For more than 30 years, manufacturers from the food industry have marketed L-carnitine as a supplement for aiding weight loss and improving exercise performance. While […]
Author Archives: Giovanni Alesio
Studies: Effects of Chronic Stress in the Brain
The biological effects of stress can be either favorable or unfavorable, depending on its intensity and duration. Several researchers have been specifically exploring how chronic stress […]
Studies: Health Effects of Blue Light Exposure
In August 2018, the Harvard Health Letter, a news website maintained by Harvard Medical School, published an article entitled “Blue Light Has A Dark Side.” […]
Studies: Link Between Talcum Powder and Cancer
A 1971 study by W. J. Henderson et al. involving an extraction-replication technique to examine tissue from patients with cervical ovarian tumor found particles of […]
Studies: How Smoking Affects the Skin?
As if there are not enough reasons not to smoke, especially considering its negative health effects to include increased risk for developing cancers and cardiovascular […]
Roles of Electrolytes in the Human Body
Electrolytes are substances that produce an electrically conducting solution when dissolved in water or other polar solvents. Higher organisms such as the human body need […]
Explainer: Causes of Water Intoxication
Water intoxication or hyperhydration is a fatal medical condition resulting from the overconsumption of water or other fluids. Also known as water poisoning and water […]
Effectiveness of Melatonin Supplements Against Sleep Disorders
Melatonin is a naturally occurring hormone found in most animals and some other species such as algae. In humans and other vertebrate animals, this hormone […]
Studies: Effectiveness of Bitter Melon Against Diabetes
Momordica charantia or bitter melon is a tropical and subtropical vine that is widely cultivated in South and Southeast Asia, East Asia, South America, the […]
Effectiveness of Metformin Against Type 2 Diabetes
Metformin is a prescription drug used primarily as a first-line medication for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. It has also been used in the […]
