(Natural News) Swedish researchers talk about the potential of using fungi to convert food waste into valuable products. In addition to the usual biofuels, animal feed, and textiles produced from waste food, they want to turn the fungi into a protein-rich source of food for humans. Human civilization continues to churn out increasing amounts of waste products like […]

(Natural News) Researchers from the Hong Kong Baptist University have found that scalp acupuncture can be used as a therapy for autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Their findings were published in the journal Chinese Medicine. In the study, researchers noted that incidences of ASD have been increasing recently. To note, while acupuncture is the most widely used therapy in […]

(Natural News) A team of researchers from the National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine in Taipei, Taiwan examined baicalein to see if it can reduce liver injury induced by myocardial ischemia and reperfusion (I/R). Their study was published in The American Journal of Chinese Medicine. Baicalein is a component of the root of Chinese skullcap […]

(Natural News) It’s a waste that sewage treatment can only do so much to the stuff you flush down the toilet. For the most part, the process can filter water — which is returned to nature — and produce biosolids, leftovers that contain anywhere between 15 to 90 percent dry solids. Researchers at the Royal Melbourne […]

(Natural News) You might joke that you can’t function without your morning coffee, but there could be more truth to that statement than you think. That’s because coffee is full of antioxidants that benefit your health in a surprising number of ways. In fact, beverages are a far bigger source of antioxidants for most people […]

(Natural News) Do you get enough protein in your diet? According to a new study in the Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, older Americans simply aren’t consuming enough of this important macronutrient, putting them at risk of poor health. The study, which involved the data of more than 11,000 adults aged 51 and older, […]

(Natural News) Researchers from Brazil assessed the effectiveness of acupuncture as an auxiliary analgesic treatment for chronic headaches. The results of their study, which also described the influence of this treatment on a person’s quality of life, were published in the Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies. The researchers recruited 34 patients suffering from chronic […]

(Natural News) For over a million Americans, type 1 diabetes is a fact of life. Type 1 diabetes, which is also sometimes called “insulin-dependent diabetes,” can strike anyone, at any age — seemingly, without warning. In the United States, 40,000 new cases of type 1 diabetes are diagnosed every year. But new research shows that […]

(Natural News) Researchers from the Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in Iran suggest that Pichia kudriavzevii AS-12 has potential anti-cancer activity. They published their results in the journal Nutrition Research. The researchers worked under the paradigm that gut microbiota plays an important role in the development of cancer. In the study, they proffered that metabolites from […]

(Natural News) Hypercholesterolemia is a well-known risk factor for cardiovascular disease and the main contributor to coronary heart disease. High levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C), for instance, are associated with the risk of atherosclerosis and heart attack. Treatments for these conditions, therefore, focus mainly on reducing total cholesterol and LDL-C levels in the blood. In a […]