The Oiseaux Sisters are two mixed-media artists whose work incorporates humor, movement and metaphor. The materials they use include paper, tin, clay, cloth, carved and painted wood, and found objects. They have created a series of figurative, often biogr
Curcuma longa, a powerhouse plant, is highly antiinflammatory, treating cardiovascular, metabolic, and rheumatic disorders. Turmeric oils (a leaf fraction) and curcuminoids make this "curry" ingredient an essential culinary/medicinal botanical.
paradox that a high-fat, high–saturated fat diet is associated with diminished coronary artery disease progression in women with the metabolic syndrome, a condition that is epidemic in the United States. This paradox presents a challenge to differentiat
Human resolvin E1 inhibits both the migration of inflammatory cells to sites of inflammation and the turning on of other inflammatory cells. Aspirin-triggered resolivins are made from omega-3 fatty acids by cellular enzymes. COX-2 inhibitors also inhibit
Proponents of fish oils have claimed for decades that the body cannot convert the basic n-3 essential fatty acid, ALA, into the n-3 derivatives, EPA and DHA, found in fish oils. Is this true? If so, what is the evidence? When questioned, many fish oil pro