(Natural News) If you’ve ever suffered from a concussion or a stroke, you’ve probably been told to take things easy for at least a few days to give your brain enough time to recover. But this can be a nightmare, especially for those who are always on the go. Fortunately, a recent study by researchers from Columbia […]

(Natural News) We need not look towards Big Pharma for solutions to our ailments, but only need to get back to our roots – literally. Among the world’s oldest trees is the ginkgo biloba, one of the most ancient and most popular solutions to many medical conditions. A study from Nanjing University in China found […]

(Natural News) The liver size in mammals was found to grow by nearly 50 percent when they are active and feeding, according to a recent study published in the journal Cell. According to researchers, the liver plays an essential role in metabolism and toxin elimination. The researchers also noted that the liver reaches it optimum […]

(Natural News) Some people claim they can see apparitions, things that aren’t really there, or just straight up ghosts. If you’re a skeptical person, you may chalk it up to fatigue, drunkenness, or even hallucinations — anything but actual ghosts. But there may be a sliver of truth to those claims after all. In a new paper […]

(Natural News) Nature demonstrates the importance of circadian rhythm to organisms’ overall well-being in the latest issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Researchers from the Netherlands focused on the significance of biological clock on nature and other organisms. The theme of the journal’s issue on “wild clocks” comes after an international […]

(Natural News) Scientists have isolated a specific protein in snake venom that induces internal bleeding. By targeting this protein with a specific antibody, researchers were able to prevent cell-to-cell adhesion which would cause hemorrhage. Researchers found that animals resistant to hemorrhage-inducing venom carried a variation of the protein which presumably protects them from death. While […]

(Natural News) Exercise doesn’t need to take up so much of your time, given that you’re doing the right form of exercise. A few minutes of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) offers the same benefits as longer workout sessions in terms of mitochondrial function, according to a study published in the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative […]

(Natural News) It’s hard to get a decent amount of sleep when there are so many things going on around you. However, people who do not get enough rest have a higher risk of physical and mental health conditions. Among these is diabetes, which is one of the most prevalent diseases in the world. A study […]

(Natural News) A shockingly large cohort of students attending Northwestern University near Chicago has signed a petition calling for a professor of “evolutionary psychology” to be banned from campus because some students find his work “offensive.” According to reports, some 4,200 students at Northwestern are now demanding that Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa be excused from his […]

(Natural News) Modern society is drunk on technology. It surrounds us everywhere we go, from the computers, tablets and laptops we use for work, to the “smart” phones we carry around and the movies we stream via WiFi. For many of us, it would be difficult to picture making it through 24 hours without using […]