Scientists identify mechanism underlying health benefits of red wine, blueberries

Researchers from The Scripps Research Institute have identified a molecular mechanism underlying the health benefits of resveratrol – a key ingredient in red wine.

Visit gym or take a pill? Drug mimics exercise

Science gets a lethargic cheer from lazy people around the world this week, as a study published in Nature magazine reveals that we may one day be able to take a compound that produces similar effects in the body as exercise. The study comes from researchers at the Scripps Institute in Jupiter, FL, who injected overweight mice with a compound they created…