Dairy scientist advances field of transgenics and knowledge of growth hormones
...odel, to study the effects of ovarian hormones and nutrition on local mammary tissues synthesis and secretion of IGF-1 and related binding proteins. As a result, he also discovered that the involvement of the ovary in regulation of peripubertal mammary development is different in cattle than in sheep. And whil...Virginia Tech teams with US Army on exercise research
..., who has worked extensively with osteoporosis and nutrition studies, is co-principal investigator on the research team. Larnie Cross, a professor in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, will assist in the statistics compilation, which includes a mind-boggling 471 variables. Other major players include ...Physicians have seen a rise in the number of infants suffering from rickets
...ild receives the proper nutrients and is the ideal nutrition for infants, the vitamin D content of breast milk is low and infants and children need supplemental vitamin D as a complement to their diet when they are exclusively breastfeeding. Drs. Schwartz and Kreiter recommend starting the vitamin supplement a...Low dietary vitamin C can increase the risk for periodontal disease, especially in smokers
...n mind that vitamins, dietary supplements and good nutrition are not cures for periodontal disease. Patients must also brush and floss, and ask their dentist or periodontist about the state of their periodontal health to help prevent tooth loss."...Book examines all aspects of nutrition for dogs and cats
... A newly revised comprehensive book on cat and dog nutrition contains more than just a cosmetic makeover. It l.... "Along with proper health and medical attention, nutrition is an important component in the care of all dogs and pets." The second edition of "Canine and Felin...Rising rates of overweight among preschoolers in developing countries
...ountries suggests that undernutrition is still the nutrition problem of greatest concern in developing countries. The study recognizes the need for early intervention to prevent an epidemic of obesity in developing countries such as has arisen in developed nations. Yet the fact remains that wasting r...Fishing woes will cast need for aquaculture biotech
...Whereas people have improved the genetics, health, nutrition and reproduction of other livestock through centuries of husbandry and science, time may be far shorter for improving seafood crops, he said. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports that 60 to 70 percent of fisheries in t...UNC-CH study offers new evidence that garlic protects against cancers
...aid Dr. Lenore Arab, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the UNC-CH schools of public health and medicine. "It doesn't matter if they're consuming garlic in China or in the United States, the effect is still there." UNC-CH researchers could not show similar benefits from taking garlic supplements, howev......e Section with helpful information on topics like nutrition and exercise. The site is funded by an educational grant from the Pfizer Inc., which does not have any role in the selection or development of content for the website and is not a member of Infoaging.org's advisory board. "We welcome the corpor...New research shows calcium deficiency permits faster lead release from pregnant women's bones
...ter, Dr. John Anderson of the UNC-CH department of nutrition and Dr. John Osterloh of the University of California at San Francisco's department of laboratory medicine. The study involved 195 women who entered prenatal care at Magee-Women's Hospital in Pittsburgh between 1992 and 1995. Using a technique called...Agricultural biotechnology hot topic at ASTA corn & sorghum and soybean seed research conferences
..., and enhanced soybean oil composition in terms of nutrition and shelf life by Robert Reeves, president of the Institute of Shortening and Edible Oils. Dec. 7 (8-10:40 AM) will feature a joint soybean and corn & sorghum session on the science and U.S. regulation of biotech crops by Stanley Abramson, chair of ...Cats comforted by synthetic chemical, research suggests
...tudy and professor of clinical nutrition at Ohio State's College of Veterinary Medicine. "Veterinarians are so used to putting something in or on an animal that we've never really thought of altering the animal...Increased consumption of soy protein may help lower cholesterol
...John Erdman, a University of Illinois professor of nutrition who wrote the advisory for the American Heart Association Nutrition Committee. The advisory appeared in the medical journal Circulation, which is published by the association.The Food and Drug Administration allows producers to claim health benefits ...First-ever complete plant genome sequence is announced
...ll Biology. "Because its implications for farming, nutrition and medicine are potentially vast, this plant has gradually become quite indispensable to us." According to Nature, the number scholarly publications on Arabidopsis has risen from about 300 in 1990 to more than 1,300 in 1998, the latest year...Natural selection for lactose tolerance
...gested that it may be due to such things as better nutrition or calcium absorption. The authors hope to perform additional comparisons between closely related populations in order to further study the relationship between culture and genetics at the lactase locus....Soaking brown rice before cooking makes it more nutritious, researchers say
...s in the brown rice all at once to supply the best nutrition to the growing sprout," explained Hiroshi Kayahara, Ph.D., the lead investigator on the project, and a biochemist from Shinshu University in Nagano, Japan. Rice, whether brown or white, is a major part of most Asian diets, often eaten with ne...Smoking, heavy drinking and poor nutrition tend to cluster
... combination of smoking, liberal drinking and poor nutrition conceivably elevates the risk for various chronic diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease," said one of the study authors Nancy Betts, PhD, RD, of the Department of Nutritional Science and Dietetics at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln...Reducing sodium leads to substantial drop in blood pressure, finds NHLBI study
...To gauge the sodium level of processed foods, read nutrition labels for sodium content and the percent daily value. Dr. Obarzanek suggests choosing foods that are less than 5 percent of the daily value for sodium. You can also select foods by milligrams of sodium per serving. For example, a food with 140 mg....Veterinary researchers seek secret to reversing birth defects
...t the fetus is a preprogrammed entity that derives nutrition from the mother, but otherwise directs its own development. But the observation that maternal immune stimulation causes altered expression of critical genes in the fetus indicates its time for another look. Holladay says these observations may s......niversity's College of Veterinary Medicine. Proper nutrition for birds is often overlooked or misunderstood by many bird owners, who tend to believe that birds will only eat birdseed. While many birds do eat seed - the correct term is pelleted food - there are other birds that can eat many of the same things p...