Even moderate caloric restriction lowers cancer risk in mice
...gical studies of humans, have shown that what gets eaten also has an effect on colorectal cancers. So Dr. Mai and his colleagues at NCI compared the number of polyps in mice on a high fat diet, mice on a healthy diet with olive oil and fruit and vegetable extract, and mice on the standard laboratory mouse...More good news on the health benefits of almonds
...n E that may provide positive health effects when eaten with the meat of the almond. We may be getting less fat from almonds than we thought. For those who are worried about eating almonds because of the fat they contain, a study from Kings College in London was among the most intriguing research. The...Unique national park for orchids to be declared in Africa
...the plants into neighboring Zambia, where they are eaten as a delicacy. In the report, WCS warned that some species could be wiped out in a matter of years without appropriate management. According to Davenport, the Tanzanian government has invited WCS to continue its conservation work on the plateau, an...Experts offer the skinny on search for healthy fat
...ems. "My guess is that most people who say they've eaten grass-fed beef and didn't care for it probably were served beef from a free-range cow or an old cull cow. This is going to be quite different from modern pasture-fed cattle," she says. "Modern grass-fed beef are raised on very intensely managed pastu...Munching microbes aid environment, oil industry
...s. After 275 days if the sediments microbes have eaten a certain amount of the SBF, the fluid passes the test. You know how much of the fluid theyve digested by monitoring how much by-product is produced, usually carbon dioxide or methane, depending on the organisms present, Roberts says. The EPA chose a...Fish may show how nature diversifies
...ish, which helps determine whether or not they get eaten by predators like trout. Having both spine lengths controlled by the same genetic region may help explain how the fish achieve useful modifications of these functionally related skeletal structures. The overall results point to many different chr...Scientists work to prevent recent Ebola outbreak from decimating gorillas and chimps
...mpanzees, and duikers a forest antelope sometimes eaten by chimps. Human deaths have been confirmed with laboratory evidence this week, but this current outbreak suggests that gorillas and chimps are indeed at great risk as well, said Dr. William Karesh of the Wildlife Conservation Societys Field Veterina...Canadian researchers find cancer suspect from grilled meat in human milk
... per trillion. All but one of the women tested had eaten grilled meat at least once during their last three meals, according to the researcher. In the woman who did not eat meat, no PhIP was detected. Unexpectedly, no PhIP was found in the milk sample from one of the meat-eaters, says Josephy. Individual ...New UI center to study effects of exposure to toxicants in fish
...the effects of exposure to toxicants in fish being eaten in large quantities by Laotian and Hmong refugees in Green Bay and Appleton, Wis.Researchers from five institutions will work in the UI-based consortium, which also will develop outreach programs to help the refugees reduce their consumption of the f...MIT prof: Oceans at risk if policy tool not restricted
...se organisms fall to the bottom of the sea, or are eaten and fall to the bottom as fecal matter, essentially moving carbon out of the air and into the deep. Entrepreneurs watching these developments have concluded that fertilizing large patches of ocean might therefore be profitable if carbon trading is i...Researchers find glass-eating microbes at the rock bottom of the food chain
...eanic crust, microbes were found to have literally eaten their way through rock. Traces of this process are preserved in the glassy margins of underwater lava flows (scientists call super-cooled lava spewed by undersea volcanoes "glass," which is similar to material used to make stone-age axes and knives)....'Gold Bug' sheds light on how some gold deposits formed
...nsoluble, metal form. Essentially, the microbeshad eaten the solution, and left behind a precious by-product. "There's a significant amount of gold found in solution in some thermalsprings, and hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor," Lovley said. "Theproblem is that the gold is extremely diluted, so only a...Of gallflies, bees, mosquitoes, and butterflies: researchers to discuss insects
...ironomus riparius, is far less vulnerable to being eaten by this same predator. Culiseta, the researchers found, avoids laying eggs in pools which contain the Notonecta; the mosquito is able to pick up on chemical cues given off by the predator. Blaustein and his colleagues will now begin assessing how......stined for destruction was turned into sausage and eaten by at least nine people in Florida. It may be the first time people in the US have eaten genetically modified meat. This month Florida prosecutors have launched an investigation into the...Overfishing sets the stage for other problems in marine ecosystems
...eharvesting has eliminated them, but they were all eaten by crabs. Changeis common in all ecosystems, but the rate and magnitude of change we arecurrently seeing is unprecedented....Global consortium announces plans to sequence banana genome
... sweet like the imported dessert Cavendish bananas eaten in Europe and North America, but starchy like a potato and eaten cooked. Banana varieties, all grouped under the scientific name of Musa, are rich in vitamins A, C,...Dietary study finds marijuana users have normal nutritional status, risky lifestyle habits
...d chemistry assessment and questionnaires on foods eaten recently and regularly. The need for information on the health consequences of using marijuana stemmed from public pressure for approval of the medical use of marijuana, and because marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the U.S. Ear...Heavy consumption of tainted fish curbs adult learning and memory
...e Michigan fish-eaters, many of whom regularly had eaten more than 24 pounds of sport-caught fish a year. The researchers latest findings show that the heavy eaters who are now over age 49 have problems learning and remembering new verbal information. "This study suggests, for the first time, that PCB bod...Low-income, hungry children sick more often
...uestions, asked a family head to describe the food eaten by the family. During the study period, more than 15 percent of low-income children lived in families that sometimes or often did not get enough to eat---that equates to about 4 million American children. Children whose families sometimes or often d...... perch eat small invertebrates, but are themselves eaten by introduced redfin and trout," he said. The volunteer who discovered the fish, and the survey work which may help to save it, reflect the involvement of a wide range of conservation bodies in this research. "This has been a collaborative venture b...