Selenium Supplements Can Reduce Cancer Rates
...at directly supports the thesis that a nutritional supplement of selenium, as a single agent, can reduce the ris...re given either a placebo or a 200-microgram daily supplement of selenium (twice the average amount these Americans consume in their diet, thereby tripling their ...Herpes-Based Gene Therapy Is Key To Promising Liver Tumor Vaccine
...to Dr.Federoff in an effort to use gene therapy to supplement thebody's immune response. The modified cells created by Drs. Federoff and Fong act asa beacon to the body's immune system, attracting to the livergreat numbers of immune cells that have developed specially inresponse to the tell-tale proteins f...Herpes-Based Gene Therapy Is Key To Promising Liver Tumor Vaccine
...o Dr. Federoff in an effort to use gene therapy to supplement the body's immune response. The modified cells created by Drs. Federoff and Fong act as a beacon to the body's immune system, attracting to the liver great numbers of immune cells that have developed specially in response to the tell-tale proteins fo...Purdue Researchers Prod Plants To Clean Up Pollution
...t of contaminated soil and water. Their work would supplement ongoing commercial efforts to use plants for toxic cleanup. Phytotech, a phytoremediation company based in New Jersey, has used floating rafts of sunflowers to clean up radioactive Chernobyl water. Dangling sunflower roots pull both cesium 137 and st...First Planned Release Of Captive Lemurs In Madagascar Wilds Expected In Fall
...not immediately cut off the food. We'llcontinue to supplement their diet for as long as it takes for them to reliablylocate food trees in the area. As they do that, we'll reduce and eventuallyeliminate the food we give them." They will also be equipped with radio collars so that Welch and otherfield researcher...Competitive Inhibition May Enhance Safety Of Minimally Processed Fruits And Vegetables
...ted that the use of protective cultures shouldonly supplement good manufacturing practices, not substitute for the properhandling and packaging of produce. A current application of competitive inhibition is the "Wisconsin process" forensuring the safety of bacon. This process uses LAB cultures with reducedleve...Long-Term Vitamin C Use Cuts Cataract Risk In Older Women
...sted their data relating the duration of vitamin C supplement use to theprevalence of early or moderate opacities by controlling for such factors as age, pack-yearssmoked (for smokers), body mass index (a measure of body fat), reported summertime sunlightexposure, aspirin use, postmenopausal hormone therapy, an...Duke Lemurs Are Released In Madagascar
...daily duringthis initial period and to continue to supplement their diets with monkeychow till they are observed to feed substantially on wild leaves and fruit,"Welch wrote. All the animals have been reported in good condition so far, he wrote,"probably in better shape than the project personnel who are exhaus...Folic Acid Fortification Effective In Cereal Grains
...ers concluded that folic acid consumed as avitamin supplement either without food or with a light breakfast is absorbed in a fashion similar tothat noted for the cereal grains. The folate research was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture--National ResearchInitiative Competitive Grants Program. Commen...Timber Supplement From Paper And Plastic
A supplement for timber could come from old telephone books and...the flexibility of the plastic. "The timber supplement can be twice as strong and three times as stiff as the polymers from which it is made and is tough ...... palmetto, the sixth largest-selling herbaldietary supplement in the United States, is usedextensively to self-treat benign prostatehyperplasia -- an enlarged prostate. Controlledstudies have not shown it to be effective for BPHand the Food and Drug Administration considers itmislabeled when sold for this purp...B-Vitamins Lower Homocysteine Levels In The Blood; May Reduce Vessel Damage In Stroke Patients
...micalmarkers in 27 patients who received a vitamin supplement with folic acid, B-6,and B-12 added to it, compared to 23 patients who got the vitamin preparationwithout the B vitamins. The study was not designed to determine whether giving the B vitaminswould reduce the risk of a second stroke, but the r...Fruits And Vegetables Protect Lungs
..., although the data did not provide the details of supplement use, such as type, dose, duration of use or reason for use. The researchers speculate that the lack of detailed information on supplements could be one reason why they did not find a difference in lung function between those who took supplements and...Fortified Drink Improves Third World Nutrition
....8 pounds) among the other children. "The beverage supplement was both effective in improving nutritional status and was very popular with the children," said Latham , a physician who was director of Cornell's Program in International Nutrition for 25 years. The study was assisted by Cornell statistician Edwar...University Of Cincinnati Biologists Find Evidence For Unusual DNA Repair InArchaea
...troph or nutritional mutant. The mutant requires a supplement in its growth medium toreplace a particular nutrient a normal cell could produce on its own. For example, onemutant might need the amino acid histidine while another requires tryptophan in its diet.Finding these mutants was a chore, to say the least....Colorado State Research Indicates Two TB Vaccines Show Promise
...and Immunity. The vaccines have the potential to supplement BCG, believed to lose effectiveness over a period of time, and unlike BCG do not produce positive skin tests for TB in vaccinated individuals. Ian Orme, professor of microbiology at Colorado State and head of the 10-person team that evaluated the su...Vitamin C May Reduce Angina, Heart Attack Risks
... was provided in onestudy by a daily 500 milligram supplement - had blood vessels withsignificantly improved "va...ase might be prudent to take up to a 500 milligram supplement ofvitamin C daily. Many patients studied have inadequate levels of thevitamin. A diet rich in fruits...Creatine Works, But Long-Term Effects Are Still Unknown
...SITY PARK, Penn.--The use of creatine as a dietary supplement is a recenttrend, so researchers still have little information on its long-term benefitsand risks, according to the July issue of the Penn State Sports MedicineNewsletter. Despite anecdotal reports of nausea and muscle cramps, there has been ......ferent measurements to study how taking amagnesium supplement affected the blood pressures of 60 men and women with highblood pressure. Blood pressure measurements were taken at the office, at homeand as an average for the whole day. Results of the study were not affected bythe participants' taking medication......aumatin already is being marketed as a nutritional supplement in blood sugar stabilizers for childhood behavioral problems and the more than 3.5 million sufferers from attention deficit disorder. Among soft drink consumers alone, nearly 20.6 million tons of chemicals are used around the world - nearly 4 kilogra...