Losing weight after pregnancy -- diet and exercise better than diet alone
...y among women. Many women are keen to find ways of returning to, and maintaining, pre-pregnant weights, and there is plenty of competing advice on offer. By studying data from six different trials that involved a total of 245 women, a group of Cochrane Researchers found that women who did exercise did not lo......ebilitating fears - including hundreds of soldiers returning from conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan. The team ... the Army in 2004 found that one in eight soldiers returning from Iraq reported symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). According to the National Cent...Serica scientists win AOSSM Award for ACL (knee) tissue regeneration in preclinical study
...ere weight bearing at 3, 6 and 12 months, with 95% returning to normal gait by 6 months; the majority of knees were clinically stable at all points. Range of motion assessment indicated the knees maintained a normal range flexion and extension at all points. By 12 months, the initial SeriACL graft structure ...18-year-old Singaporean student to present stem cell research paper at conferences in US and UK
...RLDCOMP'07), June 25 to 28, in Las Vegas. Before returning home to Singapore, Nicholas will continue to represent the Bioinformatics Institute, one of the 14 research institutes of Singapores A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), by presenting his research paper at the World Congress on Engin...Researchers track snakes to study populations, behavior
...have longer home ranges. Most adults are homies returning to the same area year after year after leaving their den sites others seek out new turf, especially during their rapid growth years. Timber rattlesnakes have rattles that are rarely used because with camouflage there is no sense in giving away you...Recycling is not enough -- we need to consume less
...d loop systems for organic wastes, for instance by returning composted food waste to the land as fertiliser, rather than losing this valuable resource. ...New bacterium discovered -- related to cause of trench fever
...or typhoid fever, two infections that can occur in returning travelers. But genetic detective work revealed that she was infected with a new bacterium that had never before been isolated from a human. A UCSF infectious disease team, in collaboration with colleagues from other institutions, found that t...Molecular motors may speed nutrient processing
...and myosin in a muscle fiber," Tyska said. "I kept returning to the same question: why would the microvillus have this beautiful structure packed with motor proteins. The concentration of myosin motors in a single microvillus is very high; theres serious force-generating potential there." Tyska and Russell McC...Sheep offer model for undernourishment in pregnant teen girls
...n placental blood vessels could not be reversed by returning undernourished ewes to an optimal diet later in their pregnancy, Wallaces team pointed out the importance of adequate weight gains by pregnant teenaged girls, especially during the first two trimesters, to reduce the chance of a low-birth-weight infa...2007 Joint Assembly in Acapulco -- press conference schedule
...ution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) has been returning stunning images of diverse landforms. For example, detailed images of very recent impact features are providing information about physical properties of both Mars' surface materials and planet-crossing asteroids, and providing insights into how the c...Build parks to climate proof our cities
...nd drains away into streams and rivers, eventually returning to the sea. "By the 2080s, our summers will be hotter and drier but winters are predicted to become wetter," said Dr Ennos. "An extreme wet winters day by the 2080s will deliver almost 50% more rain than is currently experienced. "Based on an exi...Hearts of male and female rainbow trout are different
...endocardium is supplied by only deoxygenated blood returning from the rest of the body. Not surprisingly, the authors expect there to be corresponding layer differences in energy production and function. Methodology Uniform ventricle strips or transverse rings were cut from 10-12 month old, hatchery raise...Turtles are loyal in feeding as well as in breeding
...ge new growth, so there could be a benefit to them returning to foraging grounds. Loggerheads have an omnivorous diet, including molluscs and crustacea, so the benefit to them revisiting feeding areas is unclear. Scientists do not yet know why this behaviour has evolved, but it is possible that sea turtles are...Massive coral death atrributed to earthquake
...ize the shallow reef areas. The reefs appear to be returning to what they looked like before the earthquake, although the process may take many years. "The challenge now is to work with local communities and government agencies to protect these reefs to ensure the recovery process continues," he says. The te...Massive coral death attributed to earthquake
...ize the shallow reef areas. The reefs appear to be returning to what they looked like before the earthquake, although the process may take many years. "The challenge now is to work with local communities and government agencies to protect these reefs to ensure the recovery process continues," he says. The tea...Ossur's Proprio Foot walks away with 2007 Medical Design Excellence Award
...A are both actively using it to benefit servicemen returning from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, as well as veterans of past wars. It is also quickly becoming the foot of choice for diabetic amputees all over the world." The 2007 Medical Design Excellence Award winners will be honored at a ceremony durin...India's biotech industry emerging as world innovator, collaborator, competitor
...ndian academics in the biotech sector (resident or returning Indian scientists founded only 4 of 21 firms surveyed). The paper says the Indian government is ramping up funding and fiscal initiatives significantly to help grow its biotech sector. The Department of Biotechnologys budget quadrupled in six year...No pain, DOE Joint Genome Institute gains coveted ergonomics prize with 'Shake 'N Plate'
...ause permanent disability, preventing workers from returning to their jobs and rendering painful even the most routine tasks of daily life. "We are first and foremost concerned with the health and safety of our employees, which was the original motivation for the formation of the DOE JGI Ergonomics Working G...How do marine turtles return to the same beach to lay their eggs?
...a traveled more than 3 500 km in two months before returning there! In the second experiment, the researchers have studied the effect of the earths magnetic field on the turtles navigation system. They have shown, for the first time in natura, that marine turtles use the magnetic field of the earth to orien...Medieval Islamic designs reveal breakthrough in tiled pattern-making
...c tilings. A new research project was born. Upon returning to Harvard, he began analyzing photos of artwork, buildings, and architectural scrolls from Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, and other countries in the Islamic world. He discovered that architects had drawn the outlines of the five girih tiles in scr...