Low-Protein Diet May Reverse Kidney Disease
... not solved the paradox of why eating less protein benefits some patients -- sufferers already lose too much protein in their urine, yet restricting dietary protein may help many sufferers, says Mackenzie Walser, M.D., the study's lead author and a professor of pharmacology, molecular sciences and medicine. T...Selenium Supplements Can Reduce Cancer Rates
...of more than 62,000 nurses reported no anti-cancer benefits of selenium, Combs said that the researchers measured selenium in the toenail clippings of the nurses. "This method presumes that the concentration of selenium in nails accurately correlates with metabolic selenium status in the body," Combs pointed...Vietnamese Chemist Finds New Use For Old Cashew Shells
...he new rubber blends are known.But she expects the benefits of her research to stretch farbeyond the University of Cincinnati and Ho Chi Minh University. "Once we develop applications, we can apply them to industry.Then, other countries may want to use our methods and materials,"said Vu. That would bring a b...Fund Aims To Repay Developing Nations For Valuable Genes
...eadersare still arguing over how to share economic benefits from genetic resourcesbetween wealthy nations and ...onetary returns from thegene, there are usually no benefits to the country from which the geneticmaterial was initially gathered. Perhaps two of the most contr...Pets Provide Physiological Benefits For Women Living Alone
...eir pets and have nobody else derive physiological benefits that are similar to those derived from human companionship," said Karen Allen, Ph.D., UB research scientist and lead author of the study. "We don't know if pets substitute for human companionship. It's possible pets provide humans with some qu...Everyday Technology Underlies First DNA Computer Logic Gates
...oes in the cells of the human body. The potential benefits of a DNA computer are astounding: One pound of DNA has the capacity to store more information than all the electronic computers ever built, and the computing power of a teardrop-sized DNA computer using the new DNA logic gates could dwarf that of...Low Iron Levels Cause Weakness In Women Who Are Not Anemic
...whether iron-depleted women reap the same physical benefits from physical training as women with higher iron status. "We suspect that iron-deficient women will not benefit from the training as much as women with higher iron status because their metabolic responses to exercise are impaired," Haas predicted. N...Purdue-Made Soil Benefits The Environment
...d industrial byproducts. "There are many potential benefits to this project, including the long-term economical and environmental management of two so-called waste products -- coal ash and industrial byproducts," says Joseph Mikesell, director of utilities at Purdue and one of the participants in the soil-mak...UW Smogmobile Offers Cleaner, Safer Alternative To Gas Or Electric Cars
...ree years). Despite the environmental and economic benefits of liquid nitrogen vehicles, Hertzberg realizes it will be difficult to attract the interest of an automotive industry and public already committed to gas- and electric-powered cars. But he hasn't let that stop him. "I don't expect any trouble in pr...Menstrual Phase Linked To Ineffective Mammograms
... "Although the medical community recognizes the benefits from screening aresmaller and slower to appear in younger compared to older women, we still do not knowwhy," says Dr. Cornelia Baines, the study's principal investigator and an associateprofessor in the department of public health sciences. "Fr...Discovery Of Genetic Pathways May Provide New Ways To Combat Candida Infections
...ne before scientists could think about reaping the benefits of this remarkable discovery. The key question was whether preventing filamentation in Candida could render the fungus non-infectious. Scientists began to answer this question using macrophages in petri dish, which are normally ineffective against f......ercial crop plants that don't need pollination,the benefits would be enormous in terms of higher yields and mo...aid. ACIAR have estimated that the minimum likely benefits from the researchwill be $7 billion to $8.6 billion worldwide with the benefit to Australiaestimated...Researchers Find Association Between Alzheimer's Gene And Mental Impairment After Cardiac Surgery
...tsand their physicians as they weigh the risks and benefits of heart surgery. He stressed that further studies with more patients are needed to provea definite link between cognitive decline and the APOE variant. Newman andcolleagues plan to follow heart patients for five years to determine howtheir cognitiv...At-Risk Women Want Breast Cancer Gene Test--If 'Pros' Outweigh 'Cons'
...them to thedisease -- but only if they believe the benefits of such knowledge outweigh thedisadvantages. A research team at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institutein Tampa, Florida, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York asked74 women who had close relatives with breast ...NIH Office Of Dietary Supplements Expands Research Support
...ny Brook to study in cancer patients the potential benefits and risks of taking supplements of L-arginine, an ...llege of Medicine in Houston, Texas to measure the benefits of intestinal supplementation of three amino acids--glutamate, glycine and cysteine--in infants with...Popular 'Cure-All' Tea Can Cause Toxic Reactions
...r toxicity." Neither thetea?s claimed therapeutic benefits nor its adverse side effects have beenreported widely in scientific literature. Srinivasan and co-authors warn that this "health" beverage could in factbe harmful to some consumers, even though no direct link could be made betweendrinking the...Oral Vaccine Protects Infants From Severe Rotavirus Diarrhea
...ork timefor parents, are included. The potential benefits of a licensed vaccine in developed countries such as theUnited States are noted by Drs. Keusch and Cash. "Studies in the United Statesindicate that the rhesus rotavirus-based quadrivalent vaccine is safe and canprevent nearly half of all rotavirus i...Purdue Research Shows Omega-3S Benefit Bone
...TE, Ind. -- Add another star to the list of health benefits associated with omega-3 fatty acids. Recent Purdue University research shows that they also help bones grow. "Past research showed that eating more omega-3 fatty acids could decrease coronary heart disease risk and might decrease chances of getting c...Folic Acid Fortification Effective In Cereal Grains
...idsupplemented alone. Therefore, certain positive benefits should be expected to lower theincidence of pregnancies affected by neural-tube defects and to possibly reduce occlusive vasculardiseases by lowering plasma and serum homocysteine concentrations." He noted: "The fortification of staple foods with fol......ates alone, the tab for economic and environmental benefits of biodiversity would be $319 billion, the biologi...are our spending (to preserve biodiversity) to the benefits we reap, we're really getting a bargain," said David Pimentel, the professor of ecology who led eigh...