or because we think it might help our health in other ways said Dr. Kirsten Tillisch an associate professor of medicine at UCLA's David Geffen School of medicine
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and Department of Animal Science professor at the University of Illinois. From a health standpoint that's a good thing but it can be a problem
Christine Austin and Manish Arora Icahn School of medicine at Mount sinai New york Harvard School of Public health and University of Sydney Australia;
The work was funded by the U s. Environmental protection agency U s. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences U s. National Science Foundation Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Australian
Funding for the project came from a five-year $3. 6 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious diseases part of the National institutes of health.
The potential public health implication of this observation is that a person infected by H7n9 avian influenza virus who does not show symptoms could
The research was supported in part by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious diseases part of the National institutes of health.
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The research could also lead to GM varieties with better flavour health and shelf life characteristics because even higher levels of the compounds can be achieved.
The research funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) the Health Research Board (HRB) DEBRA Ireland
Grapefruits have long been known for their health benefits and the subtropical fruit may revolutionize how medical therapies like anticancer drugs are delivered to specific tumor cells.
and case series of patients with similar disease or health profiles said study lead author Carlos Torres-Duque M d. director of research at the Fundacion Neumologica Colombiana in Bogota.
Our research suggests that parents may play an important role in influencing their adolescents to establish behavioral patterns that improve their long-term health and chronic-disease risk.
The results appear in the current issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health. According to Small the researchers did not document the content of the conversations between students and their parents;
Indirectly communication with parents may remind students someone cares about their health and well being and that may motivate them to take better care of themselves.
Lisa Bailey-Davis research associate at the Geisinger Center for Health Research; and Jennifer Maggs professor of human development and family studies Penn State.
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the results of the experiments are affected significantly by organisms'initial fitness and lipid reserves. To eliminate these effects
However limited information exists on trends in smokeless tobacco use among U s. youths writes Israel T. Agaku D. M d. M p h. of the Harvard School of Public health Boston and colleagues.
However limited information exists on trends in smokeless tobacco use among U s. youths writes Israel T. Agaku D. M d. M p h. of the Harvard School of Public health Boston and colleagues.
#Bird flu in live poultry markets are the source of viruses causing human infectionson 31 march 2013 the Chinese National Health and Family planning Commission announced human cases of novel
These results provide a basis for the government to take actions for controlling this public health threat.
so as to reduce their adverse effects upon human health. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Springer.
led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future at the Bloomberg School of Public health.
The findings provide evidence that arsenical use in chickens poses public health risks and indicate that the Food
The study was published online today in the scientific journal Environmental Health Perspectives. Conventional antibiotic-free
According to National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data at least 75 percent of Americans regularly eat chicken.
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#Early formula use helps some mothers breastfeed longerrecent public health efforts have focused extensively on reducing the amount of formula babies are given in the hospital after birth.
Breastfeeding is known to offer wide-ranging preventive health benefits for babies reducing their risk for infections
and infants should breastfeed exclusively for the first six months for maximum health benefits. Women do not immediately produce high volumes of milk after childbirth.
The research was supported by grants from the National Institute of Children Health and Human Development.
and public-health agencies'insight into viral strains that should raise red flags if detected. Influenza evolutionin the past 100 years influenza viruses that emerged from pigs
and helps determine how well an influenza virus can evade a host's immune response. The researchers also took into account the patterns of attachment of the HA protein to sugar molecules called glycans.
The H3 study was funded by the National institutes of health and the National Science Foundation Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Massachusetts institute of technology.
For doctors like Bayard Powell M d. chief of hematology and oncology at Wake Forest Baptist's Comprehensive Cancer Center new drugs designed to enhance anti-tumor immune responses are beginning to play a major
and colleagues from the University of Washington in Seattle recruited 490 patients newly diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at the university's Neurology Clinic or a regional health maintenance organization Group Health Cooperative.
How much soy and tomato should a 55-year-old man concerned about prostate health eat in order to receive these benefits?
These findings published May 8 in The Journal of Clinical Investigation suggest micrornas could be targeted for the development of new medical interventions aimed at improving muscle fitness in people with chronic illness or injury.
This information is relevant to our efforts to improve muscle fitness in many health conditions such as aging cancer and heart failure.
According to Kelly muscle fitness only occurs if both are functioning properly. Increased muscle endurance cannot occur without boosting both of these muscle components.
In contrast PPARÎ/Î'marathon mice have the whole package necessary for muscle fitness. The two mouse models also differed in molecular profiling according to this study.
if their findings were relevant to human health Kelly and his team worked with Steven R. Smith M d. director of the Florida Hospital--Sanford-Burnham Translational Research Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes.
From there the team obtained muscle tissue from sedentary people (those who don't exercise regularly) and active people in good shape.
We're now conducting additional human studies to further investigate the ERRÎ-microrna circuit as a potential avenue for improving fitness in people with chronic illness
With expanding urbanization city trees and forests are becoming increasingly important to sustain the health
Carbon Stored (tons) Total 708100000the mission of the U s. Forest Service is to sustain the health diversity
As a community we need to approach food health wildlife health and water health in the Salinas Valley as parts of an integrated system.
Pesticides not adequately testedconnolly exposed bee brains to these pesticides and organo-based pesticides andreported that the nerves spun into hyperactivity
Not collecting such data might even pose health issues for people. Bear in mind we have lots of idiopathic diseases in humans
Prof Xiao-Nong Zhou from the Chinese Center for disease control and Prevention who was involved also in this study commented We are continuing to work on research into the sources of infection of H7n9 and the mode of transmission.
This study funded by a grant from the National institutes of health (NIH) and conducted at the University of Michigan Health System uncovered a novel way that grapes exert beneficial effects in the heart:
influencing gene activities and metabolic pathways that improve the levels of glutathione the most abundant cellular antioxidant in the heart.
In this study conducted at the University of Michigan Health System hypertensive heart failure-prone rats were fed a grape-enriched diet for 18 weeks.
but just how that was accomplished--the mechanism--was known not yet said lead investigator E. Mitchell Seymour Ph d. The insights gained from our NIH study including the ability of grapes to influence several genetic pathways related to antioxidant defense provide further evidence
Seymour noted that the next phase of the NIH study which will continue into 2014 will allow his team to further define the mechanisms of grape action
and heart health but will also provide translational information on the value of dietary (whole foods)
The NIH grant is allowing the team at the University of Michigan Medical System to expand its work in this important area
and further highlight the multifaceted role of grapes in supporting heart health said Kathleen Nave president of the California Table Grape Commission.
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Inhalation can also cause nasal congestion sneezing and a runny nose. Milk allergy affects an estimated 300000 children in the United states according to the ACAAI.
Arsenic is classified as a poison by the National institutes of health and is considered a carcinogen by the National Toxicology Program.
In regions of the world where rice is the major component of the human diet the health of entire communities of people can be impacted negatively by arsenic contamination of rice.
Despite the health risks arsenic in rice poses to millions of people around the world there are currently no effective agricultural methods in use to reduce arsenic levels.
and dump p-coumaric acid into their high fructose corn syrup she hopes that her team's research can be used as the basis of future work aimed at improving bee health.
These dietary deficiencies have an enormous negative impact on global health resulting in increased susceptibility to infection
These recent developments in understanding the biology of plant transporters are leading to improved varieties less susceptible to adverse environments and for improving human health.
Such a process is used broadly for human-health and ecological risk assessments throughout the federal government.
and health policy advice under a congressional charter granted to NAS in 1863. The Research Council is the principal operating agency of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering.
and grants from the National Institute on Aging AG13934 AG15820 and RO1AG040209 and National institute of mental health grant RO1MH092928.
The work was supported by the National institutes of health grants 5r01gm52413 and GM094428 National Science Foundation awards EEC-0813570 and MCB-0645794 and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
The research was supported by an IBB Hamill Innovations Grant the Robert A. Welch Foundation the National Science Foundation and the National institutes of health through the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious diseases.
Tulane University School of Public health and Tropical Medicine; Wake Forest School of medicine; The Johns hopkins university School of medicine; and Welch Center for Prevention Epidemiology and Clinical Research Johns Hopkins Medical institutions also contributed to the study.
#How trees play role in smog productionafter years of scientific uncertainty and speculation researchers at the University of North carolina at Chapel hill show exactly how trees help create one of society's predominant environmental and health concerns:
Jason Surratt assistant professor of environmental sciences and engineering at the Gillings School of Global Public health now reveals one mechanism by
which isoprene contributes to the production of these tiny potentially health-damaging particles. The study found that isoprene once it is altered chemically via exposure to the sun reacts with human-made nitrogen oxides to create particulate matter.
and plants but because of the presence of nitrogen oxides it is involved in producing this negative effect on health and the environment.
and make regulatory decisions that impact public health and climate change. We observe nature's quirks
However there is increasing recognition that the health and utility of plants can be enhanced greatly by improving belowground traits such as root growth.
and what parents may be able to do to help improve their children's health and well-being.
Each day about 3900 people under the age of 18 begin smoking in the United states according to the U s. Center for disease control.
#Strengthening legumes to tackle fertilizer pollutionthe overuse of nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture can wreak havoc on waterways health and the environment.
what the doctor ordered according to new animal research from the University of Michigan Health System.
Our previous research has shown that Montmorency tart cherries can have a positive effect on cardiovascular health
and the laboratory's director said the study adds to the group's growing body of research linking cherries to positive heart health.
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They are both an economic and a public health threat. While contagion is extremely unlikely in industrialised countries the largest part of the world's population lives in areas where animal brucellosis
Hence ITM calls for increased collaboration between animal and human health specialists in a so called One Health approach.
Such a large scale approach involving animal and human health specialists is still a rarity. Results show that around 13%of herds included animals infected with brucellosis.
Human brucellosis and tuberculosis from animal originin humans brucellosis induces undulating fever sweating weakness anemia headaches depression as well as muscular and bodily pain testicular inflammations in men and spontaneous abortion
Vitamin d is crucial for good bone health and muscle strength; adequate amounts help the body maintain bone density reducing the risk of fracture osteomalacia osteoarthritis
The study led by investigator E. Mitchell Seymour Ph d. of the University of Michigan Health System studied the effects of a high fat American-style diet both with added grapes
Metabolic syndrome is a major public health concern and is on the rise in the U s. Our study suggests that a grape-enriched diet may play a critical role in protecting against metabolic syndrome
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Nutritional sustainability is not just about minimizing environmental impact it also involves promoting pet health through appropriate nutrition and food quality and safety.
Advancement in areas of nutritional sustainability will help us develop innovative products to improve pet health
much as 20 percent more than they need so their health is poor and you're wasting all that food said Swanson.
Research has demonstrated the positive impact pets have on both the emotional and physical health of people with
While it was necessary to close infected markets to protect public health the flow-on effects for producers
This study on avian influenza policies also found that agriculture sectoral policy should be coherent with public health sectoral policy
Dr. Pongpisut Jongudomsuk Director of the Health Systems Research Institute Thailand and Chair of the APEIR Steering committee said:
#More evidence berries have health-promoting propertiesadding more color to your diet in the form of berries is encouraged by many nutrition experts.
and other findings in the American Journal of Public health published online today. It has been shown previously that community gardens can provide a variety of social and nutritional benefits to neighborhoods says Cathleen Zick lead author of the study
But until now we did not have data to show a measurable health benefit for those who use the gardens.
To gauge a health benefit researchers used body mass index or BMI a calculation based on a person's height and weight and which is used widely to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems.
That could be of interest to urban planners public health officials and others focused on designing new neighborhoods and revitalizing old ones.
How the study was conductedthe study used unique administrative data to examine--for the first time--the relationship between community gardening and a health outcome.
Data for neighbors siblings and spouses were drawn from administrative records using the Utah Population Database a multifaceted data resource used by health researchers.
if it is a lesser health risk if they switch from cigarettes to smoking a water pipe on a daily basis Jacob said.
The research was funded by the California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program and by the National institutes of health.
#Experts examine Mediterranean diets health effects for older adultsaccording to a study published in the Journals of Gerontology Series A:
The findings below demonstrate the positive health effects of a Mediet in older adults: Story Source:
Brushes with humansbrushes with humans have resulted in casualties when lions were struck by cars or caught raiding livestock.
We found some very interesting things including that at the very lowest levels plant health improves.
Studies of the human microbiome have become one of the hottest areas of biological research said Knight a scientist in the ongoing National institutes of health Human Microbiome Project that has sequenced thus far the microbial mosaic of 300 humans.
There is mounting evidence that exposure to a variety of environmental sources of microbes can affect long-term health findings known as the'hygiene hypothesis'said Song a graduate student in CU-Boulder's ecology and evolutionary biology department and first
The study was funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America and the National institutes of health.
Says lead author Anna Gilmore Professor of Public health & Health Foundation Clinician Scientist in the University of Bath's Department for Health and the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies Tobacco companies use their price changes to win two ways in the UK:
when tobacco taxes increase each year the tobacco companies hide their price increases on more expensive cigarettes behind the tax increases making large profits from smokers who aren't bothered by price increases.
But the preliminary findings don't yet suggest that supplementing your diet with beetroot juice benefits your health researchers said.
or beetroot might be a lifestyle approach that one could easily employ to improve cardiovascular health said Amrita Ahluwalia Ph d. lead author of the study and a professor of vascular pharmacology at The Barts and The London Medical school in London.
There are strong parallels with the emerging field of epigenetics in humans where we now understand that dietary choices made by parents influence the long-term health of their children.
For one when animal medication reduces the health of parasites there should be observable effects on parasite transmission or virulence.
#High levels of lead detected in rice imported from certain countriesrice imported from certain countries contains high levels of lead that could pose health risks particularly for infants
As stem cell-based treatments continue to develop the authors say it will be increasingly important to understand the role of autophagy in preserving stem cells'health
A long path to discoverythe new discovery made after 15 years of research with funding from the National institutes of health shows the importance of investment in lab science--and the role of serendipity in research.
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The imperative science needs for health-related water research and education1. Joan B. Rose1 Phd Michigan State university Department of Fisheries and Wildlife 480 Wilson Road Natural resources Bldg Rm 13 East Lansing MI 48824
The convergence of nanotechnology with environmental microbiology could expand the limits of technology enhance global health through safer water reuse
this is according to a new study led by a team of researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public health and the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
and long-term adverse health effects said Ana Navas-Acien MD Phd senior author of the study and an associate professor with the Bloomberg School's Department of Environmental Health Sciences.
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and are the targets for a number of existing anti-depressive drugs that aim to improve levels of serotonin--the neurotransmitter 1 that gives people a sense of well-being and happiness.
Richard Moore health sciences adjunct professor; Simon Chan (B. Sc. Biol; Pawan Pandoh (B. Sc.
s the new tax regime has performed poorly in regard of the public health objective of reducing tobacco consumption.
Through these activities the BRC supports studies in a broad range of fields from basic research to the treatment of disease health promotion food production and environmental conservation.
and soils negatively impacting ecological health. Researchers have used now publicly accessible data collected weekly or monthly at numerous monitoring sites during the period from 1980-2010 to track wet deposition of nitrate and sulfate near several U s. and East Asian cities.
and barley trigger an immune reaction in people with celiac disease that can cause abdominal pain and discomfort constipation diarrhea and other symptoms.
The USGS scientists involved in this study serve as members of a worldwide consortium of researchers examining the health of seagrasses.
Cedars-Sinai researchers were supported by a Young Investigator Award and a Challenge Award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation research grants (P01 CA098912 and R01 CA122602) from the National institutes of health a Department of defense Idea
UCLA researchers were supported by a Creativity Award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation and research grants (R21 CA151159 and R33 CA157396) from the National institutes of health/National Cancer Institute Innovative Molecular Analysis
#Organic labels bias consumers perceptions through the health halo effectthe word organic can mean many things to consumers.
what is known as the'health halo effect'.'But can this bias go further? A study by Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab researchers Wan-chen Jenny Lee Mitsuru Shimizu Kevin M. Kniffin and Brian Wansink set out to answer this question.
Their study shows that an organic label can influence much more than health views: perceptions of taste calories and value can be altered significantly
Certain people also appear to be more susceptible to this'health halo'effect than others#are you?
The nutritional aspects of these foods were biased also greatly by the health halo effect. The organic cookies and yogurt were said to taste'lower in fat'than the regular variety
and those who exhibit pro-environmental behaviors (such as recycling or hiking) are less susceptible to the organic'health halo'effect.
and Victoria J. Burley Ph d. The U k. Department of health for England and Kellogg Marketing and Sales Company (UK) Ltd. funded the study.
whether changing the coat affects the probiotic's fitness to colonise and inhabit the gut.
Funding for the study was provided by the National institutes of health's National Cancer Institute (CA62924) and the Everett and Marjorie Kovler Professorship in Pancreas Cancer Research.
The Identification and prevention of dietary-and lifestyle-induced health effects in children and infants (IDEFICS) study includes data from 14426 children aged between two and nine from eight European countries:
The results published in the journal Public health Nutrition confirm that parents with a lower level of education feed their children food rich in sugars
and economic groups in order to minimise inequalities in health concludes Fernã¡ndez Alvira. Childhood nutritionchildhood from two to fourteen years old is a growth period during which the requirements for energy and nutrients increase.
Nevertheless the World Health Organisation warns of the importance of monitoring the diet of the youngest members of society as almost 40 million children under the age of five suffered from overweight in 2010.
Ovaries are the female reproductive organs that produce eggs that are fertilized for pregnancy as well as secrete hormones important to bone and cardiovascular health.
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study findsa new study looking at the potential health benefits of organic versus nonorganic food found that fruit flies fed an organic diet recorded better health outcomes than flies fed a nonorganic diet.
The study from the lab of SMU biologist Johannes H. Bauer Southern Methodist University Dallas found that fruit flies raised on diets of organic foods performed better on several tests for general health.
While these findings are certainly intriguing what we now need to determine is why the flies on the organic diets did better especially
since not all the organic diets we tested provided the same positive health outcomes said Bauer principal investigator for the study.
Fruit flies on organic diets showed improvements on the most significant measures of health namely fertility
But this is a start toward understanding potential health benefits said Chhabra a student at Clark High school in Plano Texas who led the experiment.
whether it's worth it to buy organic foods to achieve possible health benefits. Bauer an assistant professor in SMU's Department of Biological sciences mentored Chhabra by helping guide
The research focus of Bauer's fruit fly lab is nutrition and its relationship to longevity health and diabetes.
The findings Organically grown food provides health benefits to Drosophila melanogaster have been published in the open access journal PLOS One.
Flies on organic food performed better on some health teststhe data demonstrated that flies raised on organic food extracts by and large-large performed better on the majority of health tests reported the researchers.
It remains unclear why organic diets delivered better health the researchers said. The Bauer lab results come at a time
when the health effects of organic food are debated widely. Prior studies by other researchers have found conflicting results
The health tests measured longevity fertility stress and starvation resistance. Findings suggest beneficial health effects dependent on specific foods Some negative
or neutral results were obtained using diets prepared from organic raisins which suggests the beneficial health effects of organic diets are dependent on the specific food item Bauer said.
That might explain some of the inconsistent results in the published studies in the scientific literature he said noting some studies suggest there is a nutritional benefit from organic food
To our surprise in the majority of our tests of flies on organic foods the flies fed organic diets did much better on our health tests than the flies fed conventional food Bauer said.
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