40% of IVF Treatments Are Unnecessary

40% of IVF Treatments Are Unnecessary

Your entire body takes direction from your hormones. Hormones are secreted by your endocrine system and are responsible for telling your organs what to do and when to do it.1 They are essentially chemical messengers that travel throughout your bloodstream, working slowly over time to affect processes like growth and development, metabolism and reproduction. Sometimes,…

Melatonin counteracts drought induced oxidative damage and stimulates growth, productivity and fruit quality properties of tomato plants.

Melatonin counteracts drought induced oxidative damage and stimulates growth, productivity and fruit quality properties of tomato plants.

PMID:  Plants (Basel). 2020 Sep 28 ;9(10). Epub 2020 Sep 28. PMID: 32998250 Abstract Title:  Melatonin Counteracts Drought Induced Oxidative Damage and Stimulates Growth, Productivity and Fruit Quality Properties of Tomato Plants. Abstract:  Melatonin”-Acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine”(MT) has recently been considered as a new plant growth regulator with multiple physiological functions. Although many previous studies have confirmed that…

Healing herbs: Alternative herbal remedies for hypertension

Healing herbs: Alternative herbal remedies for hypertension

(Natural News) Researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and the University of Copenhagen have identified a bioactive trait common among many herbs. This trait, researchers say, is responsible for the antihypertensive properties demonstrated by these herbs. Their finding, detailed in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offers a promising alternative strategy for treating hypertension,…

The Ultimate Guide: 7 Fitness Workout From Home

Normally, people associate workouts with a lot of strenuous cardio or even hours of resistance training or even spending a lot of time in the gym. However, the truth remains that you can successfully carry out your fitness regime even at home. With the advent of ‘New Normal’ or work from the home environment, exercising…

Is There a Dead Wasp in Every Fig?

Is There a Dead Wasp in Every Fig?

If you’re a fig lover, this next sentence may be hard for you to swallow. The figs you’re eating could have a dead wasp stuck in them. I know that probably makes you squirm, but it sounds more dramatic than it is. You may think the idea of wasps inside a fig is gross, but…

I’m Trans and Nonbinary: Here’s What I Want Cis People To Know About Having Sex With Me

I’m Trans and Nonbinary: Here’s What I Want Cis People To Know About Having Sex With Me

As a trans, nonbinary, agender person, navigating sex and pleasure is often challenging. That’s in large part a reflection of the lacking sex education young people get (if they get any at all) and patriarchal perspectives about sex and dating that center the cisgender, heterosexual experience. An effect of this landscape is that many cisgender…

Fitness gadgets to get you moving

Fitness gadgets to get you moving

Many of us struggle to find the time and motivation to exercise, it can be impossible to fit a workout in around work, childcare and other commitments. However, evidence shows that exercising for even 10 minutes a day can make a huge difference to your health and fitness levels.  As another wave of lockdown measures surface…

Proapoptotic and antiangiogenic activities of Arctium lappa on breast cancer cell lines.

Proapoptotic and antiangiogenic activities of Arctium lappa on breast cancer cell lines.

PMID:  Scientifica (Cairo). 2020 ;2020:7286053. Epub 2020 May 17. PMID: 32509375 Abstract Title:  Proapoptotic and Antiangiogenic Activities ofL. on Breast Cancer Cell Lines. Abstract:  In this study, the bioactivity-guided fractionation was conducted on the aerial parts ofL. and then the extracts were testedon breast cancer (MCF-7), colorectal cancer (HCT-116), and normal cells (EA.hy926). The n-hexane…

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