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Your brain on 'shrooms: fMRI elucidates neural correlates of psilocybin psychedelic state

(Medical Xpress) -- Psychedelic substances have long been used for healing, ceremonial, or mind-altering subjective experiences due to compounds that, when ingested or inhaled, generate hallucinations, perceptual ...

Neuroscience created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (43) | comments 45 | with audio podcast feature

Research finds HIV-killing compound

(Medical Xpress) -- A powerful topical preventative for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, could soon be in the works thanks to a newly discovered molecular compound that research at Texas A&M University and ...

HIV & AIDS created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (32) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

New study validates longevity pathway: Findings identify universal mechanism for activating anti-aging pathway

A new study demonstrates what researchers consider conclusive evidence that the red wine compound resveratrol directly activates a protein that promotes health and longevity in animal models. What's more, the researchers ...

Medical research created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (20) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Strawberries protect the stomach from alcohol

In an experiment on rats, European researchers have proved that eating strawberries reduces the harm that alcohol can cause to the stomach mucous membrane. Published in the open access journal Plos One, the st ...

Other created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (21) | comments 2

Tuberculosis researchers find answer to 30-year-old puzzle

(Medical Xpress) -- After three decades of searching, the random screening of a group of compounds against the bacterium that causes tuberculosis has led scientists to a eureka discovery that breaks through the fortress that ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Pills found in ancient Tuscan wreck resemble modern medicine

(Medical Xpress)—A team of Italian researchers studying the contents of a small tin found aboard the wreck of a second century B.C. cargo ship claim its contents are pills meant to cure eye or skin ailments. ...

Medications created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Scientists reveal drinking champagne could improve memory

(Medical Xpress)—New research shows that drinking one to three glasses of champagne a week may counteract the memory loss associated with ageing, and could help delay the onset of degenerative brain disorders, ...

Health created May 08, 2013 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

An 'off' switch for pain: Chemists build light-controlled neural inhibitor

Pain? Just turn it off! It may sound like science fiction, but researchers based in Munich, Berkeley and Bordeaux have now succeeded in inhibiting pain-sensitive neurons on demand, in the laboratory. The crucial element in ...

Medical research created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Compound that halts growth of malaria parasite created

A drug candidate that has shown promise for neutralizing dangerous bacteria also prevents the parasite that causes malaria from growing, new research by a Yale University team headed by Nobel laureate Sidney Altman shows.

Medical research created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

3 Questions: MIT biologist on new resveratrol study

In the early 1990s, MIT professor Leonard Guarente discovered that sirtuins, a class of proteins found in nearly all animals, protect against the effects of aging in yeast; similar effects have since been ...

Medical research created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Researchers report potential new treatment to stop Alzheimer's disease

Last March, researchers at UCLA reported the development of a molecular compound called CLR01 that prevented toxic proteins associated with Parkinson's disease from binding together and killing the brain's neurons.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Is a better sleeping pill on the way?

(HealthDay)—A new class of sleep medications appears to help people fall asleep without causing grogginess the next day, researchers say.

Medical research created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

More evidence that spicing up broccoli boosts its cancer-fighting power

Teaming fresh broccoli with a spicy food that contains the enzyme myrosinase significantly enhances each food's individual cancer-fighting power and ensures that absorption takes place in the upper part of the digestive system ...

Health created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists dramatically reduce plaque-forming substances in mice with Alzheimer's disease

Scientists have found that eliminating an enzyme from mice with symptoms of Alzheimer's disease leads to a 90 percent reduction in the compounds responsible for formation of the plaques linked to Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Sep 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Compound found in rosemary protects against macular degeneration in laboratory model

Herbs widely used throughout history in Asian and early European cultures have received renewed attention by Western medicine in recent years. Scientists are now isolating the active compounds in many medicinal ...

Ophthalmology created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast