Heart Muscle Renewed Over Lifetime, Study FindsSource: The New York Times
About 1 percent of the heart muscle cells are replaced every year at age 25, and that rate gradually falls to less than half a percent per year by age 75, concluded a team of researchers led by Dr. Jonas Frisen of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
Scientists Identify 'Border Patrol Agents' in the GutSource: newswise.com
New discovery shows how cells lining the gut make sure that both good and bad bacteria remain in the right places. Scientists are hopeful this may offer a new clue in treating digestive disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease.

A new theoretical physics ebook unsuspectingly documented a very significant discovery that shakes the very foundation of science. It was released over a year ago in late 2007 to a specific group of people.
Regulation: Rules and heath claims for gut healthSource: nutraingredients-usa.com
Describes health claim policies in the USA and Europe for probiotic and prebiotics. Provides a good synopsis of how these beneficial bacteria may help digestive health and includes an interview with the scientist that coined the term "prebiotic".
Are Coffee Shops Sexist?Source: Slate
I'm a real cappuccino lover myself, but many of my female colleagues don't seem to go for the stuff. I'd never thought too much about it until recently. I suppose I carelessly assumed that men and women have different tastes, probably as a result of different social influences.
Study: Probiotics Impacts MetabolismSource: Scientific Blogging
The research is the first to look in detail at how probiotics change the biochemistry of bugs known as gut microbes, which live in the gut and which play an important part in a person's metabolic makeup.
Gut Instinct Isn't ScienceSource: The L.A. Times
Here's a paradox: Science is our best way of deciphering the complexities of the natural world. It is useful, consistent and, despite the claims of fundamentalists — religious or postmodern — true.

Major US equity averages took a major downturn at the open of trading on Thursday, but finished flat and mixed at the close. Presumably the downturn was related to the failure of China to limit the growth and overheating of its economy.

Although US stock indices finished down moderately on "quadruple witching" Friday, our market safety index actually strengthened. It rose from 112 for Friday to 120 for Monday, well into the green safety zone.
Scientists create artificial gutSource: BBC News
UK scientists have built an artificial stomach to simulate human digestion.
The Institute of Food Research hopes it will aid the development of new superfoods by revealing how they are broken down in the gut.
Dinosaur: Researchers Discover Evidence Of Gut ParasitesSource: PhysOrg.com
University of Colorado at Boulder researchers have discovered what appears to be the first evidence of parasites in the gut contents of a dinosaur, indicating even the giants that roamed Earth 75 million years ago were beset by stomach worms.The evidence was found in an exception …
119 Rusty Nails Found In Woman's GutSource: Sky.com
The 43-year-old turned up at a hospital in Vietnam complaining of chronic stomach ache.
When doctors investigated they found dozens of nails in the woman's gut.
The nails were 7cm-8cms long.