Hormone plays surprise role in fighting skin infections
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are molecules produced in the skin to fend off infection-causing microbes. Vitamin D has been credited with a role in their production and in the body’s overall immune response, but scientists say a hormone previously associated only with maintaining calcium homeostasis and bone health is also critical, boosting AMP expression when dietary vitamin D levels are inadequate. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)

Exercise Affects The Brain
It is a well-known fact that exercise is good for the body. It clears the mind, improving blood circulation and supplies the brain with more oxygen. According to David Bucci, an associate professor at Dartmouth's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, exercise also involves other factors. He says: In the last several years there have been data suggesting that neurobiological changes are happening - [there are] very brain-specific mechanisms at work here... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)