Winning combination to build bone density in children
...k the behavior of 38 girls and 38 boys between the ages of 8 and 11. They observed that the synergistic effect of high levels of calcium intake and vigorous (as opposed to moderate or low-intensity) activity were the most effective in building and retaining bone mass. Their evidence indicates that child...Far more men than women favor routine paternity testing at birth
...re men and 439 were women. To broaden the range of ages and backgrounds, surveys also were completed by 78 adults outside a Washington state driver's licensing office and at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Four different versions of the survey were used. For one version, 170 people were as...Marijuana use could cause tubal pregnancies
...ur results raise caution for women of reproductive ages regarding the chronic use of marijuana for recreation or pain alleviation," the researchers concluded. The report's senior author, Sudhansu K. Dey, Ph.D., said he also was concerned about the potential impact of an anti-obesity drug, now in clinical ...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...udy, DNA was taken from plaque samples in children ages five to nine, with and without gingivitis, and tested for the presence of Porphyromonas gingivalis, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, and Tannerella forsythensis. The presence of P. gingivalis and A. actinomycetemcomitans was comparable in both ...Protein is key to fatal disorder and normal cell function
...develop normally until about age five. Between the ages of five and eight years, their vision, motor and cognitive skills begin to deteriorate, with uncontrolled seizures and massive cell loss in the brain eventually resulting in death in the twenties. Duke graduate student Dixie-Ann Persaud-Sawin, lead a...Genetic analysis rewrites salamander's evolutionary history
... species are now doesn't relate to where they were ages ago, because the climate and geology have changed so much, and the species have moved around." Though results from this one family of vertebrates can't necessarily be generalized to other families, Mueller said, "this does tell us that, when reconstr...New research shows air pollution can reduce children's lung function
...ffects on lung development in children between the ages of 10 and 18." Each year, pulmonary function data were collected from 1,759 children as they progressed from 4th grade to 12th grade. The researchers also tracked levels of air pollutants like nitrogen dioxide, acid vapor, elemental carbon, and parti...Reducing allergens in the home helps inner-city children with asthma
..." Researchers followed more than 900 children ages 5 to 11 with asthma who live in inner-city areas in New York City, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle/Tacoma, Wash., and Tucson, Ariz. Research teams went to individual households and initiated measures to decrease levels of dust mite, cockroach, dog, ...Second call for proposals for the European Young Investigator Award
...the respective research area. Due to the differing ages at which a doctorate may be awarded in the various European countries there is no age limit. Rather, applicants should have between two and ten years of postdoctoral research experience. Particular importance is place upon a qualified invitation, as ...APS showcases 46 historic breakthrough research articles
...s is to stimulate and inspire physiologists of all ages to appreciate the beauty and the greatness of science published in APS research journals in the last century. Additionally, APS recognizes the need to make all of its archived literature accessible, to both serve as a testament to the dedicated scie...OneWorld Health compiles comprehensive state of infectious diarrhea treatments, potential solutions
... to the death of four to six million people of all ages every year around the globe. The Institute for OneWorld Health, the first nonprofit pharmaceutical in the U.S., is working to solve this problem. OneWorld Health is conducting a landscape analysis in the field of infectious diarrhea. As a first step...Study links high carbohydrate diet to increased breast cancer risk
...an Mexicans, nearly one-third of women between the ages of 12 and 49 are overweight. Yet when the research team took into account body mass index and other such potentially confounding factors as socioeconomic status, age at first birth, number of children, and family history of breast cancer, the relati...Study shows impact of emotionally healthy fathers when mothers' poor mental health affects children
...nal survey of families of 822 children between the ages of 3 and 12 who were living with both parents. The survey included a validated screen for serious adult mental illness, including depression and anxiety disorders. Parents with scores in the upper 25 percent were considered to be in poorer mental hea...Droughts like 1930s Dust Bowl may have been unexceptional in prehistoric times, new study suggests
... there was too little vegetation left to burn. The ages of charcoal deposits suggest instead that prairie fires occurred during intervening wet periods, with each wet-dry cycle lasting more than a century each. A report on the research will be delivered at a session at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 4, in M...Parents are top influence on soft-drink consumption among kids
... the University of Minnesota surveyed 560 children ages 8 to 13 years old on how often they drank soft drinks and the factors that influence soft drink consumption. Among other findings, researchers found: Parental soft drink intake has a stronger influence than children's peers. Parents who consume so...Growth study of wild chimpanzees challenges assumptions about early humans
...skeletal samples from 18 wild chimpanzees of known ages and compared the data to the dentition of captive chimpanzees, which have been used as a baseline for discussion of hominid origins and the transition from ape ancestors to hominids. The eruption of teeth mark other life events, such as completion o...New pulmonary hypertension guideline challenges use of common medication
...monary hypertension can develop in patients of all ages and ethnic groups, and both genders; however, women ages 20 to 40 have the highest incidence of PAH. "Evidence-based medicine provides a systematic way of pr...Highlights of the July Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...ase Control and Prevention, 15 percent of children ages 6 to 11 are overweight, putting them at risk for health problems such as diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure. Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University studied 153 girls living in central Pennsylvania. They found that girls who wer...Gene alteration points to longevity, thinness
...tive oxygen species, a sort of cellular trash that ages cells and may contribute to diseases from Parkinson's to Alzheimer's. "This is why people think we age; these byproducts of oxygen metabolism cause cells to degenerate," says Dr. Ganapathy, biochemist who becomes chair of the MCG Department of Bioche...Brain development and puberty may be key factors in learning disorders
...design experiments that examine subjects of varied ages in order to determine the developmental course of the characteristic they are studying." Wright and Zecker's research also lends credence to what scientists using MRI and other techniques have discovered about the activity in the teenage brain. Unt...