DukeMedNews - Within the mind of every smoker trying to quit rages a battle between the higher-order functions of the brain wanting to break the habit and the lower-order functions screaming for another cigarette, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center. More often than not, that cigarette gets lit.
Brain scans of smokers studied by [...]

10 milligrams of zinc per day reduced childhood mortality in Johns Hopkins study funded by the WHO, United Nations, and Bill Gates.
JHSPH.edu - A clinical trial conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public concluded that daily zinc supplements reduced the risk of death among children aged 12 to 48 months by [...]

Fatty liver disease in children is escalating as childhood obesity increases.
Indianapolis - Indiana University School of Medicine researchers are taking a closer look at a liver disease whose incidence is rising as obesity in children increases. Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis, more popularly known as Fatty Liver Disease, occurs in approximately 15% of obese children. Fatty Liver Disease, [...]

Men over 60 may benefit from large amount of soy isoflavones as far as inhibiting latent or localized prostate cancer, but may double the risk of advanced prostate cancer.
American Association for Cancer Research - The largest study examining the relationship between the traditional soy-rich Japanese diet and development of prostate cancer in Japanese men has [...]

USApple - Apples may prove to be a winner when it comes to reducing the risk of heart disease, says a new study of more than 34,000 women. In this study, flavonoid-rich apples were found to be one of three foods (along with red wine and pears) that decrease the risk of mortality for both [...]

Common plastics softener used in cosmetics and shampoos may be toxic to health and male reproductive organs.
University of Rochester Medical Center - Exposure to phthalates, a common chemical found in everything from plastics to soaps, already has been connected to reproductive problems and now, for the first time, is linked to abdominal obesity and insulin [...]