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The first study to gauge how much longer we live based on the number of...
Magic Bullets vs. Promiscuous Plants
The pharmaceutical industry is starting to shift away from designing single target drugs to trying...
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Barriers to patent natural commodities, such as the spice turmeric, keeps prices low—but if no...
Xenohormesis: What Doesn’t Kill Plants May Make Us Stronger
A new concept in biology tries to explain why the consumption of certain natural compounds...
Appropriating Plant Defenses
Plants and animals share similar biochemical pathways and signaling systems, which may explain why so...
Tick Bites, Meat Allergies, and Chronic Urticaria
The rising incidence of tick-bite induced meat allergies may account for cases of previously unexplained...
Alpha-Gal and the Lone Star Tick
Our immune response against a foreign molecule present in animal products may play a role...
Eggs and Arterial Function
Even studies funded by the American Egg Board show our arteries benefit from not eating...
Debunking Egg Industry Myths
The latest meta-analysis of studies on egg consumption and heart disease risk found that even...
Walnuts and Artery Function
Not eating walnuts may double our risk of dying from heart disease (compared to at...
Pollutants in Salmon and Our Own Fat
Farmed Atlantic salmon, the kind of salmon most commonly found in restaurants and supermarkets, may...
