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. Bacteria of the genus Salmonella cause most food-borne illnesses. The bacteria attach to cells of the intestinal wall and induce their own ingestion by cells of the intestinal epithelium. Up till now, researchers assumed that Salmonella have to induce the formation of distinctive membrane waves in order to invade these gut cells. Researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig, Germany, now refuted this common doctrine. http://www.physorg.com/news180265995.html Biology Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:10:09 EST news180265995 Chocolate milk is "soda in drag" and should be booted out of US school cafeterias, a former celebrity chef turned school lunch lady has said. http://www.physorg.com/news179684608.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:25:13 EST news179684608 Two new University of Illinois studies report that lunasin, a soy peptide often discarded in the waste streams of soy-processing plants, may have important health benefits that include fighting leukemia and blocking the inflammation that accompanies such chronic health conditions as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. http://www.physorg.com/news178990755.html Chemistry Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:42:56 EST news178990755 A recent study confirms that the antioxidants and other plant-based nutrients in chocolate and cocoa products are highly associated with the amount of non-fat cocoa-derived ingredients in the product. The study expands on previously published results. http://www.physorg.com/news178354316.html Chemistry Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:13:08 EST news178354316 Eight-year-old children who drink full-fat milk every day have a lower BMI than those who seldom drink milk. This is not the case for children who often drink medium-fat or low-fat milk. This is one conclusion of a thesis presented at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://www.physorg.com/news176467332.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:42:43 EST news176467332 (PhysOrg.com) -- More than 16 percent of children and adolescents in the United States are overweight-a doubling of the estimated incidence of overweight among children and a tripling of the rate among adolescents in the past two decades. But scientists funded by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and based at the ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center (CNRC) at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston, Texas, are fighting back. http://www.physorg.com/news176044383.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:40:07 EST news176044383 One hundred years ago, Kikunae Ikeda discovered the flavour-giving properties of glutamate, a non essential amino acid traditionally used to enhance the taste of many fermented or ripe foods, such as ripe tomatoes or cheese. New research now reveals that the tongue has a receptor that is exclusively activated by glutamate. http://www.physorg.com/news174301682.html Medicine & Health Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:17:25 EST news174301682 Very low birth-weight newborns who received the milk protein lactoferrin alone or in combination with a probiotic had a reduced incidence of late-onset sepsis, according to a study in the October 7 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news174065557.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:50:28 EST news174065557 (PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have discovered why Holsteins -bred to produce more milk -are less fertile than before breeding efforts were stepped up to increase dairy production: It's in their DNA. http://www.physorg.com/news173955686.html Biology Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:30:01 EST news173955686 (PhysOrg.com) -- Recent increases in organic and hormone-free milk labeling might negatively affect sales of milk without such labels, and could lead to a decreased demand for all milk types, according to a new economic study to be published in the November issue of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. http://www.physorg.com/news173713315.html Other Sciences Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:20:01 EST news173713315 (PhysOrg.com) -- Newcastle scientists Dr Catherine Douglas and Dr Peter Rowlinson have won the Ig Nobel Prize for Veterinary Medicine for their work looking at reducing stress levels in dairy cattle. In a paper published earlier this year, they described how giving a cow a name and treating her as an individual can increase a farmer`s annual milk yield by almost 500 pints. http://www.physorg.com/news173708122.html Biology Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:15:42 EST news173708122 The levels of the components in breast milk change every 24 hours in response to the needs of the baby. A new study published in the journal Nutritional Neuroscience shows, for example, how this milk could help newborn babies to sleep. http://www.physorg.com/news173611270.html Medicine & Health Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:50:03 EST news173611270 A comparison of breast milk samples from Denmark and Finland revealed a significant difference in environmental chemicals which have previously been implicated in testicular cancer or in adversely affecting development of the fetal testis in humans and animals. This finding is published today in the International Journal of Andrology. http://www.physorg.com/news173031065.html Medicine & Health Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:30:03 EST news173031065 Research has shown that children who were breast fed as infants have superior cognitive skills compared to those fed infant formula, and it's thought that this is due to an essential fatty acid in breast milk called docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Now a new study has found that babies fed formula supplemented with DHA have higher cognitive skills than babies fed regular formula. http://www.physorg.com/news172214926.html Medicine & Health Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:29:27 EST news172214926 The ability to digest the milk sugar lactose first evolved in dairy farming communities in central Europe, not in more northern groups as was previously thought, finds a new study led by UCL (University College London) scientists published in the journal PLoS Computational Biology. http://www.physorg.com/news170657572.html Biology Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:54:52 EST news170657572 (AP) -- A spoonful of sugar? Americans are swallowing 22 teaspoons of sugar each day, and it's time to cut way back, the American Heart Association says. http://www.physorg.com/news170349891.html Medicine & Health Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:30:01 EST news170349891 (AP) -- China detained two factory officials after 1,300 children were poisoned by pollution from a manganese processing plant, state media said Thursday, days after emissions from a lead smelter in another province sickened hundreds. http://www.physorg.com/news169988794.html Medicine & Health Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:07:06 EST news169988794 Some children with a history of severe milk allergy can safely drink milk and consume other dairy products every day, according to research led by the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and published in the Aug. 10 online edition of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. http://www.physorg.com/news169837764.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:10:00 EST news169837764 Women with a family history of breast cancer appear to have a lower risk of developing the disease before menopause if they have ever breastfed a child, according to a report in the August 10/24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news169140569.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:40:02 EST news169140569 Kefir, one of the world's oldest "health" drinks, did little to prevent diarrhea in young children being treated with antibiotics, say researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC), who tested the drink in a unique and rigorous double-blind clinical trial. http://www.physorg.com/news168538310.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:12:56 EST news168538310 Giving daily antiretroviral syrup to breastfeeding infants or treating their HIV-infected mothers with highly active antiretroviral drugs is safe and effective in preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission through breast milk, a study led by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill investigators has found. http://www.physorg.com/news167492229.html Medicine & Health Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:40:05 EST news167492229 Research undertaken by the Universities of Reading, Cardiff and Bristol has found that drinking milk ¹ can lessen the chances of dying from illnesses such as coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke by up to 15-20%. http://www.physorg.com/news167481105.html Medicine & Health Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:00:02 EST news167481105 Larry Wackett and Michael Sadowsky, members of the University of Minnesota's BioTechnology Institute, developed an enzyme that is used in Bioo Scientific's new MaxDiscovery(TM) Melamine Test kit, which simplifies the detection of melamine contamination in food. Melamine is an industrial chemical that killed six Chinese children and hospitalized 150,000 last year after it was added to milk to increase its apparent protein content. Some children may have life-long chronic kidney problems resulting from melamine exposure. http://www.physorg.com/news167401193.html Chemistry Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:50:06 EST news167401193 Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have discovered that an ingredient in human breast milk protects and repairs the delicate intestines of newborn babies. http://www.physorg.com/news165566422.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:50:01 EST news165566422 Now there's a new reason for the weight-conscious to drink fat free milk at breakfast time, suggests a new study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers in Australia found that drinking fat free milk in the morning helped increase satiety, or a feeling of fullness, and led to decreased calorie intake at the next meal, as compared with a fruit drink. The milk drinkers ate about 50 fewer calories (or nearly 9% less food) at lunch. http://www.physorg.com/news164878577.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:40:01 EST news164878577 (AP) -- Vermont dairy farmers Tim Maikshilo and Kristen Dellert, mindful of shrinking their carbon footprint, have changed their cows' diet to reduce the amount of gas the animals burp - dairy cows' contribution to global warming. http://www.physorg.com/news164810504.html Space & Earth Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:42:30 EST news164810504 Some parents may be unnecessarily switching infant milk formulas for their healthy infants. A study published in BioMed Central's open access Nutrition Journal, found that many parents misinterpret common baby behaviors as milk intolerance and needlessly switch formulas without consulting a health professional. http://www.physorg.com/news164594464.html Medicine & Health Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:10:02 EST news164594464 Soccer players and exercise enthusiasts now have another reason to reach for lowfat chocolate milk after a hard workout, suggests a new study from James Madison University presented at the American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting. Post-exercise consumption of lowfat chocolate milk was found to provide equal or possibly superior muscle recovery compared to a high-carbohydrate recovery beverage with the same amount of calories. http://www.physorg.com/news163070284.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:18:53 EST news163070284 Variations in both milk feeding and in the weaning diet are linked to differences in growth and development, and they have independent influences on body composition in early childhood, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). http://www.physorg.com/news162719013.html Medicine & Health Thu, 28 May 2009 08:44:06 EST news162719013 The genetic predisposition of cows has an effect on the fat and protein content of their milk. Researchers at Wageningen University have spent the past few years examining the scope and significance of genetic variation between cows for the differences in quality characteristics of milk. They have discovered a number of genes that contribute to this genetic variation. http://www.physorg.com/news160215986.html Biology Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:27:30 EST news160215986