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Foods high in conjugated linoleic acids can enrich breast milk

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 28, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Have a cookie before breast-feeding, mom? Eating special cookies enriched with conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) can increase the level of these potentially healthful fatty acids in breast milk, reports a recent study in the ...


Frankincense provides relief to arthritis sufferers

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 30, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (22) | comments 0

An enriched extract of the 'Indian Frankincense' herb Boswellia serrata has been proven to reduce the symptoms of osteoarthritis. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Arthritis Research & Therapy ...


How can we measure the emotional states of animals?

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created May 21, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Rats housed in standard conditions show a stronger response to the loss of an expected food reward than those housed in enriched conditions, perhaps indicating a more negative emotional state, according to new research by ...


Researchers working on a way to make snack foods with extra fiber

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 05, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Trying to get more fiber in your diet? Munching on cookies or tortillas probably doesn't come to mind. But a Kansas State University researcher is experimenting with ways to add fiber to the foods we love without changing ...


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Soybeans no longer a musical fruit?

Chemistry /

created Oct 27, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Soybeans may drop off the list of musical fruit. Scientists in Singapore are reporting victory over some consumers' No. 1 complaint about soy products — the "flatulence factor" caused by indigestible sugars ...


New method for manufacturing radio isotopes

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 11, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Thanks to a newly-developed technology at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, global shortages of radio isotopes for cancer diagnosis could be a thing of the past. This is the message from Prof. Bert Wolterbeek ...


Mental and physical exercise delays dementia in fatal genetic disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 24, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists at Melbourne’s Howard Florey Institute have discovered that mental and physical stimulation delays the onset of dementia in the fatal genetic disease, Huntington's disease.


To climate-change worries, add 1 more: Extended mercury threat

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Mercury pollution has already spurred public health officials to advise eating less fish, but it could become a more pressing concern in a warmer world.


Research identifies new link between tart cherries and risk factors for heart disease

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 22, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

New research continues to link tart cherries, one of today's hottest "Super Fruits," to lowering risk factors for heart disease. In addition to lowering cholesterol and reducing inflammation, the study being presented by ...


Growth factors and environment combine to increase brain maturation

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created May 30, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study showing that growth factors and the environment combine to increase brain maturation appears in the May 30th issue of the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE. The study was conducted by Francesca Ciucci, Elena ...


Case studies: Dietary supplements with steroids pose health danger

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Three cases of patients suffering from the adverse affects of steroid-enriched dietary supplements have been reported by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.


Scientists obtain clearer view of how eye lens proteins are sorted

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research reveals how proteins that are critical for the transparency of the eye lens are properly sorted and localized in membrane bilayers. The study, published by Cell Press in the November 3rd issue of Biophysical Jo ...


Meat and Meat Products as Functional Foods

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Research on the disease-preventing, health-promoting benefits of meat and meat products makes them a viable contender in the functional food arena. Enriching meats with fiber, probiotics and omega-3 fatty acids may help consumers ...


What your mother did when she was young has an effect on your memory

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 9

A mother's life experience can affect the biology of her offspring, according to new animal research in the February 4 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The study shows that a stimulating environment improved the memory ...


Benefit of grapes may be more than skin deep

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Can a grape-enriched diet prevent the downhill sequence of heart failure after years of high blood pressure?