Highlights of the October 2004 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
... children continue to rise as the obesity epidemic continues to expand. Many nutrition experts say an increase in soft drink consumption among adolescents coupled with the easy access to soft drinks in school vending machines over the past two decades are contributing factors to excess weight among kids. ...New study shows hope for treating inhalant abuse
...e online September 30. Inhalant abuse or "huffing" continues to grow as a serious health problem: According to ...ults show promise in treating inhalant abuse as it continues to grow as a problem among adolescents." There are currently no pharmaceutical treatments for inhala...Bush nominates NJIT space explorer Louis Lanzerotti to NSF governing board
...er and navigation. Lanzerotti's work at NJIT continues to investigate many unanswered questions about the sun and its effects on the earth's space environment. Over a career spanning four decades, he has contributed to research that includes studies of space plasmas and geophysics, and engineering proble...Certain genes boost fish oils' protection against breast cancer
...le the effects of peroxidation, though, the cancer continues to grow. "Our findings may have practical implications in treatment and prevention strategies for breast cancer," says Gago-Dominguez. "Marine n-3 fatty acids have been shown to enhance the cancer-killing effect of certain chemotherapy drugs and radi...Hardy buoys: Texas A&M project predicts oil spill movements
...xas A&M University researchers has developed - and continues to refine - a system of buoys in the Gulf of Mexico that can accurately predict the movement of oil spills. Such spills can present Texas-sized problems, both environmentally and economically, to the state's coastline. The buoys can even be used to ...Pioneering AIDS researcher to speak at UH
...ctively engaged in AIDS research for 20 years. He continues to pursue therapeutic studies that attempt to eradicate HIV, in addition to efforts to develop a vaccine to halt the spread of the AIDS epidemic. The lecture will be Web cast live at http://www.uh.edu/streaming/live.htm and archived at http://ww...New fumigant to replace gas that damages ozone layer
...naging Director Graham Smith says, "This agreement continues a long and successful relationship of BOC and CSIRO working together to produce sustainable competitive advantages for the agricultural industry. "BOC is moving forward with the registration of EDN within the next two months and we are in the proce...Entrepreneurs to be told how nature's secrets can improve business
...he 9th International Biomimetics conference, which continues in Reading later in the week. "The conference is open to inventors, people running innovative new businesses, academics, consultants and managers from across the globe'', said Anja-Karina Pahl, one of the organisers. "We not only explore the...Chernobyl study: Risk of thyroid cancer rises with radiation dose
...ns contaminated by the disaster, and the incidence continues to rise," Davis said. "This provides some evidence that there's an excess of thyroid cancer in children and in people who were children at the time of the accident. However until now nobody had taken the next step to find out just how much a risk the...Virginia Tech professor honored with DeLaval Award
... teaches in the Agriculture Technology Program and continues his research projects. He has written more than 400 journal and general dairy interest magazine articles and has advised many independent study students. Nebel received his bachelor's degree from Northeast Louisiana University, his master's from the ...The future of HIV therapeutics is brightening, according to Gladstone Institutes Director
...s of the world as Africa and Asia, where the virus continues to spread unchecked, concludes Greene. "Such an effort is required if we are to blunt the expanding global HIV epidemic in a truly meaningful way," he explains. "This will require commitment and investment by the world community not only for the key ...Review article makes case for a new source of cells in the body
As the debate continues on the ethics and therapeutic potential of embryonic versus mature stem cells, Medical College of Georgia researchers are exploring a third group of cells that appears critical to development and capable of making all major types of human tissue. "...Scientist who discovered Sly syndrome finds new research path to explore for treating the disease
...ch adulthood," Banks said. The blood-brain barrier continues to make the delivery molecule, which is the mannose-6 phosphate receptor (M6PR), but does not place it on the surface of the blood-brain barrier where it can transport enzyme. Instead the M6PR stays inside the blood-brain barrier cell. "We've got to ......nce-based medicine, the diagnosis of a spider bite continues to be based mainly on suspicion and fear of spiders, and diagnosis of a chronic ulcer on stories of suspected spider bites causing devastating necrotic fasciitis (flesh-eating skin disease)." An accompanying commentary (p 484) by Richard Vetter (...U-M scientists find common virus in human prostate tissue
...ycle to force a cell to divide, sometimes the cell continues to divide abnormally." U-M scientists analyzed 21 samples of prostate tissue from men with adenocarcinoma whose prostates were surgically removed to prevent the spread of cancer. Tissue samples were obtained from the Tissue Procurement Core at ...Endangered turtles' trek along ocean currents revealed by satellite
...ld Wildlife Fund. Meanwhile leatherback tracking continues on an ongoing basis, Gaspar added: "We are now looking at estimating the swimming speed of turtles during their trips by obtaining their total velocity from the Argos receivers, then subtracting the current velocity made available to us by altimetry....From science fiction to reality: Nanomedicine brings fresh hope to the medical world
... will become increasingly relevant as nanomedicine continues to evolve and face various other challenges." Nanotechnology also faces a strong challenge in the shape of negative public perceptions with growing reports about the possible toxic effects of exposure to nanoparticles. Concerns about the potential il...Dr. Brenda Milner promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada
...nology to push the boundaries of her specialty and continues to broaden our understanding of cognitive learning...rom the National Academy of Sciences (U.S.A.). She continues to be an inspirational mentor and a role model for scientists. This is a promotion within the Order......tant than anyone ever realized." The present study continues a long tradition of p53 research within LICR. The protein was discovered by Dr. Lloyd J. Old, the Director of LICR, in 1979. More recently, the ASPP family of proteins, which act to stimulate p53 activity in counter-balance to YY1, was discovered by ...... obesity and diabetes As the rate of obesity continues to rise, so does the number of people developing Type 2 diabetes (formerly known as adult-onset or insulin-independent diabetes). In fact, obesity is believed to be one of the most important risk factors for Type 2 diabetes, in which muscle, liver an...