http://www.bodyweekly.com/ Exploring the Wonderous Human Body Wednesday, December 31, 2014 00:05 MST en-us http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Do_caffeines_effects_differ_with_or_without_sugar.asp http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Do_caffeines_effects_differ_with_or_without_sugar.asp Wednesday, December 31, 2014 00:00 MST Consuming caffeinated or sugary drinks can affect the body's metabolism, causing changes in heart and respiratory rate and weight gain. The results of a new study exploring whether individuals respond differently to caffeinated drinks that do or do not contain sugar and to sugar alone are published in Journal of Caffeine Research: The International Multidisciplinary Journal of Caffeine Science. http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/New_study_reveals_Montmorency_tart_cherry_juice_accelerated_recovery_after_intense_cycling.asp http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/New_study_reveals_Montmorency_tart_cherry_juice_accelerated_recovery_after_intense_cycling.asp Tuesday, December 30, 2014 00:00 MST Cyclists who are preparing for race day may have a new sports drink to give them an edge in recovery: tart cherry juice. A new study published in Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism found that Montmorency tart cherry juice helped accelerate recovery, maintain muscle function and reduce certain markers of exercise-induced inflammation among a group of cyclists participating in a simulated road race. http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Female_sexual_arousal_Facilitating_pleasure_and_reproduction.asp http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Female_sexual_arousal_Facilitating_pleasure_and_reproduction.asp Monday, December 29, 2014 00:00 MST Despite numerous studies, publications, and commentaries on human female sexual arousal and orgasm, there is still so much to study and understand about women's sexual pleasure. http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Fat_cells_reprogrammed_to_increase_fat_burning.asp http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Fat_cells_reprogrammed_to_increase_fat_burning.asp Sunday, December 28, 2014 00:00 MST White adipose tissue stores excess calories as fat that can be released for use in other organs during fasting. Mammals also have small amounts of brown adipose tissue, which primarily acts as an effective fat burner for the production of heat. Now researchers from the University of Southern Denmark have uncovered the mechanism by which white fat cells from humans gets reprogrammed to become browner. http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Is_that_Ginkgo_biloba_supplement_really_what_you_think_it_is.asp http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Is_that_Ginkgo_biloba_supplement_really_what_you_think_it_is.asp Saturday, December 27, 2014 00:00 MST Dr. Damon Little, Associate Curator of Bioinformatics in the Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics at The New York Botanical Garden, has just published a new study in the journal Genome investigating the use of DNA barcoding to test the authenticity of Ginkgo biloba, an herbal dietary supplement sold to consumers that is supposed to boost cognitive capacity. http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Bodys_cold_sensor_could_hold_key_for_frostbite_and_hypothermia_treatments.asp http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Bodys_cold_sensor_could_hold_key_for_frostbite_and_hypothermia_treatments.asp Friday, December 26, 2014 00:00 MST A cold 'sensor' which triggers the skin's vascular response to the cold could represent an exciting new therapeutic target for the treatment of frostbite and hypothermia, according to scientists at King's College London. http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Controlling_obesity_with_potato_extract.asp http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Controlling_obesity_with_potato_extract.asp Thursday, December 25, 2014 00:00 MST A simple potato extract may limit weight gain from a diet that is high in fat and refined carbohydrates, according to scientists at McGill University. The results of their recent study were so surprising that the investigators repeated the experiment just to be sure. http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Toxic_fruits_hold_the_key_to_reproductive_success.asp http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Toxic_fruits_hold_the_key_to_reproductive_success.asp Wednesday, December 24, 2014 00:00 MST Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, have now discovered why the fruit fly Drosophila sechellia is adapted to the toxic fruits of the morinda tree. Drosophila sechellia females carry a mutation in a gene that inhibits egg production. The flies have very low levels of L-DOPA, a precursor of the hormone dopamine, which controls fertility; interestingly, large amounts of L-DOPA are contained in morinda fruits. http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/New_therapy_holds_promise_for_restoring_vision.asp http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/New_therapy_holds_promise_for_restoring_vision.asp Tuesday, December 23, 2014 00:00 MST UC Berkeley scientists developed a therapy to restore light sensitivity to retinas blinded by the death of photoreceptors, as in retinitis pigmentosa. They use a virus to insert a gene for an ion channel into surviving retinal cells. An injected chemical binds to the receptor and opens it when hit with light, making these cells respond to light. It works in mice and now dogs at PennVet, while mice see enough to follow visual cues. http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Macrophages_chase_neutrophils_away_from_wounds_to_resolve_inflammation.asp http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Macrophages_chase_neutrophils_away_from_wounds_to_resolve_inflammation.asp Monday, December 22, 2014 00:00 MST Macrophages are best known for their Pac Man-like ability to gobble up cellular debris and pathogens in order to thwart infection. A new study describes how these immune cells also help resolve inflammation by inducing white blood cells called neutrophils to leave wounded tissue. http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Dont_worry_be_happy;_just_go_to_bed_earlier.asp http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Dont_worry_be_happy;_just_go_to_bed_earlier.asp Sunday, December 21, 2014 00:00 MST When you go to bed and how long you sleep at a time might actually make it difficult for you to stop worrying, according to researchers at Binghamton University. The study, led by Binghamton Anxiety Clinic Director Meredith Coles and graduate student Jacob Nota, found that people who sleep for shorter periods of time and go to bed very late at night are often overwhelmed with more negative thoughts than those who keep more regular sleeping hours. http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Dont_worry_be_happy_Just_go_to_bed_earlier.asp http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Dont_worry_be_happy_Just_go_to_bed_earlier.asp Saturday, December 20, 2014 00:00 MST When you go to bed, and how long you sleep at a time, might actually make it difficult for you to stop worrying. So say Jacob Nota and Meredith Coles, who found that people who sleep for shorter periods of time and go to bed very late at night are often overwhelmed with more negative thoughts than those who keep more regular sleeping hours. The findings appear in Springer's journal Cognitive Therapy and Research. http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/3-D_compass_in_the_brain.asp http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/3-D_compass_in_the_brain.asp Friday, December 19, 2014 00:00 MST A neural 3-D compass has been discovered in the mammalian brain. http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/NIH-funded_study_is_decoding_blue_lights_mysterious_ability_to_alter_bodys_natural_clock.asp http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/NIH-funded_study_is_decoding_blue_lights_mysterious_ability_to_alter_bodys_natural_clock.asp Thursday, December 18, 2014 00:00 MST Blue light bombards us, whether city lights, smartphones or tablets, says chemist Brian Zoltowski, Southern Methodist University, Dallas. Blue light knocks off-kilter the natural circadian clock in humans, plants and animals, and can result in health problems, sleep and mood disorders, drug addiction, crop disease, and even confused migratory animals. The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $320,500 grant to Zoltowski's lab to map the trajectory of blue lightwaves signaling the body's natural clock. http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Vitamin_supplement_successfully_prevents_noise-induced_hearing_loss.asp http://www.bodyweekly.com/research/Vitamin_supplement_successfully_prevents_noise-induced_hearing_loss.asp Wednesday, December 17, 2014 00:00 MST Researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College and the Gladstone Institutes have found a way to prevent noise-induced hearing loss in a mouse using a simple chemical compound that is a precursor to vitamin B3. This discovery has important implications not only for preventing hearing loss, but also potentially for treating some aging-related conditions that are linked to the same protein.