(Natural News) Spices aren’t just good for adding flavor and kick to your meals: They’re good for treating skin infections too. According to a study in the Journal of Medical Plants Research, several compounds extracted from native Cameroonian spices have been proven effective when it comes to treating skin infections, including those from antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Researchers from the University […]

(Natural News) While ancient agricultural practices are well-documented in the archaeological record, the same can’t be said for food preparation and production. This can be attributed to the relative rarity of extensive texts on the subject — best exemplified by the classical text “De re coquinaria” (On The Subject of Cooking), which has been attributed […]

(Natural News) Here’s some bad news for millennials: your health may start wasting away the moment you reach 27, according to a new report. According to a report released by the Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Association as part of its Health Index, millennials – the generation born between the early 1980s and approximately the mid-1990s […]

(Natural News) Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) by itself is already chock-full of vitamins and minerals. In fact, this humble vegetable — a member of the cabbage family and a staple in many American households — is so nutrient-dense, it actually provides a little bit of almost every nutrient your body needs. Plus, it doesn’t hurt that […]

(Natural News) That beautiful glow you see on beaches at night may actually be the biological equivalent of warning sirens, according to a new study. In a study published in the journal Current Biology and supported by the Swedish Research Council, researchers found that for at least one dinoflagellate species (Lingulodinium polyedra), bioluminescence functions as […]

(Natural News) Turn down your lights at night, fellow humans ?– it might be doing more harm than good to Kermit and his fellow amphibians, a recent research from State University of New York at Binghamton (SUNY Binghamton) suggests. In a study published in the journal Environmental Pollution, Jessica Hua, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at […]

(Natural News) According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than one million cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are contracted every day, with chlamydia, gonorrhea, trichomoniasis and syphilis infections being the most worrisome. The WHO report, based on 2016 global data, showed that there were 156 million new cases of trichomoniasis, 127 million cases of […]

(Natural News) From the clothes you wear to the packaging that wrap your food, there’s no denying that there are plastics all around you – even inside your own body. This is according to a report published by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) based on a study done by researchers from the University of Newcastle in Australia, which […]

(Natural News) When it comes to food products that one would normally label as “healthy,” butter isn’t the first thing that would come to mind. It is, after all, near-synonymous to excess, and has been linked to hypertension and even obesity. That might soon change, however, as more and more studies are now espousing the health-boosting […]

(Natural News) Women who contracted dengue early in their lives do not need to worry about contracting more severe forms of Zika infection and subsequently passing its effects on to their unborn babies, according to a new study. The study, in which virologists say a person’s previous dengue infection can help protect against Zika-associated damage, […]