Vitamin C kills drug-resistant TB bacteria

In a surprising discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture. The finding suggests that vitamin C added to existing TB drugs could shorten TB therapy, and it highlights a new area for drug design. TB is caused by infection with the bacterium M. ...

Have We Reached Peak Retail Space

Economists continually try to point out that that there are two different sets of changes that can happen in any economy or industry. The first is the usual macroeconomic stuff of boom and bust. Inflation and unemployment: all the things the talking heads talk about on TV. In the long term these are actually pretty unimportant: in that long term what matters are the structural changes in the ...

Stillborn babys ashes stolen from home

(Fotolia) A Georgia couple has issued a plea for the return of their stillborn son's ashes, which were stolen during a break-in. Jody and Haley Hughey's son Caleb was stillborn in 2008 and they kept his ashes in an engraved silver box on top of their ...

Tesla Motors Success Gives Electric Car Market a Charge

Workers cheer on the first Model S cars sold at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California, last year. The Model S has helped propel Tesla to recent success, but the automaker has more to prove over the long ...

The Sweet Science Behind How Chocolate Makes You More Productive

found in tea, walnuts, olive oil, fruits, and veggies. The polyphenols found in dark chocolate hang out with brain receptors associated with anxiety, the study authors say, in the same way that some common anxiety medications do. "Anecdotally, chocolate is often linked to mood enhancement," says Matthew Pase, the lead author of the study. "This clinical trial is perhaps the first ...