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Dog meat could come off Chinese menus

Dog and cat meat -- age-old delicacies in China -- could be off the menu in the food-loving nation under its first law against animal abuse, state press said Tuesday.

Biology / Other

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Rabies infections highlight dangers of processing dog meat

Eating dog meat is common in many Asian countries, but research conducted as part of the South East Asian Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Network has discovered a potentially lethal risk associated with preparing dog ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Not the black sheep of domestic animals

Mapping the ancestry of sheep over the past 11,000 years has revealed that our woolly friends are stars among domestic animals, boasting vast genetic diversity and substantial prospects for continued breeding to further boost ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Diet high in processed meat linked to increased diabetes risk in populations with high diabetes rate

(Medical Xpress) -- Diabetes risk is increased in men and women who eat a diet that is high in processed meats, according to a study published online this week in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  Processed ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Dog skull dates back 33,000 years

If you think a Chihuahua doesn't have much in common with a Rottweiler, you might be on to something.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Fresh hopes for anti-microbial potential from Aussie native plants

QAAFI and Queensland Government scientists have discovered promising new anti-microbial properties in a combination of natural-plant ingredients, including two common native Australian plums.

Chemistry / Other

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

To children (but not adults) a rose by any other name is still a rose

New research challenges the conventional thinking that young children use language just as adults do to help classify and understand objects in the world around them.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Shedding light on why it is so 'tough' to make healthier hot dogs

In part of an effort to replace animal fat in hot dogs, sausages, hamburgers and other foods with healthier fat, scientists are reporting an advance in solving the mystery of why hot dogs develop an unpleasant tough texture ...

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Could additives in hot dogs affect incidence of colon cancer?

The addition of ascorbate (vitamin C) or its close relative, erythorbate, and the reduced amount of nitrite added in hot dogs, mandated in 1978, have been accompanied by a steep drop in the death rate from colon cancer, according ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scary is exciting -- sheep's head is not for wimps

Sheep's head is not for wimps. Until now very few of us have been tempted by this traditional Norwegian dish.

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Evidence of domestication of dogs during Paleolithic period found

(PhysOrg.com) -- Paleontologists working in the Czech Republic have unearthed what appears to be evidence of the domestication of dogs, from a period much earlier than has been previously thought. In a paper published in ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Listeria outbreak draws Seattle lawyer to battle

(AP) -- Bill Marler updates his many blogs each day about the latest foodborne illness outbreak and travels the world delivering speeches, imploring the food industry to improve its safety measures. All this while working ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3


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