Monthly Archives: March 2018
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March 30, 2018Posted: March 30, 2018Read MoreWhat doesn’t need water, can freeze solid and come back to life, survives intense radiation, and stays alive in the vacuum of space?
Although the answer isn’t a cinematic horror, it certainly looks the part. The humble tardigrade (also known as a moss piglet or water bear) is a small-scale animal that rarely grows larger than half a millimeter in length. It is quite possibly... -
March 23, 2018Posted: March 23, 2018Read MoreKombucha, an effervescent beverage originating in Asia, has received much attention lately in the neutraceutical and alternative health industries as being an anti-carcinogenic, fermented tea. It is believed to help regulate the gut microbiome, aid in metabolism and cell proliferation, increase detoxification, and help protect the liver.
Kombucha originated in China over 2,000 years ago and...
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March 16, 2018Posted: March 16, 2018Read More
Recent research suggests that Alzheimer’s could be due to amyloid plaque forming around an infectious agent.Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disease that affects more than three million people each year. There are limited treatment options and no cure. While it generally affects those over the age of 60, it has been diagnosed in people... -
March 09, 2018Posted: March 09, 2018Read MoreDietary sugar and Clostridium difficile are not usually two things you hear of in one sentence, but it was recently discovered that a sugar additive, trehalose, may encourage the virulence of Clostridium difficile.
The supporting study titled “Dietary trehalose enhances virulence of epidemic Clostridium difficile” was very recently published in January 2018... -
March 02, 2018Posted: March 02, 2018Read MoreAccording to the American Cancer Society, “colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United States, excluding skin cancers” and is responsible for over 50,000 deaths annually.
In a recent newspaper article published in New York Times, “Gut Microbes Combine to Cause Colon Cancer, Study Suggests” by Gina Kolata, researchers have found a...
