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Leafy greens present growing threat of food-borne illness, researchers say

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A growing threat for food-borne illnesses comes attractively packaged, is stunningly convenient and is increasingly popular with shoppers looking for healthy meals: ready-to-eat leafy greens that make putting together a green ...


New evidence that vinegar may be natural fat-fighter

New evidence that vinegar may be natural fat-fighter

Chemistry / Other

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Researchers in Japan are reporting new evidence that the ordinary vinegar -- a staple in oil-and-vinegar salad dressings, pickles, and other foods -- may live up to its age-old reputation in folk medicine ...


Salmonella's sweet tooth predicts its downfall

Salmonella's sweet tooth predicts its downfall

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

For the first time UK scientists have shown what the food poisoning bug Salmonella feeds on to survive as it causes infection: glucose.


Study in pregnant women suggests probiotics may help ward off obesity

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One year after giving birth, women were less likely to have the most dangerous kind of obesity if they had been given probiotics from the first trimester of pregnancy, found new research that suggests manipulating the balance ...


Best intentions: The presence of healthy food can lead to unhealthy choices

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

More restaurants and vending machines offer healthy choices these days, so why do Americans' waistlines continue to expand? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that some efforts to control eating may ba ...


Omega-6 fatty acids: Make them a part of heart-healthy eating

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Omega-6 fatty acids - found in vegetable oils, nuts and seeds - are a beneficial part of a heart-healthy eating plan, according to a science advisory published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. ...


Honey adds health benefits, is natural preservative and sweetener in salad dressings

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 09, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Antioxidant-rich honey is a healthy alternative to chemical additives and refined sweeteners in commercial salad dressings, said a new University of Illinois study.


New nanoscale process will help computers run faster and more efficiently

New nanoscale process will help computers run faster and more efficiently

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 25, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (41) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Smaller. Faster. More efficient. These are the qualities that drive science and industry to create new nanoscale structures that will help to speed up computers.


How accurate is your memory?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 28, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (18) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As a child did you hate brussel sprouts? Do you remember such a preference or did your parents remind you afterwards, ensuring a lasting dislike of the vegetable? Or do you have a phobia in adult life, ...


New study shows false memories affect behavior

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 19, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (20) | comments 4

Do you know someone who claims to remember their first day of kindergarten? Or a trip they took as a toddler? While some people may be able to recall trivial details from the past, laboratory research shows that the human ...