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New affordable nutrition index is first measurement tool to evaluate affordable nutrition

A new food rating system that analyzes both nutrition and cost value of food may now make it easier for people to find budget-friendly, nutritious foods in today’s tough economy. The Affordable Nutrition Index (ANI), unveiled ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1




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Zooarchaeological study indicating hominids already practiced sophisticated hunting techniques in East Asia

More than ten thousands of bone fragments were recovered from the Lingjing site, Henan Province during 2005 and 2006. By taking statistical analyses of the skeletal elements of the two predominant species ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Cellular secrets of plant fatty acid production understood; discovery could boost bioeconomy

(Phys.org) -- Research groups from Iowa State University and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have uncovered the function of three plant proteins, a discovery that could help plant scientists boost ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Study shows soy protein alleviates symptoms of fatty liver disease

University of Illinois researchers report this week that new research shows how soy protein could significantly reduce fat accumulation and triglycerides in the livers of obese patients by partially restoring the function ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Geneticists discover global strategies used by bacteria to adapt to changing environmental conditions

(PhysOrg.com) -- The research findings, published this week in two papers in the journal Science provide new insights into the behavior of bacteria.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twenty-year protein mystery solved with surprising results

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of the CRYM protein, previously connected with deafness and cancer, has now proven that it has an enzymatic function. This opens up new implications for the treatment of neurological ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Traces of cow’s methane emissions in the milk

Wageningen University researchers in the Netherlands are able to determine cows' methane emissions using the composition of fatty acids in their milk. This opens up the prospect of a method for reducing methane production ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 27, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Hunting for the good news in the human genome

One of the most common and most disabling birth defects, spina bifida strikes about one in 1,000 births in the United States -- nearly as many as Down’s Syndrome. The cause of this often devastating ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Extreme dieting: does it lead to longer lives?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Animals who consume fewer calories live longer and healthier lives. Now, a seminal study at the University of California, San Francisco is testing whether the same is true for extreme dieters.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Dietary, lifestyle changes can significantly reduce triglycerides

Dietary and lifestyle changes significantly reduce elevated triglycerides (a type of blood fat) -- which is associated with heart, blood vessel and other diseases -- according to an American Heart Association scientific statement.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Device drops blood pressure in patients with difficult-to-treat hypertension

A device designed to treat people with resistant hypertension helped lower blood pressure by 33 points, a substantial drop that would otherwise require patients to take an additional three or four drugs, on top of this subgroup's ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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