• Diabetes type II and two recent discoveries

    Diabetes type II and two recent discoveries

    July 30, 2010 Every cell in the body needs various ingredients to work correctly. Cells don’t allow just anything within the protective layer of their “shells”.  They take up what they need, and expel what they don’t. Glucose is one of the ingredients that the cells need. The cell can take glucose — a combination of [...]

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  • Keep the weight off: use the Internet to hold yourself accountable

    Keep the weight off: use the Internet to hold yourself accountable

    Related articles Diet pills: not a quick fix for losing weight July 29, 2010 Binghamton residents struggling to keep weight off will be interested in a new study published on July 27 by Kaiser Permanente in Portland Oregon, especially if your favorite tool is your web browser. They found that if you use an interactive web site [...]

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  • Celiac disease, the malady of champions – and new findings towards a cure

    Celiac disease, the malady of champions – and new findings towards a cure

    Bob Anderson, one of the collaborators who discovered the culprits behind celiac disease. July 23, 2010 Under normal circumstances, our bodies have built-in protection against microscopic things that could kill us.  If a virus or bacteria breaks through the outer defenses of the skin, specialized cells trigger a cascade of events that tell white blood cells to destroy [...]

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