Scientists at England’s Newcastle University have found that an enzyme called mitochondrial complex II, found in human skin cells, declines as we age. As these “energy batteries” slow down, the activity of harmful free-radical molecules increases, leading to wrinkles, less elastic skin and perhaps other signs associated with old age. TRENDPOST: The discovery not only suggests new cosmetic or pharmaceutical...

US medical schools are learning what primitive peoples knew centuries ago and what Gerald Celente and the Trends Research Institute reported decades ago: Food can often cure what ails you. More than 20 medical schools, including UCLA and the University of Chicago, now require medical students to study not just nutrition, but also food preparation. At Tulane University in New...

Adults who started smoking marijuana regularly as teens remember fewer words as adults, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The research sampled 5,000 adults at ages 18 and 30 for 25 years, at which time 3,400 were still taking part. Among dope smokers, the loss of vocabulary was notable, but other areas of memory...

People with anxious dispositions undergo changes in their brains that make it harder for them to distinguish between danger signals and neutral events, according to a study in the March issue of Current Biology. Anxiety seems to heighten plasticity in brain circuits, and that changeability endures even after an event that makes a person anxious. This lasting plasticity affects primary...

Gerald Celente’s “Trends This Week,” a weekly show on the Progressive Radio Network, PRN.fm, airs live each Wednesday at 11 a.m. Trends This Week breaks down essential trends in economics, geopolitics, health and well-being, pop culture and more in classic Celente style. And, if you can’t catch the show live, you can listen 24/7 by accessing Trends This Week in the archives section...

Once again, a hotel chain is trying too hard to engage the millennial generation. Marriott’s Moxy Hotels brand is new to the US, opening in New Orleans, San Francisco, Nashville and other locations. These flashy millennial-themed hotels feature smaller guest rooms, an expansive bar scene and plenty of bright, neon lights to draw the attention of young people seeking a...

KitchenAid is rolling out a smaller version of its stand mixer. Called the Artisan Mini Stand Mixer, it weighs 19 pounds and can hold up to 3.5 quarts of batter, enough to make about 60 cookies (KitchenAid’s classic Artisan weighs 26 pounds and can hold five quarts). Why the miniature product? KitchenAid simply is following the lead of millennials, who...

The US Federal Communications Commission is proposing to break cable and satellite companies’ iron grip on the set-top boxes through which your TV shows arrive. With an “open system” box, viewers could access HBO, Netflix, Hulu, low-power local stations, and other networks and programs that giant telecoms companies won’t carry – all through one appliance. Proponents liken the revolutionary move...

Ian Wright, a co-founder of Tesla Motors, has a new vision for clean vehicles: not snazzy, high-priced runabouts, but the 2.2 million trucks that now lumber through cities and along highways, belching smoke and wasting fuel. Wright and his team have created a new design of a hybrid electric powertrain that, they say, is 30 percent more fuel efficient and...

Jae Rhim Lee sees her creation as “a symbol of a new way of thinking about death and the relationship between my body and the environment.” Slip into the Infinity Burial Suit. It’s a body stocking that dresses a corpse. The suit is embroidered with spores of a mushroom that not only digests your body but also detoxifies the load...