A recent New York Times article featured the headline 鈥淗ow Chemicals Affect Us.鈥 Even before reading a single word, I was pretty sure the columnist was not going to discuss how antibiotics cure...
Get set for a pomegranate frenzy. That鈥檚 because a couple of studies have suggested the fruit may have a role in treating breast cancer and in lowering the risk of heart disease. By the time the...
One of the main things that postmenopausal women have to watch out for is osteoporosis, a condition characterized by weakened bones that can fracture easily. Contrary to common belief, bones are...
Usually the words 鈥渂reakthrough鈥 and 鈥渂lockbuster: are reserved for tabloid headlines. But not always. Dr. Steven Nissen of the famous Cleveland Clinic used then to describe a study published in...
If you like Tom Yum Gung soup, a Thai cuisine favourite, you probably enjoy the flavor and aroma of lemongrass. It鈥檚 a stalky plant with a lemony odour, widely used in Asian dishes. Much of the...
Stage fright has nothing to do with talent. Barbara Streisand, for example, is loaded with talent and yet fears appearing on stage. Some people just don鈥檛 like the focus that the stage or podium...
If you鈥檙e into cheese scents, you鈥檒l find them in a male armpit,聽but if onion or grapefruit aromas are more your thing, then you鈥檙e more likely to find it armpit of a perspiring woman.Yes, men and...
Go to any chemistry conference these days and you鈥檒l find multiple sessions on green chemistry. They won鈥檛 be talking about making green paints or growing plants. Actually that isn鈥檛 true. They may...
Questions about milk are always interesting because, after all, it is our first food. Milk is meant to be the only sustaining food during early life and therefore it must contain all the required...