Living Well: This melon slice does the whole body good:"Watermelon is loaded with antioxidants to fortify the body, especially carotenoids that can offset cell damage caused by chemicals and sun. All that from the summertime melon despite about 94 percent water content, which in itself can be a plus. We all need to stay hydrated. Watermelon is ( Read more... )

One High-Saturated Fat Meal Can Be Bad:Dr. Stephen Nicholls and a team of cardiologists showed that the type of fat you eat even in a single meal helps or harms your arteries, by changing the level of "good" cholesterol in the blood ( Read more... )

BBC NEWS | Health | Elderly 'should take probiotics':
People over 60 have about 1,000-fold less "friendly" bacteria in their guts compared with other adults. To be helpful, supplements should be carefully chosen to contain the proper bacteria, not merely strains that are useful for making yogurts.

The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Injection appears to give speedy depression relief:Ketamine is a controlled substance and can produce mild euphoria. ... The dissociative symptoms disappeared within a couple of hours, and shortly afterward, patients and physicians reported a dramatic improvement in mood. Half the patients had a 50 percent decline ( Read more... )

Oily fish 'can help beat obesity' | the Daily Mail:Daily doses of oil containing Omega-3 fatty acids, combined with moderate exercise like walking for three quarters of an hour, can result in significant weight loss, the researchers have found ( Read more... )

How the Brain Helps Partisans Admit No Gray:How people routinely ignore information that undermines their opinions, and exaggerate information that cements their opinions-without being aware of the fact.

Nicotine fuels growth of established tumors - Yahoo! News:Nicotine functions like a growth factor, by binding to nicotine receptors on bronchial cells as well as on lung cancer cells.

Venom protein may lead to brain cancer cure - Yahoo! News: A synthetic version of a protein found in the venom of giant yellow Israeli scorpions targeted tumor cells but did not harm the healthy cells of brain cancer patients.

Magic mushrooms: What you need to know:Volunteers who tried the hallucinogenic ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms during a controlled study funded by the U.S. government had "mystical" experiences, and many of them still felt unusually happy months later.

Alcohol heart protection may not be down to inflammatory markers:
No connection found between light to moderate drinking and a reduction in inflammatory markers.