What's in your child's lunchbox?
...tes to overweight kids. One snack bag of chips may contain two or more servings. Pre-measuring items such as pretzels or cookies into the correct serving size shows kids just how much they should be eating of such foods. The following are a few school lunch tips from Meals Matter: 1. Take kids shopping a...Irvine chemist wins national award for new drug techniques
...the literature" and "virtually all these syntheses contain pivotal reactions methods developed within the Overman group," noted a colleague in nominating him for the award. As a boy growing up in the Midwest, Overman "was the opposite of a chemistry-set kid," he said. "I had absolutely no interest in chemist...FDA approves Wellbutrin XL(TM)
...ets or Wellbutrin SR or any other medications that contain bupropion, patients who have or had bulimia or anorexia nervosa, patients undergoing abrupt discontinuation of alcohol or sedatives (including benzodiazepines), and patients taking monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors. In treating depression, physicia...Study raises prospect of practical vaccine for metastatic melanoma
...oma cells throughout the body, not just those that contain the GM-CSF gene. When tumor samples from vaccinated patients are viewed under a microscope, cancer-fighting cells are often found swarming around the melanoma cells evidence of a potent immune response. When the technique was first tested in melano...Purdue food scientists improve testing of health supplements
...il. You expect what you buy to be high quality and contain what is on the label." Consumers are concerned about purity because of taste, safety, health benefits and cost, she said. While oils that are less pure may be less expensive, they may lose the flavor or health benefits, and some can even be detriment...Brain cells found to hold key to growth of certain breast cancers
...etermined that although normal breast cells do not contain the protein, it is overabundant in about 10 percent of all invasive breast cancers. A British research team had previously discovered that only two other types of cells in the body normally produce DCD: nerve cells of the brain and cells of the swea...New cholesterol fighter found in red wine
...ine chemistry. According to Waterhouse, red wines contain about the same amount of saponin as they do resveratrol. But while resveratrol is thought to block cholesterol oxidation by its antioxidant action, saponins are believed to work by binding to and preventing the absorption of cholesterol, he says. He ...Lotion made from tea could help fight skin cancer
...re are some skin creams already on the market that contain tea compounds, Dong says. However, these products ...likely to have undergone testing and are likely to contain non-uniform amounts of tea antioxidants, he adds. Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in ...Cranberries may help reduce stroke damage
...althiest, Neto says, since they are more likely to contain higher levels of antioxidants than processed versions of the fruit. According to the National Institutes of Health, there are several proven steps that consumers can take to reduce their risk of stroke lowering their blood pressure, quitting smoking...Starve a tumor, or feed a tumor?
...lls can often repair themselves. Cancer cells that contain oxygen are about two to three times more vulnerabl...anned and ordered, and the walls of small arteries contain elastic and muscular layers to fine-tune their diameter and closely control blood flow. But in tum...Sphingosine kinase inhibitors may hold key to halting growth of some tumors
...tal role in regulating cell growth. Cell membranes contain sphingomyelin, a precursor of two lipids: ceramide, which causes programmed cell death (apoptosis), and sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), which causes cell proliferation. The balance of ceramide and S1P determine whether cells multiply or die. A chain ...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet, September 16, 2003
...s as containing only botanicals, but were found to contain N-nitroso-fenfluramine, a relative of the drug fenfluramine that was taken off the market in the United States after it was linked to heart problems. The authors caution that consumers and health professionals should be aware that so-called herbal su...HIV seen as less threatening in era of new treatments
...various studies," he explains. Most studies do not contain enough information to say definitively whether the introduction of the new treatments, commonly known as protease inhibitor combination therapies, have actually caused people to have riskier sex. Recent studies of diverse population groups such as g...Promise of laparoscopic liver resection for liver cancer explored in unique program
...ereby surgeons cut away segments of the liver that contain tumors. In some cases, 75 percent of the liver may be surgically removed. However, fewer than 5 percent of theses cases are done using minimally invasive techniques. According to some estimates, less than 100 laparoscopic liver resections were perfo...Link between cannabis and death still not established
...countries, he adds. Furthermore, cannabis does not contain nicotine, a chemical contained in tobacco that is addicting and contributes to the risk of heart disease. However, two caveats must be noted regarding available data, warns the author. Firstly, the studies to date have not followed cannabis smokers i......umans. Humans have 46 chromosomes (23 pairs) that contain genetic material. Chromosome 2 has been consistently identified as a region of the human genome that affects blood pressure levels, researchers said. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Family Blood Pressure Program has concentrated its...NIAID awards $81 million for HIV vaccine development
...virus-like particle vaccines. None of the vaccines contain the genetic information to make a complete virus, and therefore they pose no threat of HIV infection to potential study participants. "A safe and effective HIV vaccine is critical to the control of HIV globally," says Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., NIAID d...Report shows high arsenic in some southeast NH private wells
...ew Hampshire counties are using private wells that contain arsenic in concentrations that exceed federal safety standards for public water supplies. Officials made the announcement at a press conference today in Pembroke. "We were surprised at the results, especially for Hillsborough and Strafford countie...Neurons that play truth or consequences
... that Schall and coworkers had previously shown to contain neurons signaling success, errors and degree of difficulty in eye-tracking tasks. "This delay makes it unlikely that the purpose of the error detection that we discovered in the ACC is to correct actions as they take place," said Schall. An influenti...Gene expression profiling may lead to customized treatments for pediatric leukemia patients
...ic cell. DNA microarrays, also called gene chips, contain copies of known gene samples from the human body. Researchers used the Affymetrix HG-U133A and B microarrays to identify the set of human genes expressed in samples of cells taken from 132 pediatric ALL patients. Computer-aided data analysis demon...