Fighting Inflammation in a Nut Shell
The equivalent of eating a single walnut half per day appeared to cut the risk...
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Friday Favorites: Micromorts – How Risky Is It to Go Under Anesthesia?
A micromort as a unit of comparing and communicating risk to patients equivalent to a one-in-a-million chance of dying.
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Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Purple Potatoes
Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory properties of white compared to yellow and purple potatoes. Purple potatoes may also...
Boosting Immunity Through Diet
Inadequate fruit and vegetable intake may help explain the loss of immune function associated with...
Is Hydroponic Basil as Healthy?
The antioxidant, phytonutrient, and vitamin content of basil grown in water (hydroponic) is compared to...
Chamomile Tea May Not Be Safe During Pregnancy
For the same reason aspirin should be avoided in pregnancy, chamomile has such powerful anti-inflammatory...
Making Our Arteries Less Sticky
Mushrooms appear to have an anti-inflammatory effect on human arterial lining cells in vitro, which...
Blocking the First Step of Heart Disease
By preventing the buildup of cholesterol in our bloodstream, we can prevent atherosclerosis in our...
Arterial Acne
Atherosclerotic plaques in coronary arteries may be more aptly described as pimples, initiated by the...
Zero Tolerance to Acceptable Risk
The fish and poultry industries propose moving from a zero tolerance policy on certain dangerous...
Unsafe at Any Feed
In a national survey, fewer than half of the participants realized meat contaminated with fecal...
Not So Delusional Parasitosis
Delusional parasitosis is a form of psychosis characterized by the false belief that one is...
Maggot Meat Spray
Given their inherent resistance to food-poisoning bacteria, maggots can be used to create an antibacterial...
