Rules of life: From a pond to the beyond
Credit: Elser Lab/ASU The Cuatro Cienegas Basin, located in Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico, was once a shallow sea that became ...
Tag: Nutrition/Nutrients
Study: Difference in breast milk concentrations impacts growth up to age 5
Researchers hope confirmation of association will lead to novel therapeutics for infants and adultsCredit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Breastfeeding ...
Memory games: Eating well to remember
UTS researchers have uncovered a strong link between the consumption of certain food groups and memory loss and comorbid heart ...
Low folate levels can indicate malnutrition in hospital patients
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University About 10% of patients who come to complex care hospitals may have low ...
Study: Bariatric surgeries can double peak blood alcohol levels, patients may be unaware
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new study of 55 women found that two of the ...
Silica increases water availability for plants
Bayreuth researchers discover a way to enhance food securityCredit: Photo: University of Bayreuth. As a result of climate change, more ...
How plants in the cabbage family look inward when sulfur is scarce
Kyushu University researchers identify two key enzymes that release sulfur from health-beneficial chemicals in thale cress to promote growth in ...
Bayreuth researchers discover new arsenic compounds in rice fields
Risk or opportunity for rice cultivation?Credit: Photo: José Miguel Leon Ninin. University of Bayreuth researchers, together with scientists from Italy ...
BrainCool AB completes recruitment in trial for FDA clearance of oral mucositis treatment
Cooral® system on track with US De Novo 510 k process for market registration in the USCredit: BrainCool AB LUND, ...
Free radicals from immune cells are direct cause of salt-sensitive hypertension
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University In salt-sensitive hypertension, immune cells gather in the kidneys and shoot out free ...
No clear path for golden rice to reach consumers
Seed choice study reveals flawed assumptions behind hotly debated GMOCredit: Courtesy Glenn Davis Stone, Washington University in St. Louis Heralded ...
Understanding gut microbiota, one cell at a time
New genomic sequencing technique enables exploring gut microbiota, one cell at a timeCredit: Waseda University A population of microorganisms living ...
Sugar ants’ preference for pee may reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Credit: UniSA / Sophie Petit An unlikely penchant for pee is putting a common sugar ant on the map, as ...
VA’s ‘Healthy Teaching Kitchens’ benefit from holistic approach
The HTK program spanning 40 states helps educate older veterans on improving nutrition for healthy aging, and recent program quality ...
New understanding of childhood immune systems may improve vaccine efficacy
Credit: Christian Heuss Children's immune system composition and vaccine responsiveness is determined by a myriad of factors, such as age, ...
Gluten- and casein-free diets found not to affect behavior of autistic children
Credit: University of Granada A study by researchers from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Granada (UGR) has ...
Global cooling after nuclear war would harm ocean life
Seafood production also may be impacted by increased acidificationCredit: NOAA Fisheries/Morgan Winston A nuclear war that cooled Earth could worsen ...
San Antonio partnership for Precision Therapeutics awards inaugural research funding
Research team awarded $200,000 to develop treatment for multi-organ failure due to sepsisCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Feb. ...
Medicaid expansion slashed uninsured rates in Diabetes Belt, study finds
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Medicaid expansion dramatically reduced the numbers of low-income residents without insurance in the Diabetes ...
Study: Tasting no-calorie sweetener may affect insulin response on glucose tolerance test
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Artificial sweeteners such as sucralose provide the seductive taste of sweetness without ...
