(Natural News) A study conducted by the University of Stirling and University of Edinburgh discovered that children gain better test responses after physical activity that was set at their own pace, as opposed to exhaustive exercise. The study was jointly spearheaded by Dr. Colin Moran and Dr. Naomi Brooks, both of Stirling’s Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, and […]

(Natural News) Women who happen to conceive while currently on an intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) are more prone to pregnancy and delivery issues such as bacterial infections, preterm delivery, low weight term babies, or a miscarriage, a study conducted by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Soroka University Medical Center, both in Beersheba, Israel, showed. The study’s […]

(Natural News) According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, infants should ingest only breast milk for the first six months of their lives and continue to do so, coupled with supplemental soft foods and drinks, throughout their first year. Though the academy did not explicitly say that infants should not have water, KidNurse.com‘s pediatric nurse Danielle […]

(Natural News) In a study of data gathered on 270 cognitively normal older adults between the ages of 62 and 90, called the Harvard Brain Aging Study, scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that as levels of amyloid beta – proteins that are associated with Alzheimer’s disease – rise, the more they tend to […]

(Natural News) Aside from the possibility of being distracted and being prone to causing accidents on the road, people who drive while using their cellular phones are at greater risk of radio frequency phone signals that move along several wireless towers. “Those waves have to boost up from your cell phone to find the towers. If you’re […]

(Natural News) A recent study that has been published in the journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases shows that the Zika virus stays in semen for up to six months after infection. Researchers at the Paris, France-based French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), Paris-based Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and academic practitioners from University Toulouse III- Paul Sabatier and Toulouse University Hospital have […]

(Natural News) New research from the multimodal neuroimaging for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis (MULNIAD) study, which is implemented at the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (NCGG) and is published at the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, shows that hypometabolism in the medial prefrontal areas is linked with Alzheimer’s disease-related nutritional problems. The study participants were 34 […]

(Natural News) The microbial and electrochemical conversion of complex biomass can produce drop-in fuel, said researchers at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York; Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum in Leipzig, Germany; Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ), also in Leipzig; and the University of Tubingen in Tübingen, Germany. According to their research that was published in the journal Energy & Environmental Science, technologies that pave the way towards […]

(Natural News) Carbon nanotubes, which have long been placed at the top rung of useful materials in the manufacturing industry, were found out to be as harmful as asbestos, for they have the ability to also increase the risk of cancer for people who are exposed to them, Edinburgh researchers said. The study sought to […]

(Natural News) The males of the palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus), a type of parrot, were found to bank on their percussion-playing talents to catch the eye of the opposite sex and hopefully engage them in a mating ritual. Aside from their drum-beating antics, they were also discovered to dance and bang their head to the […]