Eating After Exertion May Be A Key To Speeding Body's Recovery
...insulin, allowingfor a stable blood chemistry that promoted the efficient use of free fattyacids, Layman said. These effects, he added, are probably derived from thesoluble fiber in oats. In the post-exercise study, funded by the National Institutes of Health,rats did exhausting running exercises, leaving th...Fighting Wheat Scab In New York State
... of the bioprotectant strains to cereal crop seeds promoted the germination of seeds in soil to the same extent as did treatment with chemical fungicides. Initial tests in Brazil indicate that the biocontrol strains are also effective in controlling disease under field conditions. The research team will test...Finished Your Lunch? Now Eat The Wrapper
... earlier research in pigs hadshown it dramatically promoted the growth of beneficial bacteria, boosting their numbers tenfold. In the process it protected the bowel againstcancer and other diseases, including diarrhoea and constipation. Resultsin human research are equally promising. Modern Australians eat ...Smithsonian Institution Convenes Experts To Discuss Cocoa's Future
...Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, which has promoted basic and original research in tropical marine and terrestrial organisms and human ecology for more than half a century....Increasing Threat Of Extinction For Amphibians? Scientists To Seek Answers At NSF Workshop
... the declines may be caused by infections, perhaps promoted by environmentalstressors such as synthetic organic compounds like pesticides, metalliccontaminants, acid precipitation, UV-B radiation and increased temperatures. These issues and some of the latest research on amphibians will be the subjectof the...UF Researcher Finds Way To Slow The Aging Process
...ing moreand eating less -- both of which have been promoted for years as ways tostay healthy in everyday life -- also will increase the human life span andhelp people stay younger longer. "A big problem in society is that we're not active enough, and thingslike fast food contribute to an almost toxic ......ne tumours. Because the growth of these tumours is promoted by oestrogen,the women had been treated with a drug that suppressed production of thehormone. After treatment, half the women were given HRT. The other half acted ascontrols. Again, loss of oestrogen lowered the women's memory scores. Two m...Science and Amersham Pharmacia Biotech award Young Scientist Prize
...o the body's repertoire of antibodies, is actually promoted by DNA repair mechanisms. Currently at the Mayo Clinic, she received her Ph.D. from the University of Lisbon, Portugal. Giles Hardingham, Europe region (UK): Hardingham analyzed the different ways that calcium ions are involved in relaying and sto...DFG to set up 21 new collaborative research centres in 2000
...ical Integration" at Constance University is to be promoted in the form of a cultural-scientific research unit. Its aim is to examine processes of social and political integration. The participants will be concentrating on the significance of standards for the formation of patterns of social order, and on the...Soy protects heart without disrupting hormones: Study
...rding to Jenkins, this confirms that soy should be promoted for its important role in preventing heart disease without fear. Funding for this study was provided by the University-Industry Research Partnership Program of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Ontario Ministry of Agricul...DFG to launch 21 new priority programmes
...und 104 million marks, raising the total number of promoted priority projects to 129. The priority programmes ...research areas. As a rule, a priority programme is promoted for a period of six years. The new programmes in detail: HUMANITIES In the priority programme Exec...Asprin-like drugs may be useful for cancer treatment, study suggests
...ivity results in relief from pain and inflammation promoted by COX-2's prostaglandin products but leaves intact the stomach protection provided by COX-1's products. Strong evidence over more than a decade has associated longterm use of aspirin and/or NSAIDs with a reduced risk for colon cancer. DuBois and hi...Honey : Natures's sweetener may increase recuperation after workouts
...ing. "We were pleased to find that powdered honey promoted favorable changes in post-exercise markers of metabolism equal to that of the current standard, maltodextrin," says Dr. Richard Kreider, lead investigator of the study and Director of the Exercise and Sport Nutrition Laboratory at the University of M...Reefs and atolls of the Australian outback
...n the Persian Gulf. The shallows around the island promoted the growth of bacteria. These precipitated minerals around them, the solid residue growing into a form of stromatolite. Living stromatolites survive at Shark Bay in Western Australia, while fossil forms are common in rocks of the Flinders Ranges. In ...Taking the long view: examining factors which influence Northern Spotted Owls
...ween old growth forest and other vegetation types promoted higher reproduction rates and was also an important part of the Spotted Owls' territories. These edge areas can be abundant with dusky-footed woodrats, the primary prey species for Spotted Owls. Thus a mosaic of mature and old growth forest inte...Science groups aim to prevent pollution from lab to living room
...iety in the world, with 161,000 members - has long promoted environmentally-sound chemistry through its code of conduct; support of environmental policies in Washington; development of educational materials at all levels of schooling; and selection of winners of the U.S. government's Green Chemistry Challenge...New fossil study rejects 'Eve theory'
... and because of the dispersals of successful genes promoted by selection."...Scientists discover "missing link" between rare disease and inherited forms of breast cancer
... for his work. In the past 12 months, he has been promoted to full professor at Harvard Medical School, was named the Ted Williams Senior Investigator at Dana-Farber, received a Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award from the Doris Duke Foundation, and won the E. Mead Johnson Award for 2001....UCSD researchers create a home for liver cells on a silicon chip
...riment allowed them to determine the surfaces that promoted the adhesion of cells to the bioreactor. The 15-micron diameter wells are constructed using a similar masking technique as the one employed to put circuits on computer chips. The end result is a three-dimensional home for the individual liv......For the immediate future, ecoagriculture should be promoted where it is needed most urgentlysuch as in centres of wild biodiversity in the tropics, around wildlife reserves, and in poor farming areas where people are especially dependent upon wild biodiversity for their livelihoods." "For too long, agri...