News tagged with proper nutrition

Obesity linked to higher 5-year death rate after esophageal cancer surgery

Obesity doubles the risk of cancer recurrence and cancer-related death in patients with esophageal cancer who have been treated with surgery, researchers at Mayo Clinic found. Their 778-patient study, which appeared in the ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Palm-sized baby among the world's smallest

At birth, Melinda Star Guido was so tiny she could fit into the palm of her doctor's hand. Weighing just 9 1/2 ounces - less than a soda can - she is among the smallest babies ever born in the world.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rose torture: severe heat in Texas yields better varieties for research

At least one person admits that the extreme heat in Texas this year was beneficial.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Food for thought: Contravening lay beliefs of eating at heart of our dietary disasters

Waste not, want not. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Don't snack before supper; you'll ruin your appetite.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The new 'epigenetics:' Poor nutrition in the womb causes permanent genetic changes in the offspring

The new science of epigenetics explains how genes can be modified by the environment, and a prime result of epigenetic inquiry has just been published online in The FASEB Journal: You are what your mother did not eat during ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0