Can Stevia Help Treat Metabolic Syndrome?
Increasingly popular as a calorie-free sweetener, steviol, as well as other extracts of the Stevia rebaudiana (SR) plant have pharmacological and therapeutic activity, including effects that make them…
Even Open-Label Placebos Work – if They Are Explained
For some medical complaints, open-label placebos work just as well as deceptive ones. As psychologists from the University of Basel and Harvard Medical School report in the journal…
Hip osteoarthritis: severe occupational strain increases the risk
People who in the course of their work put long-term physical strain on their bodies have an increased risk of developing osteoarthritis of the hip.
Higher risk of heart failure in cold weather, study suggests
Could decreases in temperature cause heart failure and death?
Doctors gain a greater understanding of skin cancer using tattoos
Researchers evaluate the effects on the medical students who took part in the study