http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Suspect your significant other might be cheating on you? In Mexico, numerous laboratories are now offering a way to find out for sure -- DNA tests. http://www.physorg.com/news177920971.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:50:03 EST news177920971 With the help of a gum chomping machine and years of careful chemistry, University of Kentucky researchers have developed a chewing gum that can help replace toothpaste and a toothbrush, thus improving the health of soldiers in the field as well as children in poor countries. http://www.physorg.com/news177342174.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:20:02 EST news177342174 A nutrition professor at the University of Rhode Island studying the effects of chewing sugar-free gum on weight management has found that it can help to reduce calorie intake and increase energy expenditure. http://www.physorg.com/news175871180.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:50:04 EST news175871180 Corporations spend billions of dollars each year on food advertising. For example, Kraft Foods, PepsiCo, and McDonald's each spent more than $1 billion in advertising in 2007. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research suggests those advertisers are missing out if their ads only mention taste and ignore our other senses. http://www.physorg.com/news167327391.html Other Sciences Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:10:03 EST news167327391 Chewing gum made with a phosphate-binding ingredient can help treat high phosphate levels in dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study appearing in the March 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The results suggest that this simple measure could maintain proper phosphate levels and help prevent cardiovascular disease in these patients. http://www.physorg.com/news153672483.html Medicine & Health Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:48:24 EST news153672483 Chewing gum is associated with enhanced recovery of intestinal function following surgery to remove all or part of the colon, according to an analysis of previously published studies in the August issue of Archives of Surgery. http://www.physorg.com/news138295446.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:24:06 EST news138295446