New research from the University of Birmingham shows that eating flavanol-rich foods—like tea, berries, apples, and cocoa—can ...

High-altitude environments impose unique physiological challenges due to reduced atmospheric oxygen levels. Mammals native to these regions exhibit a range of adaptations that enhance oxygen uptake, ...

For over a century, we have known that high altitude reduces the amount of blood the heart pumps around the body with each beat. New research has unearthed why this is the case and the findings will ...

Two-year-plus study shows vitamin E supplementation from week 28 increased male rats' median lifespan 40% and maximal lifespan 17%, "a delay in the almost linear decay in mice survival." Subjects' ...

Joel Keizer Chair in Theoretical and Computational Biology at UC Davis, and Professor in the Departments of Neurobiology, Physiology, & Behavior and the Department of Ophthalmology ...

A new study in The Journal of Immunology reveals how a high-fat diet may impair the immune system's ability to respond to infection by impacting the function of neutrophils, one of the first immune ...

Students who take a sports injury management class at Billerica Memorial High School recently visited UMass Lowell’s exercise physiology labs to meet professors and participate in demonstrations.