because birth defects in the external genitalia are among the most common congenital defects in humans said study researcher Martin Cohn a developmental biologist at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the University of Florida.
which are valued for the supposed medicinal benefits. The United states also is a destination for illegal ivory according to the study.
This study appeared in 2012 in the Journal of Medicinal Food. Tufenkji stressed that her study doesn't validate that consumption of cranberries could treat UTIS.
Antibiotics remain for now the UTI treatment of choice among most medical doctors. Christopher Wanjek is the author of a new novel Hey Einstein!
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#How Deadly H7n9 Flu Could Jump from Birds to Mammals Chinese researchers have found new clues to the origins of the deadly H7n9 flu virus
The study appeared Monday (April 8) online in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. The results are encouraging in lowering obesity rates among disadvantaged students receiving subsidized lunches said study researcher Daniel Taber a research scientist at UIC's Institute for Health Research and Policy.
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#How Science Can Help You Cook a Better Thanksgiving Feast Preparing a Thanksgiving feast can seem like a daunting task
and pay for school fees medical needs and food in the lean months between harvests. Behind Produits du Sud are two local entrepreneurs Amidou Sissako
Nobody in their right mind would want to do said that John Gearhart the director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania who was involved not in the study.
These cells have the capability to develop into any tissue in the body a talent that could make them the stars of regenerative medicine the goal
But South korean biomedical engineer Insung Hwang hopes to find just a cell nucleus and produce a clone from it like Dolly the sheep.
D. an associate professor of epidemiology at UMASS Amherst. But not all forms of dietary iron are the same.
The study which was published online today (Feb 26) in the American Journal of Epidemiology evaluated data for eight different minerals.
He receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the National Health and Medical Research Council.
A decade ago several well-known virologists and public-health experts warned in published papers that the world was at risk for pandemics that could kill tens of millions of people or even more without adequate infectious disease monitoring and medical research.
It flew into the air with a bloodcurdling shriek killing a midwife in the process and headed toward the woods.
The price tag for treatment is enough to give you a heart attack AHA predicts that over the next 20 years the cost of cardiovascular medical care will triple from $273 billion in 2010 to $818 billion in 2030.
and save some $17 billion annually in medical costs according to a new Union of Concerned Scientists report The $11 Trillion Reward:
The 9 Most Bizarre Medical Conditions In this condition the big toe starts to deviate inward towards the other toes Veldmeijer writes in the journal article.
Still despite their medical problems and the wear and tear on the shoes the people who wore them were careful to keep up with repairs Veldmeijer said.
--and that grid cells may start turning up in a variety of neurological contexts. In the brainwhat works will be used over and over again said Moser.
Mexicans revere people in authority including educators and medical professionals. Mexican clothing In the cities fashion in Mexico is influenced by international trends so the typical urban Mexican dresses similar to people in Europe
</p><p>The woman had undergone oral surgery about two years before to place an implant a 2-centimeter long (0. 79 inch) metal screw designed to hold in place a replacement for a missing tooth in her upper jaw.
The report published online Wednesday (April 24) in the New england Journal of Medicine describes an investigation of the 82 people who were infected with the virus from the beginning of the outbreak (in February and March) through April 17.
and the development of heart disease said study researcher Dr. Stanley Hazen section head of preventive cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland Ohio.
The findings were published online today (April 7) in the journal Nature Medicine. A carnitine connection Two years ago Hazen and his research team discovered that microorganisms in the intestines can convert substances found in choline a common dietary fat to a by-product known as TMAO trimethylamine-N-oxide.
According to a study published in October in the journal Epidemiologic Reviews marijuana use increases the risk of car crashes.
The findings were detailed in a paper in the March 23 issue of the journal Archives of Internal medicine.</
A 2012 report in the journal Medical Hypotheses presented the ADHD-OCPD theory of human behavior
or that the markets are the only source of infection said Dr. Andy Pavia chief of the University of Utah's Division of Pediatric Infectious diseases and chair of the influenza advisory committee at the Infectious disease Society of America.
The findings contradict those of research published last September in the journal Annals of Internal medicine which reviewed more than 200 studies and found no difference between the vitamin contents of organic and conventional foods.
Recently the American Academy of Pediatrics said it's important for children to eat a diet that's high in fruits vegetables whole grains
to assemble for medical laboratory scientists at Tacoma General Hospital in Tacoma Wash. Heather West the laboratory scientist who snapped the picture at the hospital said she
and a wish to work in the medical field drew her to the career. We are impacting every patient that comes into the hospital in multiple ways she said.
I wouldn't generally just monitor the color of someone's urine said Kirsten Greene an assistant professor of urology at the University of California San francisco
As a urologist I'm always worried when people have red urine Greene said. Bladder cancer infections and kidney stones can all cause bleeding that shows up in urine
The No. 1 offender is called a drug methylene blue used to treat carbon monoxide poisoning and as a dye during surgery.
that details the case today (Aug 6) in The british Medical Journal. The man's 32-year-old daughter who became ill about two weeks later did not visit poultry markets
and Richard Coke of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in Bangkok Thailand wrote in an editorial accompanying the report in the journal.
The study was published today (July 26) in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Fungicides have been registered for use for many years
Plants Tell History of Healing NEW YORK Modern medicine owes a great debt to botany. Plants exploited by ancient apothecaries have given rise to more complex and effective cures
In a nod to the world's 30000 herbs that belong to a storied history of healing botanists have gathered 500 medicinal plants for a living exhibition called Wild Medicine here at the New york Botanical garden.
but has been used to treat ailments from diabetes to constipation in traditional Indian and Chinese medicines.
and other potent medicinal plants the line between poison and panacea is often thin. Opium poppy gave rise to morphine
The active agent in curare a chemical known as tubocurarine was found to be useful as a muscle relaxer during surgeries and electroconvulsive therapy.
Medicinal herbs are used still widely in their leafy form with 4. 5 billion people worldwide who incorporate plants into their health regimen Balick said.
and he is emphatic that all medicines herbs and pills alike should be taken under the supervision of a physician.
That said the botanist does believe there is some unnecessary fear about herbal medicine. Like all remedies herbs must be taken in the larger context of a person's overall health.
Vanishing wisdom Many of the plants featured in Wild Medicine sit in a replica of Italy's Orto Botanico di Padova in Padua a UNESCO World Heritage site
He told one story of a traditional healer he met in Micronesia whose younger family members received training in Western medicine.
Wild Medicine is on view until Sept. 8. Follow Megan Gannon on Twitterand Google+.+Follow us@livescience Facebook& Google+.
</p><p>Many people have drunk urine throughout history for cultural reasons with some alternative medicine practitioners claiming the substance'
and to walk in the forest with Ba'Aka pygmies collecting medicinal herbs. I often think of Mekema my trusted Ba'Aka friend
It is easy for a child to obtain more than 6 micrograms of lead per day in a contaminated environment said Howard Mielke a toxicologist at Tulane University in New orleans who also spoke at the AAAS conference.
what was determined based on recognized outbreaks said study researcher Trisha Robinson an epidemiologist at the Minnesota Department of health.
Pediatricians Say Pregnant women infants and children who drink raw milk are at particularly high risk of developing serious life-threatening illnesses said a leading U s. group of pediatricians.
People should consume only pasteurized milk the American Academy of Pediatrics said in a new policy statement reaffirming its position on the issue.
Pregnant women who drink raw milk may face a fivefold increase in risk of the parasite infection toxoplasmosis the doctors'group said;
or unpasteurized milk and its products such as cheese and encourages pediatricians to contact their state representatives to support such a ban according to the statement published today (Dec 16) in the journal Pediatrics.
and work counter to good health. 7 Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe This article addresses five such principles that are either half true or completely false.
Raw foods are detoxifying Dietary detoxification is an alternative medicine concept with little scientific credibility. Usually two organs are cited as needing detoxification:
In fact a child raised on a raw vegan diet without proper supplementation would likely develop severe neurological and growth problems due to a lack of Vitamin b12 and other nutrients.
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#Real-life Smoking Caterpillar Uses Nicotine as Defense Ripped from the pages of Lewis carroll's Alice in wonderland scientists have discovered a smoking caterpillar of sorts.
and is considered a carcinogen by the National Toxicology Program. Long-term exposure to arsenic has been associated with skin lung bladder liver kidney
In September 2013 Anu Ruusunen of the University of Eastern Finland presented an analysis of the population-based Kuopio Ischaemic Heart disease Risk Factor Study as her nutritional epidemiology doctoral thesis
and associate professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of medicine There are five different forms of resistant starch she said
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#Reviving the Woolly mammoth: Will De-Extinction Become Reality? Biologists briefly brought the extinct Pyrenean ibex back to life in 2003 by creating a clone from a frozen tissue sample harvested before the goat's entire population vanished in 2000.
and vegetables even when a wide range of less-nutritious foods was available the researchers wrote in the Feb 22 issue of The Journal of Pediatrics.
and kidney disease researchers led by Arjan Kwakernaak a medical doctor and a Ph d. candidate at the University Medical center Groningen in The netherlands analyzed kidney profiles and waist-to-hip ratios in 315 healthy individuals with an average body mass index (BMI) of about 25 kg
Their study was published last month in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. No word yet though from researchers on the healthfulness of a starfruit-shaped body.
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and make it illegal said Arthur Caplan a bioethicist at New york University School of medicine's Division of Medical Ethics You can certainly tax it you can certainly stigmatize it
Indeed a study published today (Jan 24) in the New england Journal of Medicine found that smoking takes at least 10 years off a person's life.
Despite the highest level of protection under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) a lucrative illegal trade flourishes as leopards are killed for their skin and bones meeting the demands of both the fur industry and traditional Chinese medicine.
and could pose a public health risk said Dr. Pieter Cohen an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical school
and Biomedical Analysis but an alert about these weight-loss products has not been issued to consumers.
Cohen said that it's important to note that Acacia rigidula has never been used in herbal medicine or herbal remedies.
When one considers factors that increase cardiovascular disease risk the Southern diet poses a triple threat said study researcher Suzanne Judd Ph d. a nutritional epidemiologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
as if the same calories were in solid form says David Cummings associate professor of medicine at the University of Washington and the Veterans Affairs Puget sound Health care System.
Second look Shapiro and her colleague Gabrielle Russo an anatomist at Northeast Ohio Medical University decided to take a second look at O. bambolii.
Marshal and collaborator Robin Warren won the 2005 Nobel prize in medicine for discovering the link between H. pylori and peptic ulcer disease.
Organic insecticides often referred to as organophosphates also act on the nervous system in a way that's similar to sarin causing overstimulation and neurological dysfunction.
Sometimes while people are carving the turkey they skewer themselves with pieces of turkey bone said Dr. Joseph Garber the director of emergency medicine at Syosset Hospital in New york. 3. Overindulging One of the most common problems around Thanksgiving as one might guess involves eating
It's important to keep refrigerated items cold especially perishable items said Dr. Mike Patrick an emergency pediatrician at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus Ohio.
Remien's models also help doctors estimate the extent of liver damage following overdose of acetaminophen (the active ingredient in some pain medicines) which is crucial for determining patient survival.
I have been fortunate to work with a range of people from ecologists to medical doctors asking very different questions.
In other research my work on acetaminophen overdose will hopefully have a direct impact in how medical doctors view acetaminophen overdose patients.
A 2010 studyâ in the British Medical Journal found that the scarce evidence indicates the existence of various toxic and carcinogenic compounds albeit in possibly much smaller concentrations than in traditional cigarettes.
1998 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association: Â After a 12-week randomized double-blind study of overweight men
and women researchers concluded that garcinia cambogia did not produce significant weight or fat loss above the placebo. 2013 review in the journal Complementary Theories in Medicine:
but surely more research needs to be done on the subject. 2005 study in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology:
Beyond novelty printed food could provide serious medical benefits. The netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific research (TNO) announced they ll build printers to reassemble pureed food to look like the original think 3d printed broccoli florets from pureed broccoli.
Beyond medical conditions TNO has proposed printing customised meals with varied levels of the basic food components like carbs protein and fat for everyone from seniors to athletes to expectant mothers.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that children ages 5 and younger should not be given hard candies
The study is published today (July 29) in the journal Pediatrics. Follow Rachael Rettner@Rachaelrettner. Followlivescience@livescience Facebook & Google+.
Ignorance Is (Op-Ed) Dr. Mitchell Roslin is chief of obesity surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in New york. He holds several patents for the treatment of obesity
and designed a method for treating relapse after gastric bypass surgery. Roslin has expertise in laparoscopic obesity surgery duodenal switch surgery and revisional bariatric surgery.
He contributed this article to Livescience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The recent but long overdue decision by the U s. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban trans fats made
It seems the medical world has functioned with somewhat similar simplicity. Awareness of heart disease and the finding of cholesterol in atherosclerotic plaques that created the blockages implied that
Margarine touted as heart safe even featured at medical conventions is extremely detrimental. So how could so many well-intentioned individuals have gotten it so wrong?
me to an American Medical Association convention and it looked like a supermarket. Vendors were touting cholesterol-free foods.
In fact omega-3s are so important to human health the Institute of Medicine's Food and Nutrition Board recently set a minimum daily requirement for the first time.
And there is epidemiological evidence that men who eat more fish have a lower risk for prostate cancer.
What isn't debated is that adult women need atleast1. 1 grams of omega-3s daily and adult men need 1. 6 grams according to the Institute of Medicine's Food and Nutrition Board.
 Understanding conditioning and your dog's behavior Modern theories of behavior began with the work of Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov who was awarded the Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1904 for his work.
Eat a Plant-Based Diet To stave off death by a few extra years a vegetarian diet appears to be superior to a non-vegetarian one according to results of a study of more than 73000 people published today (June 3) in the Journal of the American Medical
A second study published today by researchers at Johns hopkins university in the American Journal of Epidemiology found that a combination of regular exercise a Mediterranean diet smoking avoidance
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#Warm Water Under Antarctic Glacier Spurs Rapid Melting A two-month-long expedition to one of the most remote sites on the planet the sprawling Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica
The American College of Sports Medicine recommends doing strength training for all of your major muscle groups at least twice a week.
and Alternative medicine looked into tea's effects on muscle. In the study postmenopausal women with osteopenia (the beginning of osteoporosis or brittle bones) were given tea
Fainting goats are breed a of goats that have inherited myotonia an neurological condition that makes it difficult to relax the muscles.
For example a search for superfood on Pubmed the repository of most peer-reviewed biomedical journal articles yields fewer than a dozen results.
and animal hides according to the U s. National Library of Medicine. Those with pulmonary anthrax are at risk of respiratory collapse
A 2011 review in the International Journal of Toxicology found coconut oil is reported as an ingredient in at least 626 cosmetics.
A dry and cold winter followed by recent heavy rains has resulted in a slightly delayed onset of spring tree pollens said Paul Ratner M d. Medical Director of Sylvana Research in San antonio Texas
and a clinical assistant professor of medicine at the Long island College Hospital in Brooklyn N y. We are seeing many patients over the past several weeks both adults
Occasionally melatonin is used as a complementary medicine in cancer treatment for breast brain lung prostate head and neck or gastrointestinal cancer.
However a systematic review of studies on melatonin and sleep disorders found melatonin supplements shorten the time it takes people to fall asleep faster by only about 12 minutes according to the paper published in 2005 in the Journal of General Internal medicine.
Raspberry ketone may also interact with medicines such as those that regulate heart rate and cholesterol and hormones.
From its humble medieval origins as a medicinal agent vodka has conquered the world. In 2012 tipplers downed 1. 17 billion gallons (4. 44 billion liters) of the distilled alcoholic beverage making it the world's most popular spirit.
when she crooned Just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down. Children and adults are ingrained evolutionarily to prefer sweeter foods to bitter ones scientists have learned.
and also plans to study the neurological effects of nitrogen oxide gases on the honeybee brain.
The findings published earlier this year in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine showed that smoking status
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#Why a Cold Spring Delays Cherry Blossom Blooming It's been a dull spring for cherry blossom watchers so far.
Your dentist would not be pleased; grass contains a lot of silica an abrasive which quickly wears down teeth.
A 2007 case study in the Journal of Veterinary Medical science reported that a switch to a high-fiber diet stopped a miniature poodle from regularly eating grass.
if their mothers did while nursing. Follow Joseph Castro on Twitter. Follow us@livescience Facebook & Google
and medicinal products (although rhino horns are made of the same material in finger nails and have no curative properties they are desired for their supposed healing powers in traditional Chinese medicine).
But Leakey said that most of these consumers buying ivory trinkets or visiting traditional pharmacies have no idea these animals are dying out. 10 Species You Can Kiss Goodbye Increasing awareness would likely reduce demand for these products.
We also can hope for a new medical breakthrough that will turn off the allergic response.
Jacques is director of the nutrition epidemiology laboratory at the university's Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research center on Aging.
As early as the sixth century B c. a medical treatise the Charaka Sanhita celebrates the onion as medicine a diuretic good for digestion the heart the eyes and the joints.
Pedanius Dioscorides a Roman physician of Greek origin in first century A d. noted several medicinal uses of onions.
The oddest place I saw probiotics was in a straw said Dr. Patricia Hibberd a professor of pediatrics
or who need heart valve surgery because there is a small risk of infection Hibberd said. 5. Pay attention to expiration dates.
or a reputable manufacturer. 8. Select the organisms needed for your medical condition. For people who are looking to help prevent
or treat a specific health concern with probiotics Hibberd recommends finding a high-quality study published in a reputable medical journal that shows positive results.
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#In Africa, Anthrax Lures Animals to Their Death Areas contaminated with anthrax germs lure grazing animals like zebras
and minimize them as much as possible said Dr. Sarita Patil an allergist with Massachusetts General Hospital's Allergy Associates in Boston.
Work with your allergist to develop a treatment plan that's right for your active lifestyle sensitivities and symptoms Patil suggested.
We should be much more careful in our industrial agriculture with the agents we're putting out in the environment said study author Dr. Beate Ritz a professor of epidemiology at University of California Los angeles and co-director of the school's Center
This bold proposal from Boston-area researchers appears as commentary in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA.
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#How Blueberry pie Caused Girl's Strange Allergic reaction A girl in Canada experienced an unusual allergic reaction to blueberry pie she was not allergic to any of the pie's ingredients
Don't forget to think about antibiotics said study researcher Dr. Anne Des Roches an allergist at CHU Sainte-Justine a health center affiliated with the University of Montreal in Quebec.
Nevertheless it's something allergists need to be aware of and that emergency room personnel may need to know about.
and nutrition is only one factor said Christine Metz an obstetrics researcher at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset N y. who was involved not in the study.
Fruits and vegetables are good sources of potassium study co-author Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller a researcher at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New york said in a statement.
if it is available for purchase where medicines are sold they said. Follow Livescience@livescience Facebook & Google+.
Oncology in Chicago. The amount of lycopene in the diet of the women who consumed lycopene at the highest level in the study would be equal to eating four tomatoes daily said study researcher Dr. Won Jin Ho a medical
resident at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio. However it's likely that the women received lycopene not just from tomatoes
The findings are published online today (April 7) in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Bean benefits When researchers compared men
Particle</a p><p>An experimental mini heart could help people with a medical condition that causes blood to pool in their veins by pumping their blood through the vessels
because most people with food poisoning don t seek medical advice. The number of sufferers from the UK s number one cause campylobacter has been estimated convincingly at 500000 people each year.
which helps keep chronic inflammation down according to a 2006 article published in Shock medical journal.
I majored in nutrition science during my undergrad years at the University of California Davis. Through my studies I learned about diet food regulations food toxicology metabolic pathways and nutrition standards but
In fact its early uses dating back 3000 years were mainly medicinal. Treatments have included curing fatigue angina constipation dental problems (tartar removal) dysentery gout an overheated heart skin eruptions fevers and seizures.
In 1997 Harvard professor Norman Hollenberg published a landmark epidemiological study focused on cocoa. He found that high blood pressure was a rarity among Panama's Kuna Indians who also didn't experience the otherwise typical age-related blood-pressure increases prevalent in other cultures.
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