UC Davis researchers have shown that an enzyme produced by beneficial microbes in babies' intestines is able to harvest specific sugar compounds from human breast-milk and cow's milk. The discovery ...

In some good news for nearly half the world's men, scientists have found that a naturally occurring sugar in humans and animals could be harnessed as a topical treatment for male pattern baldness.

MADISON - Though in clinical use for decades, a small, sweet-tasting compound is revealing a startling new face as a potential cure for epilepsy. 2-deoxy-glucose, or 2DG, has long been used in radio ...

Gut microbes that were thought to feed exclusively on dietary fiber also get fed sugar from our guts, from which they produce short-chain fatty acids that are crucial to many body functions. The ...

Sea cucumbers scrub the seafloor. Soon, they might scrub out cancer. A team of researchers from the University of Mississippi, Ole Miss, and Georgetown University has discovered a sugar compound in ...

Researchers discovered that adding one common compound to topically-applied minoxidil caused hair to regrow in 67.5% of the ...

You’ve seen turbinado sugar before, usually in rustic brown packets labeled as “raw sugar.” It’s advertised as a natural or organic alternative to typical white table sugar. But other than its golden ...

You may be surprised to learn that sugar is a plant product. In fact, all green plants create sugar during photosynthesis. Sugar cane and sugar beets are the most efficient sugar plants. When you talk ...

The aptly named SWEET project was developed by a team of researchers to use sugar crystals for detecting hypothetical light ...

Food options to lower blood sugar levels include whole grains, garlic, legumes, soy, and extra-virgin olive oil.