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Curcumin Is Emerging as One of the Most Potent Natural Cancer Treatments

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Over the last decade, research into curcumin (Curcuma longa, a constituent of turmeric that gives the curry spice its yellow-orange color) has demonstrated potent chemoprotective and chemopreventive effects, as well as use as an anti-cancer therapy. Curcumin produces anti-cancer effects through several different channels: Inhibits the proliferation of tumor cells Decreases inflammation Inhibits the transformation of … Read more

Empathy for Social Exclusion Involves the Sensory-Discriminative Component of Pain

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  In a new article in the journal Social, Cognitive, Affective Neuroscience has identified the mechanism by which we tend to feel pain when we empathize with those who have been socially excluded. Here is a brief summary of the research: [A]n ecologically valid experience of social exclusion recruits areas coding the somatosensory components of … Read more