Health
Nutrition education at WIC influences participants to consume more healthful foods
St. Louis, MO, April 26, 2010 -- According to the United States Department of Agriculture, about half of U.S.
Apr 27, 2010
Health
Carbs against Cardio: More Evidence that Refined Carbohydrates, not Fats, Threaten the Heart
Eat less saturated fat: that has been the take-home message from the U.S. government for the past 30 years.
Apr 27, 2010
Technology
Inaugural issue of OSA's Energy Express focuses on gaining energy with solar concentrators
WASHINGTON, April 26 -- New devices that concentrate the sun's rays, increase the efficiency of solar cells, and help to lower the cost of solar energy, are…
Apr 26, 2010
Health
MDS, a blood cancer, strikes nearly 5 times more Americans than previously thought
HACKENSACK, N.J. (April 26, 2010, 4 p.m. EDT) -- Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) -- a group of serious blood cancers -- are nearly five times more common in…
Apr 26, 2010
Health
Phosphorous in sodas and processed foods accelerates signs of aging say Harvard scientists
Here's another reason to kick the soda habit. New research published online in the FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) shows that high levels of phosphates may add more "pop" to sodas and processed foods than once thought.
Apr 26, 2010
Health
Drug may treat cystic fibrosis, other diseases caused by 'nonsense mutations,' UAB researcher says
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Inherited diseases such as cystic fibrosis can be caused by genetic "nonsense mutations" that disrupt the way human cells make proteins.
Apr 26, 2010
Health
Drinking 100 percent fruit juice is associated with improved diet quality in children
ANAHEIM, CA (April 26, 2010) -- Consumption of 100 percent fruit juice is closely linked to improved nutrient intake and overall diet quality in children and teens, according to new research presented yesterday at the Experimental Biology (EB) 2010 meeting.
Apr 26, 2010
Health
Weill Cornell researchers find that a single gene is responsible for OCD-like behaviors in mice
NEW YORK (April 25, 2010) -- Researchers at the Ansary Stem Cell Institute and the Department of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College discovered that mice missing a single gene developed repetitive obsessive-compulsive-like behaviors.
Apr 26, 2010
Health
Mobile devices serve as own mice with optical sensing method from Carnegie Mellon
PITTSBURGH -- The same inexpensive, but high-quality optical sensors employed in the common computer mouse can enable small mobile phones and digital music…
Apr 26, 2010
Health
Biomarker Studies Could Realize Goal of More Effective and Personalized Cancer Medicine
When President Richard Nixon launched the war on cancer in his January 1971 State of the Union, he called for "the same kind of concentrated effort that split the atom and took man to the moon.
Apr 26, 2010
Health
Alperujo -- a beneficial complement in diet of dairy sheep during non-grazing periods
The Basque Neiker-Tecnalia technological centre, in collaboration with the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), has…
Apr 26, 2010
Health
Grapes reduce risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, U-M animal study shows
Ann Arbor, Mich. -- Could eating grapes slow what's for many Americans a downhill sequence of high blood pressure and insulin resistance leading to heart disease and type 2 diabetes?
Apr 26, 2010
Earth & Environment
Arctic Beauty in Black and White: Alaska Before the Effects of Global Warming [Slide Show]
Toward the end of World War II, the U.S. Navy began mapping an area of northern Alaska extending south from the Arctic Sea across the North Slope and down to…
Apr 26, 2010
Health
New research suggests choosing different fruits and vegetables may increase phytonutrient intake
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., April 22, 2010 -- Topping that bowl of cereal with raspberries instead of strawberries, or sautéing kale instead of spinach for dinner can…
Apr 26, 2010