which once was viewed as a highly regimented colony of seemingly interchangeable workers taking on a few specific roles (nurse or forager,
The National Science Foundation, National institutes of health and Illinois Sociogenomics Initiative supported this research. Collaborators on this study included researchers from Wellesley College and Cornell University.
and sugar-free varieties are associated with a variety of elevated health risks. Water is essential to human life.
children with anxiety disorders and children on the autism spectrum. The early results are promising. Doctors, parents come through
#ore tests are planned#Maclean is planning a study at the children s hospital in Vancouver to see
if the robot is useful for kids about to undergo surgery. We have ideas for adults.
You can find it in surgical sutures, flexible electronics, and other biologically friendly applications. And soon you might be finding it in your food.
and wirelessly track vital health signs. Those weren made t of silk, but a silk-based approach like those employed on food sensors could also work,
with farmers and villagers chopping them in half out of the mistaken belief that they are poisonous snakes.
and insects that might harm crops, and churning the soil as it moves underground. Much remains to be discovered in further study
A new collar being developed for cattle ranchers could send cow health updates to farmers cellphones.
monitoring the health of their animals and prevent accidental deaths. The Silent Herdsman collar will track the movements of the cow using the same type of sensors found in Wii devices.
Dr Ian Stephen, who led the research, used a new computer technique to measure mathematically how masculine faces are.
Dr Stephen said: The attractive color in our face is affected by our health especially by the amount of colourful antioxidant carotenoid pigments we get from fruit and vegetables in our diet.
They are thought to be good for our immune and reproductive systems, making us healthy and increasing fertility.
According to Dr Stephen, when humans find a member of the opposite sex attractive their brains are telling them they are an appropriate mate.
Dr Stephen also believes eating your five a day will make you look better than a tan would.
The research was carried out by the School of Psychology at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus where Dr Stephen is based.
a $100 billion orbiting laboratory for medical, materials science and other research. China, the only other country that has flown people in orbit,
and public health, including the Safe Water Drinking Act, Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act.
If there was a water contamination issue in Nunda, we could still operate here. We could truck in our own water here, potentially.
but are supplied by honey farms in New york. If the bee population decreases due to pollution and contaminants,
Spotted salamanders exposed to contaminated roadside ponds are adapting to their toxic environments, according to a Yale paper in Scientific Reports.
This study provides the first documented evidence that a vertebrate has adapted to the negative effects of roads apparently by evolving rapidly Salamanders breeding in roadside ponds are exposed to a host of contaminants from road runoff.
These animals are growing up in harsh environments where they face a cocktail of contaminants,
As roadside ponds become more toxic, the surviving salamanders may develop a genetic advantage over their counterparts living in woodland ponds.
#Researchers say sugar should be regulated as a toxin Sugar and other sweeteners are so toxic to the human body that they should be regulated as strictly as alcohol by governments worldwide, according to researchers.
A spoonful of sugar might make the medicine go down. But it also makes blood pressure and cholesterol go up,
along with your risk for liver failure, obesity, heart disease and diabetes. Sugar and other sweeteners are, in fact,
so toxic to the human body that they should be regulated as strictly as alcohol by governments worldwide, according to a commentary in the current issue of the journal Nature by researchers at the University of California,
San francisco (UCSF. The researchers propose regulations such as taxing all foods and drinks that include added sugar,
About 80 percent of those who are obese will have diabetes or metabolic disorders and will have shortened lives,
according to the UCSF authors of the commentary, led by Robert Lustig. And about 75 percent of U s. health-care dollars are spent on diet-related diseases,
the authors said. Worldwide, the obese now greatly outnumber the undernourished, according to the World health organization. Obesity is a public health problem in most countries.
And chronic diseases related to diet such as heart diseases diabetes and some cancers#for the first time in human history#kill more people than infectious diseases, according to the United nations. Less known,
and still debated, is sugar s role in the obesity and chronic disease pandemic. From an evolutionary perceptive, sugar in the form of fruit was available only a few months of the year, at harvest time,
the UCSF researchers said. Similarly, honey was guarded by bees and therefore was a treat, not a dietary staple. 6 Easy Ways to Eat More Fruits & Veggies Today, added sugar,
as opposed to natural sugars found in fruits, is added often in foods ranging from soup to soda.
#but rather a chemical that becomes toxic in excess. At issue is the fact that glucose from complex carbohydrates,
This is where the trouble can begin#taxing the liver, causing fatty liver disease, and ultimately leading to insulin resistance, the underlying causes of obesity and diabetes.
Added sugar, more so than the fructose in fiber-rich fruit hits the liver more directly and can cause more damage#in laboratory rodents, anyway.
however, remained unconvinced of the evidence of sugar s toxic effect on the human body at current consumption levels,
Economists to the rescue Lustig, a medical doctor in UCSF s Department of Pediatrics, compares added sugar to tobacco
toxic and has a negative impact on society, thus meeting established public health criteria for regulation.
Lustig advocates a consumer tax on any product with added sugar. Among Lustig s more radical proposals are to ban the sale of sugary drinks to children under age 17
and snacks around schools and in low-income areas plagued by obesity, analogous to alcoholism and alcohol regulation.
not sugar, is the root cause of obesity and chronic disease. Others argue that it is processed highly foods with simple carbohydrates.
as well as global climate and human health strategies. In a paper published in Biogeosciences, researchers show how ozone pollution generated in each of the Northern hemisphere s major industrialized regions (Europe, North america and South East asia) damages six important agricultural crops (wheat, maize
Dr Steve Arnold a senior lecturer in atmospheric composition at the University of Leeds s School of Earth and Environment, who led the study,
#Researchers calculated projected levels of surface ozone concentration, a powerful air pollutant that is not only harmful to human health (particularly to the respiratory system) but also damages vegetation by damaging plant cells and inhibiting
Dr Lisa Emberson a senior lecturer from the University of York s Stockholm Environment Institute and Environment Department, said:
Dr Arnold added: With future emissions of ozone-forming chemicals from Europe and North america expected to reduce,
Environmental Health News highlights the failed hope of GM crop developers: That these proprietary crops will stay where they are planted
that he finds it ironic that most people who oppose genetic engineering in plant breeding live in rich nations that he believes are responsible for global climate change that will lead to more starvation and malnutrition for the poor.
hunger, disease is no doubt genuine. But, like his absurd statements on climate change and renewable energy,
Part of that delusion is not realizing that for opposition to GM CROPS often doesn t stem from opposition to new technology at all.
it s all been rather dry and clinical. But now, thanks to a special turntable designed to read tree-rings like tracks on an LP,
and electronics to monitor disease and dispense drugs. Such devices may eventually be able to measure the level of cholesterol or alcohol in your blood and flash up an appropriate warning.
The first iteration of smart contact lenses are already on the market, but were not at CES. 15.)
Gene therapy-Gene therapy is the use of DNA as a pharmaceutical agent to treat disease, with the most common form involving DNA that has been encoded with a functional fix to replace a mutated one.
On the first day of CES, the X-Prize Foundation announced the Qualcomm Tricorder challenge to build a tool capable of capturing key health metrics and diagnosing a set of 15 different diseases.
The $10 million prize will go to the first person that can create a Star trek-like medical tricorder#.
The DASH Diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) was the winner. The DASH Diet is a plan to prevent high blood pressure
and it took the top spot in the Best Diets Overall category. Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC), a diet that s high in fiber and low in fat,
developed by the National institutes of health, took second place. Mayo Clinic Diet, the Mediterranean, and Weight watchers all tied for third place overall.
Mayo Clinic Diet includes foods with low energy density such as fruits and vegetables, and allows dieters to eat more while eating fewer calories.
The Mediterranean plan includes whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, healthy fats such as olive oil, and red wine in moderation.
Weight watchers focuses on portion control and encourages plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat dairy.
such as best diabetes diet, best commercial plan, and easiest diets to follow. David Katz, MD, MPH, founding director of the Yale university Prevention Research center,
Prevent or manage diabetes? The experts rated the diets in six other ways. Easiest to follow:
Weight watchers Jenny Craig Biggest Loser For best diabetes diets: Biggest Loser and DASH tied for first place.
Mayo Clinic, Ornish, and vegan were tied next, all. The Ornish plan is a very low-fat diet for weight loss and prevention and reversal of health problems such as heart disease.
Vegan diets exclude meat, fish, poultry, eggs, and dairy products. For best diets that are heart-healthy:
says Marion Franz, MS, RD, a Minneapolis dietitian and another panel member. Most people will be successful for the first six months on a diet#
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#Parasitic flies attack honeybees turning them into zombies Zombie#fly parasite causing decline of honeybee population.
Instead, the pile of bees ended up revealing a previously unrecognized suspect in colony collapse disorder a mysterious condition that for several years has been causing declines in U s. honeybee populations,
Read more about colony collapse disorder in our feature Solving the Mystery of the Vanishing Bees.#
it might join the list of possible forces behind colony collapse disorder. Parasitic fly larva emerging from a dead bee s neck.
as well as a virus that leads to deformed wings which had already been implicated in colony collapse disorder.
This double infection suggests that the flies might even be spreading these additional hive-weakening factors.
Pinpointing the extent of this strange bee behavior could be key to stemming colony collapse disorder by possibly allowing keepers to isolate affected populations.
We will not cure cancer, just yet. And we won t find a solution for war. But there is great value in the struggle.
#and More Inmates, Despite Slight Drop in Crime.##Logically then, if crime keeps falling, we simply won t be able to build prisons fast enough.
At issue was our obsession with solving all of today s problems before we dare think about advancing humanity.
#Similarly, whenever a column is written about the best paying jobs of the future, jobs like civil engineers, registered nurses,
Their growing numbers and increasing medical needs will require a different kind of health care professionals to take care of them.
3.)Top 10 Photos April 19, 2011 When Dr. Seuss came up with the idea, this wasn t
these days it is common, thanks to advanced medicine, to live a healthy life well into your 90s and beyond.
because air pollution and congestion are no longer a problem, and most devices are now highly energy efficient.
and medical implants) can be produced for a fraction of their traditional manufacture costs. The true cost of any product is now the amount it takes to download the design schematics.
With the national obesity and diabetes epidemics of the 2010s a distant memory, fastfood chains are a thing of the past.
#explains Dr. Stefan Moisyadi, a veteran bioscientist with the IBR. Dr. Moisyadi said the animals are affected not by the fluorescent protein
and will have the same life span as other pigs.##oethe green is only a marker to show that it s working easily,
The ultimate goal is to introduce beneficial genes into larger animals to create less costly and more efficient medicines.#
#For patients who suffer from hemophilia and they need the blood-clotting enzymes in their blood,
#Dr. Moisyadi said. When discussing cases of bioluminescence, it might be helpful to note that this type of photo-luminescence is fluorescence (think#oeblack light#).
Researchers hope to use similar techniques to predictably produce therapeutic enzymes for patients. In the meantime, we can enjoy the cool glow of fluorescent light, in a pig s eye.
#12 amazing examples of environmental art ives of Grass by Mathilde Roussel Soil, wheat seeds, recycled metal and fabric Brooklyn, New york,
For instance, in Lives of Grass by Mathilde Roussel, a work that features two grass covered figurative sculptures, Roussel explores the cyclic metamorphosis that transforms organic matter whether vegetable, animal or human.
we will have the means to program our biology away from disease and aging, by the early 2020#s. Health and medicine have been a hit or miss up until recently.
We would discover interventions such as drugs that had benefits, but also many side effects. Until recently, we did not have the means to actually design interventions on computers.
All of that has changed now, and will dramatically change clinical practice by the early 2020s. We now have the information code of the genome
and are making exponential gains in modeling and simulating the information processes they give rise to.
RNA interference, for example, can turn genes off that promote disease and aging. New forms of gene therapy, especially in vitro models that do not trigger the immune system,
Stem cell therapies, including the recently developed method to create#oeinduced pluripotent cells#(IPCS) by adding four genes to your own skin cells to create the equivalent of an embryonic stem cell
heart disease, cancer, and other diseases and aging processes. As one of many examples, we can now fix a broken heart#not yet) from romance#but from a heart attack,
by rejuvenating the heart with reprogrammed stem cells. Health and medicine is now an information technology
and is therefore subject to what I call the#oelaw of accelerating returns, #which is a doubling of capability (for the same cost) about each year that applies to any information technology.
As a result, technologies to reprogram the#oesoftware#that underlie human biology are already a thousand times more powerful than they were
Clinical applications are now at the cutting edge and will be routine in the early 2020s. By 2030 solar energy will have the capacity to meet all of our energy needs.
By the early 2020s, this will reach clinical practice. Within five years, search engines will be based on an understanding of natural language.
(and bike paths and mountain views) unfairly reducing Boulder to a playground where smug eco-liberals puffed legalized marijuana
and the biochemistry lab that led to Amgen. But Boulder wasn t always so affluent, so collegiate, so pretty.
A health nut already, the 19-year-old began gathering herbs in the foothills surrounding Boulder,
as a biochemistry professor in 1980, helped start the biotech firm Amgen. His cofounders decided to put company headquarters in Thousand Oaks
Veterans of his department, of Amgen, and of the university s biology departments would go on to start biotech firms,
The city, in its efforts to reduce congestion, gave Robertson s 17-employee company just three parking permits.
Twenty percent of the crop was crippled by disease, a sign that, the Chicago tribune noted, proved that farmers were turning their backs on their crops for the same reason cocoa farmers are fading fast:
Goat cheese Back in 2010, the UK saw a major outbreak of Q fever disease. As a result, over 50,000 pregnant goats and sheep were culled
Additionally Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus, or PED, is taking down piglets in 15 states. And as of now, there s no vaccine in the US just yet.
Of course, this doesn t mean that bacon will be disappearing entirely any time soon, but prices are certainly going to reflect the diminishing stock.
They have blind spots, leg cramps, seizures, and heart attacks. They rubberneck, hotdog, and take pity on turtles, cause fender benders, pileups,
no driver fatigue.##From 1977: Engineers huddle around a driverless Ford on a test track.#
and chatted with patients at a nursing home. What he didn t build was driverless cars. Funding for private research in the field had dried up by then.
standing at the starting line in Barstow, half delirious with adrenaline and fatigue, Levandowski forgot to turn on the stability program.
Firstly, it s a gateway drug to reading. The drive to know what happens next,
As if#oeescapist#fiction is a cheap opiate used by the muddled and the foolish and the deluded,
in an unpleasant place, with people who meant you ill, and someone offered you a temporary escape,
That includes health information. And mental health information. It s a community space. It s a place of safety, a haven from the world.
It s a place with librarians in it. What the libraries of the future will be like is something we should be imagining now.
One of the best cures for a reluctant reader, after all, is a tale they cannot stop themselves from reading.
Some convert sugar into medicines. Others create moisturizers that can be used in cosmetics. And still others make biofuel,
Laboratory-grown artemisinin, a key antimalarial drug, went on sale in April with the potential to help stabilize supply issues.
Proponents characterize bio-factories as examples of#oegreen technology#that are sustainable and immune to fickle weather and disease.
Could they tinker with some genes in the yeast to create a biological machine capable of producing medicine?
an ancient herbal remedy found to be more than 90 percent effective at curing those infected with malaria.
pharmaceutical giant Sanofi, has manufactured 35 tons of artemisinin#roughly equivalent to 70 million courses of treatment.
The World health organization gave its stamp of approval to the drug in May, and the pills are being used widely.
Concerns about risks The early scientific breakthroughs by the Amyris founders paved the way for dozens of other companies to do similar work.
#Google hopes to cure death with its new health startup Calico Google is planning to launch a new company with the absurdly ambitious objective of extending our lives.#
and will be run by Arthur Levinson, chairman and ex-CEO of biotech company Genentech. Google gave exclusive access to Time magazine for a story on the new venture.
expect it to use its core data-handling skills to shed new light on familiar age-related maladies.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA September 18, 2013 Google today announced Calico, a new company that will focus on health and well-being, in particular the challenge of aging and associated diseases.
Arthur D. Levinson, Chairman and former CEO of Genentech and Chairman of Apple, will be Chief executive officer and a founding investor.
#oei ve devoted much of my life to science and technology, with the goal of improving human health.
#Art Levinson will remain Chairman of Genentech and a director of Hoffmann-la roche, as well as Chairman of Apple.
Chairman of Hoffmann-la roche, said:##oeart s track record at Genentech has been exemplary, and we see an interesting potential for our companies to work together going forward.
We re delighted he ll stay on our board.##Tim cook, Chief executive officer of Apple, said:##oefor too many of our friends and family, life has been cut short
a new company that will focus on health and well-being, in particular the challenge of aging and associated diseases.
Art Levinson, Chairman and former CEO of Genentech and Chairman of Apple, will be Chief executive officer. OK#so you re probably thinking wow!
Art and I are excited about tackling aging and illness. These issues affect us all#rom the decreased mobility
to life-threatening diseases that exact a terrible physical and emotional toll on individuals and families.
and I will be starting a new company focused on health, aging and well-being, called Calico.
me about a venture that would take the long term view on aging and illness, I was intrigued deeply.
Might there be a direct link between certain diseases and the aging process? We agreed that with great people, a strong culture and vision and a healthy disregard for the impossible,
000 miles in the U s. Accidents that cause injuries are even rarer, occurring about once every 1. 3 million miles.
in the case of a physically handicapped person, at least one prosthetic device or aid on the steering mechanism at all times when the motor vehicle is in motion.#
should prevent oblivious drivers from causing harm. Self-driving-car boosters talk about a virtuous circle that starts
dynamic lane reversals, micro-tolling to reduce congestion, autonomous-software agents negotiating the travel route with other agents on a moment-to-moment basis
the plants they grow could provide therapeutic relief from the stresses they face. The astronauts may also benefit from the splash of color that plants provide,
a trend that public health officials worry could undermine decades of efforts to reduce youth smoking
According to data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the percentage of middle and high school students in the United states who have used e-cigarettes more than doubled from 2011 to 2012.#
#oenicotine is a highly addictive drug. Many teens who start with e-cigarettes may be condemned to struggling with a lifelong addiction to nicotine and conventional cigarettes.#
#E-cigarettes are powered battery devices that look like cigarettes but do not burn tobacco. Rather, they deliver nicotine, flavor and other chemicals in the form of a vapor.
Perhaps most troubling for public health advocates, the survey found that more than three-quarters of middle and high school students who had used e-cigarettes within the past month also had smoked conventional cigarettes during the same period.
Although the Food and Drug Administration has said long it intends to expand its regulatory authority over tobacco products to include e-cigarettes,
and establish a comprehensive and appropriate regulatory framework to reduce disease and death from tobacco use.#
and never get tired. 8. Sunscreen Pills An effective sunscreen that can be administered orally has been sought after for some time now.
One doctor claims that a fern extract, containing the compound polypodium leucotomos, can act as such.
Said Dr. Paul Long head of the three-year project,#oethere would have to be a lot of toxicology tests done first but
I imagine a sunscreen tablet might be developed in five years or so. Nothing like it exists at the moment.#
Queens University director Dr. Roel Vertegaal has largely the same vision of the project.##oethis is the future,
A University of Utah study in November 2012 confirmed that this could be done in a lab. Perfection of this technology could result in the potential end of tooth decay, gum disease, fillings,
and I guess it just turned into obsession, #Oster said.##oehe was getting up in the morning at,
Then the real-estate market crashed about the same time Oster s dad experienced a big health scare.#
This lack of heft translates into lesser stresses and lower costs throughout the system#one-tenth that of high speed rail or a quarter of the cost of a freeway,
Jean Ratner, a therapist who directs the Center for Travel Anxiety in Maryland, says that simulating windows with high-def screens would#oehelp a lot,
#but claustrophobia will be a real problem for some passengers. Even in the closed tube of an airplane, they can get up and go to the bathroom,
This perfectly illustrates the growing paranoia associated with UAVS (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) often referred to as drones.
This means there are fewer eyes inspecting crops, with less chance of catching problems like disease
and topography Planting evaluation and replanting requirements Pathogen introduction and tracking+Weed levels Drone Startups With military use of drones beginning to level off,
and damage from pests or disease. Cost is $9, 300.3.)) The Octane from Volt Aerial Robotics (voltaerialrobotics. com) The Octane multirotor drone weighs 4 lbs
Phase 2#Protection Drones Some companies are already working on Phase 2 drones capable of proactively protecting the crops from bugs, birds, disease,
and track plant disease Identify and thwart other wildlife that may consume or damage crops Over time,
Dr. Reuben Abati, quoted the President saying that#oenigeria is undergoing rapid changes in its agriculture sector.
a family member of mine with high blood pressure begged me to hand over the sample I had been testing).
But Mower envisions the product appealing to a more general market in the futurekind of like how sugar replacers are used now by people who don t have diabetes or high blood sugar.
Consumers in the U s. are increasing their sodium consumption by 63 mg per day every two years, according to Medical Daily.
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