Old drug works new tricks for iron overload heart disease
...ortified with iron, and people consuming much more meat than in the past, these many sources of iron are causing damage to those who are genetically unable to adequately metabolize and excrete it. Other researchers on this paper are Hui Sun, Maria Trivieri, Fayez Dawood and Mehrdad Yazdanpanah of the Hear...Livestock health sensors and wireless data storage in the works
...r several graduate students. "The traceability of meat is the real issue here," Andresen said. "Someday, ...w exactly what herd, and what animal, any slice of meat has comes from." Minus such an identification system, beef export markets could close to U.S. produc...Cow's resistance to worms is genetically determined
...c health, as they are sometimes found in dairy and meat products. An understanding of how cattle acquire immunity might contribute to the development of a vaccine, which would be a good alternative for preventing gastrointestinal worm infections....SMCM professor discovers cattle hormones that leak into streams and alter fish reproduction
...mulate growth in cattle and help them produce more meat and less fat. According to a 1999 survey by the U.S. Department ofAgriculture, about 99% of the nation's largest, factory-sized cattle feedlots use hormonal implants. "Cattle can be treated with any number of androgenic or estrogenic chemicals, or c...JCI table of contents, January 2, 2004
...rite to nitric oxide is involved in the process of meat curing and bad breath, a greater biological role for the nitrite anion has only recently been appreciated. Salivary nitrate is reduced to nitrite by oral bacteria. In the acidic environment of the stomach, nitrite is further reduced to nitric oxide, ...New evidence suggests that monkey thought extinct still exists
...t, but the laws aren't enforced, McGraw said. Bush meat has become something of a delicacy, and many people living in the country's remote areas hunt to eat or sell the meat. Add to that a loss of about 85 percent of the country's original forest cover, and the outlook for Miss Waldron's red colobus doesn...Asia's biodiversity vanishing into the marketplace
...the Sarawak government has seized 457.1 kg of wild meat and 165 live animals--birds, primates, reptiles and fish--through its newly strengthened enforcement operations." In addition to reducing the loss of the world's biodiversity, COP-7 will also address priority issues such as the biodiversity of mount...Carbohydrates offer some help in muscle protein synthesis, but not enough for the desired effect
(February 25, 2004) - Bethesda, MD A visit to the meat counter at any supermarket is proof positive that a good number of Americans are avoiding carbohydrates and consuming high levels of protein and fat, in accordance with the Atkins diet. This carbohydrate-free, fat- and protein- rich diet is for those...Science, policy forum focuses on 'mad cow' and related diseases
...b disease, which is primarily contracted by eating meat from infected "Mad Cows." Twelve states, two Canadian provinces, and South Korea have reported another always fatal, prion-caused disease in deer and elk: chronic wasting disease (CWD). These and other related diseases will be the focus of a Ceres ...Other highlights in the March 3 issue of JNCI
... inconsistent findings with respect to the role of meat consumption in colon cancer," the authors write. Contact: Brenda Hudson, University of Minnesota, 612-624-5680, bhudson@umn.edu Also in the March 3 issue of JNCI: Serum Proteomic Patterns for Diagnosing Cancer: Recent reports about using pro...DNA chip will catch beefed up chicken
...ered by a single test that reveals the presence of meat from any of 32 different species in food samples. ...ux of France. The chip's main use would to ensure meat products are what they say they are and don't contain anything they should not. It can reveal, for e...Diet a major factor in breast cancer time for government action
...cessed foods high in sugars and fats, too much red meat and dairy products, and not enough unrefined grains and vegetable products. This diet reduces the body's sensitivity to insulin, and this in turn stimulates the production of sex hormones and other growth factors, which are directly linked to breast ......ome point probably about 2 1/2 million years ago meat eating became important to humans," said Stanford,...e in aging human adults. Chimpanzees who eat more meat than any other great ape, but are still largely vegetarian served as an ideal comparison because th...Estimated one in five people worldwide lack enough zinc in diet
...latively high price of zinc-rich foods such as red meat and shellfish, legumes and whole grain cereals as contributors to a deficiency problem much more common and harmful to health in developing countries than previously believed. Countries at high-risk are mostly in South and Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan...Only half of recalled meat and poultry is recovered, study finds
COLUMBUS, Ohio Only about half the meat and poultry recalled in the United States because of suspected health hazards between 1998 and 2002 was actually recovered by the manufacturers, according to a new study. This and other results suggest new federal food safety regulations that took ef...Pearly mussels: One of North America's natural jewels is disappearing
...for their pearls and mother-of-pearl shells; their meat has been a resource for both humans and wildlife. In a BioScience paper published this week, a team of scientists report that something troubling has been happening in our nation's freshwaters-- once-abundant pearly mussels are disappearing from the ...New research supports theory that indirect transmission of chronic wasting disease
...alth. As a precaution, officialsrecommend that the meat of animals infected with CWD should notbe eaten. "Although live deer and elk still seem the most likely way forCWD to spread geographically, our data show that environmentalsources could contribute to maintaining and prolonging localepidemics, even ...Finding the hole in the defenses of cavity-creating microbes
...ditions. E. coli bacteria happily ensconced in red meat perform a similar trick as they travel through the human digestive system. Another harmful bacterium, Listeria, changes its membrane properties to allow it to live even in the cool temperatures of the refrigerator. Matching the bacteria's abilities,...Italian research links diet with endometriosis risk
... fresh fruit and green vegetables. But, eating red meat and ham appears to increase their risk, according ...t, for those with a high intake of beef, other red meat and ham, there was an increase of about 80-100 percent in relative risk. "With a prevalence of 5% in......d. Ants often do just that, because many ants need meat in their diets. Some species of ants are more aggr... plant in return. To see whether ants ate more meat when exposed to sugar, the researchers put baits of sugar and of meat at the base of barrel cactus p...