The medicine has been designed originally to help treat Alzheimer’s disease, but could be adapted and licensed for sale in a weaker form within the next few years.
One brand of memory-enhancing pill is being developed by the multinational company AstraZeneca in collaboration with Targacept, an American company, while Epix Pharmaceuticals, also from the US, is [...]
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Myth 1: Drinking 8 or more glasses of water can help you lose weight
Fact: Many sources tout drinking copious amounts of water to be the all-curing panacea of the Gods. If you’ve heard that drinking lots of water improves your skin tone, or that it flushes toxins from your body, you know what we’re talking [...]
Filed under: Body on January 16th, 2009 | No Comments »
WHAT controls a beating heart? It seems the life-giving mechanism is simpler than we thought.
Each beat is triggered by a surge of calcium ions that causes millions of overlapping filaments in a heart cell to pull against each other and contract. These filaments are made of two proteins called actin and myosin.
Actin must be “activated” [...]
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While the quest for the proverbial Fountain of Youth is endless and typically fruitless, one method known to extend the human lifespan by up to five years has quietly become accepted among leading researchers.
The formula is simple: Eat less. It could add years to your life, several experts now say. And done in moderation, it [...]
Filed under: Body on January 2nd, 2009 | No Comments »
