Eating more fish and n3 fatty acids associated with reduced risk of stroke for women
...ng their 14-year follow-up study, 574 strokes were documented - including 181 hemorrhages, 303 ischemic strokes (264 thrombotic and 39 embolic infarctions), and 90 strokes of undetermined type. We observed a significant inverse association between fish intake and risk of stroke, primarily thrombotic stroke, a...DNA deletion offers new evidence of mammals' origins
...t groups separate evolutionary histories, which is documented in the DNA analyses. "The DNA sequences tell us a nice biogeographic story," said DeBry. "We're not the first to see these relationships, but the evidence really hammers home the point that there is a group from Africa that is closely related."...Touching effects: Visiting plants in the field may alter their future
... the study. These responses, which have long been documented by ecologists, can include many physical and chemical reactions to handling. For instance, touching a plant may result in changes to its structure, architecture and the toughness of its leaves. It may also result in a release of volatile insect-att...Organgutan numbers plummeting worldwide; species may vanish in ten years, study says
...dency toward more social behavior. Van Schaik has documented routine use of at least two kinds of feeding tools to extract honey from tree holes and seeds from a woody fruit protected by stinging hairs. The geographical distribution of this tool use implies that it is handed down to generations, similar to wh...Laboratory study confirms skin cancer risks of sun exposure
...s in the skin known to be melanoma precursors were documented in many of the mice, with overt melanoma seen in some. The first author on the study is Carola Berking, M.D. Other Wistar co-authors include Richelle Takemoto, B.S., and Kapaettu Satyamoorthy, Ph.D. Rosalie Elenitsas with the University of Pennsylvan...Consuming more protein, less carbohydrates may be healthier
... protein) in the diet." (Leucine's effect has been documented in several animal studies in Layman's lab). The study also found higher levels of thyroid hormones among women who ate the protein diet, suggesting a higher rate of metabolism. Protein-eaters also experienced a significant decline of overall triglyce...Amphibian mortality linked to climate change
...st, the scientists thought the explanation was the documented depletion of the Earth's ozone layer and the highe... disappeared from Australia and declines have been documented in Europe, South America, Asia, Africa and North America. Several species in the Pacific Northwest a......y in Honolulu, researchers have for the first time documented this muscle action in motion. Stephen Katz, Douglas Syme, and Robert Shadwick report their results in the April 12 edition of the journal Nature. "The anatomy has been known for a long time, especially the idea that the connective tissue architectu...Researchers study muscle cell damage that occurs when astronauts return from space
...st done in sea urchins and fibroblasts, Dr. McNeil documented that when extracellular calcium rushes in through a tear in the cell membrane, it can either help form the cell-saving patch or destroy the cell, possibly by prompting the cell to contract to death. "In a sea urchin egg, you can rip off 1,000 squar...... died. "While extensive low-oxygen conditions were documented during fall 1999, we didn't see equivalent low oxygen during the summer of 2000 because that spring and summer were very windy, keeping the waters well-mixed," the scientist said. "Those windy periods were kind of a blessing." But because much of th......rapy, however in others, complete recovery was not documented with follow-ups of more than one year. Berlex is extremely pleased to offer patients with refractory B-CLL a new treatment option, said Dale A. Stringfellow, Ph.D., president and CEO of Berlex Laboratories, Inc. Berlex has a rich history in oncol...... where wildlife is most at risk. Todays findings, documented in an unprecedented joint report by The World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the Washington, D.C.-based agriculture organization Future Harvest are called "alarming" by the researchers. Given that clearing and using land for agriculture is the chief ...New technique illuminates events obscured in the geologic record
...graphic distribution of biostratigraphic data, has documented important short-term oceanic events in the high so...probably associated with widespread thermal events documented in the deep-sea record and to mid-Maastrichtian changes in sea level. These short-term events, in ...LSU researcher finds new petroleum method, receives patent
... in the global greenhouse effect. "The approach documented in this patent builds a concept of renewable petro... will turn out," Catallo said. "But this work has documented an exciting area of organic chemistry that has a wide range of basic and applied implications for en...Cell Genesys reports antitumor activity in Phase I/II GVAX lung cancer vaccine trial
...ty profile compared to chemotherapy which has been documented in over 300 patients treated to date. The currently ongoing Phase I/II trial of GVAX lung cancer vaccine for which the interim results were reported has recently completed enrollment. A final report on the trial is expected during the next year. In...Scientist uses 19th century fishwheel' device to study fish populations
...riped bass may come in early to mid-May. The first documented use of fishwheels was from the early 1800s, when they were used to capture shad in East Coast rivers, most notably the Roanoke and Pee Dee rivers in the Carolinas. They were reportedly common along the East Coast as early as 1829. Since the late 180...Field Museum plays vital role in creation of huge new park
...ry (RBI) that led to creation of the park. The RBI documented the extraordinary biodiversity of the northern Cordillera Azul mountain range, where the new park is located. The Parque Nacional Cordillera Azul sits in one of the last large tracts of virgin rainforest still undeveloped and largely uninhabited. As ...International scientists probe unsolved puzzles of the Earth and beyond at "Earth System Processes"
...ded Dinosaurs." Among the five largest extinctions documented in the fossil record, only the end-Triassic (200 million years ago) has not been previously linked to changes within the global carbon cycle. Study of rocks of that age in Hungary suggests that this extinction is also associated with environmental pe...Ancient oceans experienced a global surge in biological productivity
...te change, University of Michigan researchers have documented a global-scale increase in oceanic biological productivity that occurred between about 6 million and 4 million years ago, during the late Miocene and early Pliocene epochs of geological history. Graduate student Casey Hermoyian and Prof. Robert M. Ow...Microbes and the dust they ride in on pose potential health risks
...Howitt of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados documented a 17-fold increase in asthma attacks in Barbados between 1973 and 1996, corresponding with the increase in African dust transport to the region. Fungi and bacteria that survive the trans-Atlantic journey in dust include bacterial or fungal cultures t...