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Anxious parents misdiagnose milk formula intolerance

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 mil ...





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New insights on link between early consumption of cows’ milk and Type-1 diabetes

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 05, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (20) | comments 0

Researchers in Maine report a new explanation for the mysterious link between consumption of cows’ milk protein in infant formula early in life and an increased risk of later developing Type-1 diabetes. A protein in cow’s ...


Unpasteurized milk poses health risks without benefits

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 16, 2008 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

With disease outbreaks linked to unpasteurized milk rising in the United States, a review published in the January 1, 2009 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases examines the dangers of drinking raw milk.


Names give cows a lotta bottle

Names give cows a lotta bottle

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A cow with a name produces more milk than one without, scientists at Newcastle University have found. Drs Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson have shown that by giving a cow a name and treating ...


Analysis of the effects of a cow's genetic predisposition on the composition of its milk

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


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Skimmed milk -- Straight from the cow

Biology /

created May 28, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Herds of cows producing skimmed milk could soon be roaming our pastures, reports Cath O’Driscoll in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. Scientists in New Zealand have discovered that some cows have ...


Ig Nobel: Researchers named the cream of the crop

Biology / Other

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(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 ...


Vt. farmers cut cows' emissions by altering diets (AP)

Vt. farmers cut cows' emissions by altering diets

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 21, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

(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 ...


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Cars that Run on Cow Power?

Technology / Energy

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Race cars have long provided a testing ground for driving technology that we eventually see in passenger cars on the road. To this end, an engineering team in Lancashire, England, is hoping ...


Study links chemical to inhibited milk synthesis, secretion in humans

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created Oct 08, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have identified the neurotransmitter serotonin as the chemical responsible for inhibiting milk production and secretion in human mammary glands.


New labels might decrease overall demand for milk

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(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 ...



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