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Bel Marra Health, who offers high-quality, specially formulated vitamins and nutritional supplements, reports on a new study that pinpointed key proteins involved in cancer cell multiplication when observing the effects of caffeine on fruit flies Drosophilia melanogaster. Toronto, ON (PRWEB) April 27, 2013 Bel Marra Health, who offers high-quality, specially formulated vitamins and nutritional supplements, reports on a new study that pinpointed key proteins involved in cancer cell...

FARMINGTON, Conn., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Recent scientific findings from a synthetic biology study have created a new strand of E.coli bacteria. Why is this E.coli more special? It's "addicted" to caffeine. The new caffeine-addicted E.coli may lead to practical breakthroughs for wastewater decontamination and bioproduction of medications. Significant environmental pollution has resulted as a consequence of widespread use of caffeine and other methylxanthines in...

- Caffeinated Energy Products under Increased Regulatory and Political Scrutiny - IRVINE, Calif., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ChromaDex Corporation(®) (OTCQB: CDXC) ("ChromaDex" or the "Company"), an innovative natural products company that provides proprietary, science-based solutions and ingredients to the dietary supplement, food & beverage, animal health, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries, announced today the initiation of the first human clinical study in the U.S....

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online According to a new study published in BMC Medicine, laying off caffeine is one more thing you could do during pregnancy to ensure that your baby doesn't have a low birth weight. After studying information about mother's diet and birth details in 10 years worth of data, researchers found that caffeine is not only linked to a low birth weight but caffeine specifically derived from coffee is also linked to an increased length of...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online As any coffee drinker will tell you, the day immediately begins to feel better after taking that first earthy, faintly bitter sip o’ joe from the edge of a steaming cup. A new study from German researchers reinforces the positive aura swirling around the magical brown elixir as they have shown that caffeine can increase a person’s ability and speed in recognizing words with a positive connotation. The study also shows that the...

REDDING, Calif., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Creating a new dietary supplement might seem challenging in an industry flooded with products and the possibility of being duplicated by multi-billion dollar companies. But that isn't stopping Dr. Stan and Tim Linnet of Linnet Biopharmaceuticals Inc. The entrepreneur duo are out to change the way America consumes caffeine with Rutaesomn (root-uh-som), a dietary supplement that speeds up the body's natural process for breaking down...

Recent studies have linked caffeine consumption to a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease, and a new University of Illinois study may be able to explain how this happens. "We have discovered a novel signal that activates the brain-based inflammation associated with neurodegenerative diseases, and caffeine appears to block its activity. This discovery may eventually lead to drugs that could reverse or inhibit mild cognitive impairment," said Gregory Freund, a professor in the U of I's...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Chocolate just keeps getting healthier. It has been recently revealed that eating chocolate may help lower blood pressure in some people. And in another study, revealed today, chocolate has the potential to boost brain function. Now, researchers from Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute have found a link between chocolate and stroke. The Swedish researchers found that men who consume a standard chocolate bar every week lower their...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Archeologists have long known that cacao was important to the ancient Mayans who used it to make beverages and perform rituals, but some recently discovered evidence shows that these people added cacao to flavor their food as far back as 2,500 years ago. Traces of chocolate that were found on plate fragments could be evidence of a Mayan precursor for modern Mexican dishes like mole, the chocolate-based sauce served with chicken or...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Coffee lovers take note: coffee may have health benefits related to Parkinson's disease. A new study examined the influence coffee has on the disorder. Based on the results, researchers believe that coffee can help control movement, easing the symptoms of Parkinson’s. The findings are featured in the online issue of Neurology, a journal of the American Academy of Neurology. "Studies have shown that people who use caffeine are less...