News tagged with milk products

Mobile phone scanner detects harmful bacteria

(PhysOrg.com) -- A mobile phone that could detect whether leftovers in your fridge are safe to eat could be heading to an app store near you. A device has been developed that attaches to mobiles and can detect ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Do steaks make you big?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Adjusting the intake of high protein foods like meat, eggs and milk products could determine whether you become a rugby player or marathon runner and may help you lose weight, according to ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Ig Nobel: Researchers named the cream of the crop

(PhysOrg.com) -- Newcastle scientists Dr Catherine Douglas and Dr Peter Rowlinson have won the Ig Nobel Prize for Veterinary Medicine for their work looking at reducing stress levels in dairy cattle. In a paper published earlier this year, they described how giving a cow ...

Biology / Other

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Nutritious new low-sugar juice targeted for diabetics, individuals with high blood sugar

Scientists in China are reporting development of a low-calorie, low-sugar vegetable juice custom-designed for millions of individuals with diabetes and pre-diabetic conditions that involve abnormally high ...

Chemistry / Other

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Genomes of two champion bulls sequenced

(Phys.org) -- With more than 60,000 descendants in six generations, Pawnee Farm Arlinda Chief and his son Walkway Chief Mark cast a long genetic shadow. New research on the genomes of the two bulls show how ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wine dregs shown to improve cows' milk

Feeding dairy cows the stems, seeds and skins from wine grapes boosts milk production and dramatically cuts the animal's methane emissions, Australian researched published Thursday shows.

Biology / Other

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Seaweed as a rich new source of heart-healthy food ingredients

In an article that may bring smiles to the faces of vegetarians who consume no dairy products and vegans, who consume no animal-based foods, scientists have identified seaweed as a rich new potential source of heart-healthy ...

Chemistry / Other

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

Eating poorly can make us depressed

Researchers from the universities of Navarra and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have demonstrated that the ingestion of trans-fats and saturated fats increase the risk of suffering depression, and that olive oil, on the other ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Melamine-tainted drinks emerge again in China: report

Authorities in central China are searching for a batch of dairy products containing high levels of melamine, the chemical that killed six babies and sickened 300,000 others in 2008, state media said Monday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Exposure of humans to cosmetic UV filters is widespread

An investigation conducted in the context of the Swiss National Research Programme (NRP50), Endocrine Disrupters: Relevance to Humans, Animals and Ecosystems, demonstrates for the first time that internal exposure of humans ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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

New study finds milk drinkers may have a healthy weight advantage

Now there's a new reason to grab a glass of milk when you're on diet, suggests a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In a 2-year weight loss study, milk drinkers had an advantage over those ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 15, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How muscle cells control fatty acid uptake

A new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet shows that the blood vessels and muscles of the heart can regulate the uptake of fatty acids that we ingest through meat, milk products and other food. ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tainted milk shows China's food safety challenges

(AP) -- The resurfacing of tainted milk products in China highlights the challenges of policing the food supply in a country where close ties between local authorities and companies hamper regulation while ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Prolactin blocks oncogene associated with poor prognosis in breast cancer

Researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have found a mechanism by which a hormone responsible for milk production blocks an oncogene that makes breast cancer more aggressive.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0