Life Science Newsletter – February 21, 2012

In this issue: liquid lasers for cancer tests, superbugs vs. proteins, unhealthy comparisons, stem cell workout, Dana Farber on ‘end of life’, memory loss and food, Purdue on fitness, microbes can cause obesity, love chemicals at Duke, a cytokine’s secrets … Continue reading


Life Sciencer Newsletter – January 23, 2012

In this issue: getting personal with diabetes, exercise in a pill, prostate music, drug shield for the liver, statins and lung cancer, beer belly cross talk, Dartmouth on depression, more about bat brains, the magic hormone that triggers benefits of exercise, hope for flat … Continue reading


Life Sciencer Newsletter – January 9, 2012

In this issue: where habits are formed, red equals white in world of nutrition, blindness breakthrough, cod oil against TB, muscle mystery, IBD’s cancer risk, from one face to another, arguing for PSA tests, bigger the crowd-greater the pain, Tufts … Continue reading


Life Science Newsletter – December 13

In this issue: food flu’s a comin’, Fountain of Youth at Johns Hopkins, fat blocks fat, exercise for sounder sleep, fight fat with fat, smoking in car hurts kids, obesity clock starts at age 3.5, coffee toxicity defined, autism puzzle … Continue reading


Life Science Newsletter – November 28

In this issue: there’s BPA in your soup, new talk about stuttering, so many proteins/what to do?, fighting drug-resistant infections, disease from wind currents, ’tis better to give than to receive, Mayo times heart therapy, garlic oil at Emory, measuring … Continue reading


Life Science Newsletter – November 14

In this issue: foe as friend, bipolar at Tufts, don’t cheat on broccoli, say ‘yes’ to chest x-rays, predicting the success of chemo, aspirin cuts some cancers, cannabis and cognitive chaos, alcohol and breast cancer, MIT on antibiotic resistance, live … Continue reading


Life Science Newsletter – October 31

In this issue: when your brain runs on empty, weight-based bullying at Yale, green affects genes, warring against superbugs, fate after surgery, century-old cure for sinus symptoms, the brain’s hate circuit, virtues of early morning sunning, and more…   What … Continue reading


Life Science Newsletter – October 18

In this issue: In this issue: mind you red meat intake, silence among the white coats, perils of genetic testing, nextgen Cox-2s, asthma drugs just for you, green tea for dieting, why the brain loves winning, MRI-driven robots, failing fat … Continue reading


Life Science Newsletter – October 5

In this issue: anti-viral for cancer, dementia at UCLA, mind your zinc, childless men at higher risk, foam out varicose veins, disabling bad heart cells, ladies-drink your coffee!,  another hit at cholesterol, the good fat at Joslin, and more…   … Continue reading


Life Science Newsletter – July 25

In this issue: why we forget, fluorescent fish, studying your way out heart disease, Duke on demystifying youth, Purdue on bacteria, potato heads lead gainers, cancer’s familial track, salty path to drug addiction, maintaining muscle during old age, and more…fluorescent … Continue reading


Life Science Newsletter – July 12

In this issue: when a little itch is a pain, running speeds learning, aging saliva, diet soda does its job, treating obesity with fat tissue, detecting lazy eye earlier, sunburn tests novel pain drugs, artificial pancreas at Mayo, cancer on … Continue reading


Life Science Newsletter – June 13, 2011

In this issue: perils of business travel, tales of oral chemo, dancing calls at Harvard, curbing cravings with fish oil, stroke after surgery, cancer’s sleeping killers, quarterbacking monkeys, debunking dairy’s role in heart risk, tinted lenses lessen migraines, cross your … Continue reading


Life Science Newsletter – May 31, 2011

In this issue: blood test for lung cancer, lithium may slow memory loss, general doctors often miss skin cancers, driving tied to obesity, coffee lowers risk of prostate cancer, swab your ears with caution, Yale on the common itch, green … Continue reading


Life Science Newsletter – April 27, 2011

In this issue: internet depression treatment, new liver cancer marker, did you swallow the pill?, sunbed ban for under 18, chip checks for oral cancer, well done meat and your bladder, Yale targets cancer stem cells, sparing the rod lessens … Continue reading


Life Science Newsletter – April 4, 2011

In this issue: kidney donation protocols, depression hits elders in the knees, is it just a cold or allergies?, Johns Hopkins’ insulin switch, fiber and your heart, obesity and birth rates, aquatic zebra loses its stripes, roundworm harbors sepsis relief, discovering a genetic link to suicide, surprise role for a malaria drug, even mild stress can affect your future, are PSA tests ‘wasted’ on the old?, and more… Continue reading


Life Science Newsletter – March 21, 2011

In this issue: hen as fox or vice versa, fresh from the liver-a
killer, shift work may be good for your health, more tanning bed worries,
‘befeet’ your mitochondria, Prudue on MS, spring forward-allergies back,
heavy stigma, sleep de-risks decisions, gold standard below the belt,
Yale on getting heart attacks right, and more… Continue reading