology that helped make this one of the most successful, although f...The Healing Power of Ancient Minerals Magnesium Oil Now Available Down Under
Australian company joins growing list of Ancient Minerals international distributors. San Ramon, CA (PRWEB) January 29, 2009 -- LL Magnetic Clay, Inc. announced today that Australian company Rejuve Health Products Pty Ltd. has entered into an agreement to market and dis...Study of ancient and modern plagues finds common features
In 430 B.C., a new and deadly diseaseits cause remains a mysteryswept into Athens. The walled Greek city-state was teeming with citizens, soldiers and refugees of the war then raging between Athens and Sparta. As streets filled with corpses, social order broke down. Over the next three years, the ...Elderly's restless nights helped by ancient martial art
More than half of all older adults complain about having difficulties sleeping. Most don't bother seeking treatment. Those who do usually turn either to medications, which can lead to other health problems, or behavior therapies, which are costly and often not available close to home. Now, U...Leeds medics solve an ancient riddle -- and offer new tool for diagnosis
A puzzling medical condition, identified more than 2,000 years ago by Hippocrates, has finally been explained by researchers at the University of Leeds. The phenomenon of "finger clubbing", a deformity of the fingers and fingernails, has been known for thousands of years, and has long been rec...Scientists Discover Origin of Malaria
...red parasites show that malaria jumped from animals to humans, much the way that HIV, SARS and swine flu originated. "This discovery shows that ancient diseases, such as malaria, can originate in the same way that modern pandemics do, namely by jumping from animals to humans" Wolfe said. "We now know ...Doctors Urge Precaution to Shield Against Swine Flu
... of medical doctors. Mary Hardy, MD, a conventionally-trained allopathic medical doctor and expert in botanical medicine and medical systems of ancient and traditional cultures, currently counsels patients undergoing treatment at Simms/Mann-UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology. "I continually emphasi...Ancestry.com DNA Testing Reveals 'Roots' Author's Scottish Ancestry
...d the world as well as supplying the recipient with rich detail about their ancient ancestry. "This is a perfect example of what a simple cheek swab can ... genetic relation to a specific individual and trace the migration patterns ancient ancestors followed as they left Africa. Ancestry.com's 33-marker paternal D...Just in Time for Winter, a New Berry That's Good for Your Health
...f this use has been seen in Stone Age villages located at sites in Italy and Switzerland; recipes were also discovered showing black elderberry use in ancient Egypt. Sambucol(R) is the original elderberry product, researched and tested in published clinical trials showing it to help support the immune syst...Gene Hunters Fine-Tune Marker for Common Obesity Gene
... various human populations worldwide. The finding suggests that the gene variant, identified in DNA from African American children, may be a tag of an ancient mutation that first arose in Africa, where humans originated. The research team, led by Struan Grant, Ph.D., and Hakon Hakonarson, M.D., Ph.D., bo...Dermajuvenate "Quigong Machine
Description:... "Qigong is an ancient Chinese Method of enhancing health that dates back thousands of years. Essentially, Qigong fosters health and healing by promoting a smooth flow of Qi...Artificial induction of immunity
...own as Variola Minor) into a subject to make him or her immune to re-infection with the more lethal natural form, Variola Major. This was practiced in ancient times in China and India, and imported into Europe, via Turkey, around 1720 by Lady Montagu and perhaps others. From England, the technique spread...Climate-caused biodiversity booms and busts in ancient plants and mammals
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---A period of global warming from 53 million to 47 million years ago strongly influenced plants and animals, spurring a biodiversity boom in western North America, researchers from three research museums report in a paper published online this week in the Proceedings of the Natio...Scary ancient spiders revealed in 3-D models, thanks to new imaging technique
Early relatives of spiders that lived around 300 million years ago are revealed in new three-dimensional models, in research published today in the journal Biology Letters . Scientists at Imperial College London have created detailed 3D computer models of two fossilised specimens of ancient c...Bizarre walking bat has ancient heritage
A bizarre New Zealand bat that is as much at home walking four-legged on the ground as winging through the air had an Australian ancestor 20 million years ago with the same rare ability, a new study has found. The discovery overturns a long-held held view that the agile walking and climbing skil...Scientists 'rebuild' giant moa using ancient DNA
Scientists have performed the first DNA-based reconstruction of the giant extinct moa bird, using prehistoric feathers recovered from caves and rock shelters in New Zealand. Researchers from the University of Adelaide and Landcare Research in New Zealand have identified four different moa speci...University of Leicester geologists demonstrate extent of ancient ice age
Geologists at the University of Leicester have shown that an ancient Ice Age, once regarded as a brief 'blip', in fact lasted for 30 million years. They have published their findings and are due to discuss them at a public lecture at the University on Wednesday June 17. Their research sugges...Fossil bone bed helps reconstruct life along California's ancient coastline
Berkeley In the famed Sharktooth Hill Bone Bed near Bakersfield, Calif., shark teeth as big as a hand and weighing a pound each, intermixed with copious bones from extinct seals and whales, seem to tell of a 15-million-year-old killing ground. Yet, new research by a team of paleontologists fro...Secret of sandcastle construction could help revive ancient building technique, researchers say
The secret of a successful sandcastle could aid the revival of an ancient eco-friendly building technique, according to research led by Durham University. Researchers, led by experts at Durham's School of Engineering, have carried out a study into the strength of rammed earth, which is growing ...Evidence of Ancient Hot Springs on Mars Detailed in Astrobiology Journal
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) suggest the discovery of ancient springs in the Vernal Crater, sites where life forms may have evolved on Mars, according to a report in Astrobiology , a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann ...New property found in ancient mineral lodestone
HOUSTON -- Dec. 17, 2007 -- Using the latest methods for nanofabrication, a team led by Rice University physicists has discovered a surprising new electronic property in one of the earliest-known and most-studied magnetic minerals on Earth -- lodestone, also known as magnetite. By changing the ...Stanford researchers find a quicker, cheaper way to sort isotopes
...fic drug by testing samples of urine and breath to see if the right organs have properly metabolized it. Also, climatologists can learn more about the ancient earth by studying carbon dioxide locked within cores of ice, Zare said. Zare and his students worked together with researchers from Picarro, Inc.,...2 Springer authors receive NWO/Spinoza Prize in the Netherlands
...tions to our understanding of critical transitions in complex systems, varying from transitions in shallow lakes to climate change and the collapse of ancient cultures. Dr. Scheffer published his book Ecology of Shallow Lakes with Springer. Professor Albert van den Berg is a physicist at the University o...Scripps Research Institute Highlights Groundbreaking Work of aTyr Pharma Scientific Co-Founder
...h therapeutic potential. The work done by Professor Yang and her group has contributed immensely to our understanding of how the genes encoding these ancient enzymes have evolved to include broader roles in regulating the systems biology of humans." An expert on tRNA synthetases, Paul Schimmel has also bee...