Natural Medicines, Herbal, Homeopathy and Home Remedies

DAVIS – Farmers, ranchers and agricultural professionals are eligible for funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Western Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program.
Grant recipients receive up to $15,000 as individuals and up to $30,000 for groups of three or more working together on a project.  Funding can be requested for projects related [...]

DAVIS–A two-year pilot research grant awarded to the Bruce Hammock laboratory at UC Davis may determine if omega 3-fatty acids, commonly found in fish oils, can help reverse a chronic inflammatory disease of the kidneys.

Collaborating on the multidisciplinary project are researcher and grant author Angela Zivkovic of the [...]

DAVIS–“Girls, where’s your mother?”
Bee breeder and geneticist Susan Cobey, who leads the bee breeding program at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Biology Research Facility at the UC Davis, scours a hive for the queen bee.
Her trained eye quickly spots the elongated queen. Dozens of worker bees circle the queen. [...]

A compound found in broccoli and related vegetables may have more health-boosting tricks up its sleeves, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
Veggie fans can already point to some cancer-fighting properties of 3,3′-diindolylmethane (DIM), a chemical produced from the compound indole-3-carbinol when Brassica vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage [...]

UC Davis has released the first in a new series of annual reports designed to give the non-scientific community an unprecedented compendium of information that documents changing water quality and weather conditions in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
This “Tahoe: State of the Lake Report 2007″ presents, in easy-to-read charts, a summary of tens of [...]