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Is coffee good or bad for you? When it comes to your genetics, the answer is complicated. Coffee drinking is a heritable habit, and one that carries a certain amount of genetic baggage. Caffeinated coffee is a psychoactive substance, notes Sandra Sanchez-Roige, Ph.D., an associate professor in the University of California San Diego School of …
Men who consume colourful fruits and vegetables on a regular basis are less likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer (PC), according to new research by a group of University of South Australia scientists published in the journal Cancers. A rainbow of foods rich in certain micronutrients helps to prevent prostate cancer (PC) as well …
Scientists led by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland are exploring the elaborate interplay between genes, sex, growth, and age and how they influence variation in longevity. Their findings, which are being published in the peer-reviewed journal Science, are an important step in …
Dietary supplementation of Vitamin D may slow the neurodegenerative effects of Parkinson’s Disease, among those afflicted who have a particular genotype. Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a brain disorder that causes tremors and difficulty with movement and walking, and most commonly affects people over the age of 50. Masahiko Suzuki,from the Jikei University School of Medicine …