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Tropical Fruit Mangosteen Could Treat Schizophrenia
Mangosteen has long been used in traditional medicine in South-East Asia, and now Australian researchers hope to prove that its antioxidants could ease psychosis, schizophrenia and other symptoms....
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Fruit Fly Neurons Hold Key to Molecular Causes of Mental Diseases
New study involving the removal and analysis of single neurons from fruit fly (Drosophila) embryos has revealed insights into the causes of mental diseases such as bipolar disease. The findings are...
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Fruit Fly Model Of Deadly Brain Disease Could Lead To Development Of...
A new model of fatal brain diseases is being developed in the fruit fly by a team led by Dr Raymond Bujdoso at the University of Cambridge, and could lead to a low cost, fast and efficient blood test...
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Fruit Flies Help Understand How Body Responds to Stimuli
Fruit fly can help humans investigate the genetic and neural bases of detecting painful or harmful cold stimuli and offer intriguing, potential implications for human health, suggests a new study. A...
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Fruit Flies Help Study an Aggressive Tumor That Attacks Young Children
Malignant rhabdoid tumors are highly aggressive tumors that attack the brain or the kidneys and occur primarily in children under two years old. There are about 20 to 25 new cases diagnosed each year,...
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Butter Fruit Helps Manage Metabolic Syndrome
Avocados have the most beneficial effects on lipid profiles, with changes to LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, total cholesterol, and phospholipids, according to a recent review. The...
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Avoid Fruit Juice For Children Below One: Pediatricians
Fruit juice should be avoided for infants and to children who are below one year, as it lacks dietary fiber and may lead to increased weight gain. Hence, breast milk or infant formulas are more than...
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Deaths In Bangladeshi Children Linked To Use of Toxic Chemicals on Fruit Trees
In 2012, 13 children in a rural Bangladesh community have been killed due to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES). AES occurred as a result of excessive and improper applications of insecticides and...
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Cracking the Durian Genome Tells Us Why the Fruit Stinks
Durian is known as the "king of fruits" in Asia is a prized tropical fruit delicacy and the complete genetic map of durian has been unraveled for the very first time by Singapore scientists....
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Brazilian Native Fruit Trees Have Anti-inflammatory and Antioxidant Properties
bHighlights/b ul class = "group-list punch-points" liFive fruit trees native of Brazil have potential anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, as those of blueberries, cranberries, blackberries,...
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Fruit Flies Avoid Foods Rich in Calcium
Calcium is an essential element, whether too much or too little can affect the health of humans and animals. However, calcium taste was also found to exist in fruit flies, reveals a new study. Sensing...
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Durian is an Anti-aging Fruit
bHighlights/b ul class = "group-list punch-points" liDurian fruit has anti-aging properties and has contributed to the production of serotonin/li liUsing a combination of deep freeze technology and...
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Fruit Juice May Not Be Associated With Diabetes Risk
Consuming 100% fruit juice has a neutral effect on glycemic control, fasting blood glucose, fasting blood insulin, or insulin resistance according to a new study published in theIJournal of...
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School Fruit Schemes Help Kids Eat More Fruits, Vegetables
Elementary school students tend to eat more fruits and vegetables when distributed free of charge, reveals a new study. Scientists from the University of Bonn and the University of Koblenz-Landau...
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Top 3 Summer Fruit Salads
A perfect fruit salad with all the healthy ingredients can make your day. Sujeet Singh, Executive Chef at Radisson Noida located in Sector 55, gives some healthy options one can try at home. * Mango...
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Fresh Samples Of Fruit Bats for Testing to be Sent from Kerala
A fresh batch of five fruit bat samples will be sent to the Bhopal-based National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases for testinng, as the 14 deaths in Kerala's Kozhikode and Malappuram...
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Mangoes: Heart-healthy Fruit
First human trial to demonstrate the favorable vascular effects of mango consumption was carried out. A new study conducted at the University of California, Davis found that mangos helped relax blood...
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Fruit and Vegetable Prescriptions Encourage Children to Eat Healthy: Study
In underserved children, new fruit and prescription program improved access to healthy foods. The program, which was implemented in Flint, Michigan, could be replicated in other areas to address food...
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New Hybrid Chayote Fruit from Mexico Can Fight Cancer
New hybrid chayote fruit from two wild Mexican species that can fight cancer has been developed by a team of researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Lead scientist...
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Camu Camu- Amazonian Fruit Prevents Obesity
Camu camu fruit a native to the Amazon helps in preventing obesity. It contains 20- 30 times more vitamin C than kiwis and 5 times more polyphenols than blackberries. This fruit prevents obesity in...
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