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Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment
The VITamin D and OmegA-3 Trial (VITAL) is the largest and most recent to test whether vitamin D or fish oil can effectively prevent cancer or cardiovascular disease. Results to date have been mixed but show promise for some outcomes, now confirmed by updated pooled (meta) analyses.
They’ve been called the “special forces” of the immune system: invariant natural killer T cells. Although there are relatively few of them in the body, they are more powerful than many other immune cells.
As scientists observe the force of nature through a satellite weather tracker, they only see the day’s events.
It’s billed as a health booster and healing agent, but it may be the source of cognitive defects and other severe ailments.
Onions and garlic are key ingredients in sofrito, a condiment that’s a staple of Puerto Rican cuisine.
QUT researchers have come up with a new, safe way to clean up oil spills using compounds equally useful as common household cleaning products.
