News tagged with fish intake

15,000 reasons to worry about invasive species

A day at the beach in Wisconsin's North Woods didn't used to go like this. Candy Dailey spent a Fourth of July holiday splashing with grandkids on the sandy shore of Lake Metonga when she felt a nasty sting on her foot.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Consuming polyunsaturated fatty acids may lower the incidence of gum disease

Periodontitis, a common inflammatory disease in which gum tissue separates from teeth, leads to accumulation of bacteria and potential bone and tooth loss. Although traditional treatments concentrate on the bacterial infection, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Quagga mussels are clogging Hoover Dam, colonizing lakes and rivers

It took some of America's best engineers, thousands of laborers and two years of around-the-clock concrete pouring to build the 726-foot-high Hoover Dam back in the 1930s. It took less time than that for the tiny, brainless ...

Biology / Ecology

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

Drink milk and lose more weight: research

A new weight loss study conducted by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers reveals that dieters who consumed milk or milk products lost more weight on average than those who consumed little to no milk products.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0