news.ku.dk - Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have discovered that Vitamin D is crucial to activating our immune defenses and that without sufficient intake of the vitamin, the killer cells of the immune system – T cells - will not be able to react to and fight off serious infections in the body.
For T-cells [...]

Often diagnosed in late stages, ovarian cancer has an asymptomatic onset and a relatively low 5-year survival rate of about 45 percent. But there is some good news about the positive impact that a healthy diet can have on ovarian cancer survival rates. Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago determined that there is [...]

FASEB.org - The next treatment for cancer might come from the DHA in fish oil or algal oil, according to a new research report published in the March 2010 print edition of the FASEB Journal. In the report, scientists show that the omega-3 fatty acid, docosahexaenoic acid or DHA, and its derivatives in the body [...]

HenryFord.com - Niacin, or vitamin B3, a common water-soluble B vitamin, may help improve neurological function after stroke, according to an early NIH-funded study by Henry Ford Hospital researchers.
When rats with ischemic stroke were given niacin, their brains showed growth of new blood vessels, and sprouting of nerve cells which greatly improved neurological outcome.
Now research [...]

AFTAU.org - New research from Tel Aviv University with magnesium-L-theronate suggests that magnesium, a key nutrient for the functioning of memory, may be even more critical than previously thought for the neurons of children and healthy brain cells in adults.
Begun at MIT, the research started as a part of a post-doctoral project by Dr. Inna [...]

K-State.edu - Nutrigenomics, a field that studies the effects of food on gene expression, is in gaining more academic interest. Researchers at Kansas State University recently discussed the possibility of using food to prevent an individual’s genes from expressing disease. The researchers said nutrigenomics could completely change the future of public health and the food [...]