'Chemistry and Flavor of Hispanic Foods' one-day symposium, March 15
...rocery stores throughout the country. The trend is fueled by this country's fast-growing Hispanic population and its rich and diverse culinary heritage. While consumers have enjoyed treats such as tortilla chips and margaritas for many years, scientists are now beginning to discover that Hispanic foods have...Study of obese diabetics explains why low-carb diets produce fast results
...t. We concluded that excessive overeating had been fueled by carbohydrates." Almost 80 percent of diabetics are overweight or obese, compounding health risks such as heart disease and stroke. Boden wanted to examine how low-carbohydrate diets, which have been shown to produce rapid weight loss, affected we...Voluntary health organizations, publishers announce major information initiative
...linical research, heightened by media coverage and fueled by the spread of broadband Internet, has led more and more patients to go online to find the latest information about treatment options. Still, even many knowledgeable consumers can find it difficult to fully understand, evaluate, and make sound deci...Sleep loss boosts appetite, may encourage weight gain
...ould shift," Van Cauter said. "Since the brain is fueled by glucose, we suspect it seeks simple carbohydrates when distressed by lack of sleep." At the same time, the added difficulty of making decisions while sleepy may weaken the motivation to select more nutritious foods, making it harder to push away ...Growing epidemic of wet AMD ushers in new era in treatment of the disease
...ted to double by 2020. "The epidemic of AMD is fueled by the aging Baby Boomers, the fact that people are living longer, and the increasing incidence of the disease," said presenter Paul Sternberg Jr., M.D., Chairman of the Vanderbilt Eye Institute. "Fortunately, new approaches to treating the disease m...Severe pain relief may be possible with a common anesthetic drug
...sually a story of human ingenuity and perseverance fueled by compassion and intellect. Dr. Correll's promising innovation, forged by necessity in tiny resource-poor clinics in the jungles of Papua-New Guinea and Northern Australia and carefully shepherded to publication by his co-authors, may herald an eff...New UNC, EPA 9/11 study suggests that pollutants posed small cancer risks
...te combustion, the PAHs resulted mainly from fires fueled by 91,000 liters of jet fuel, 100,000 tons of organic debris, 490,000 liters of transformer oil, 380,000 liters of heating oil and fuel from thousands of cars parked under the World Trade Center. "We believe that this study is important because it sh...U.S. push for diesel poses risk to public health, scientists say
...sting passenger vehicles in the United States were fueled by diesel, but there is an increasing trend toward diesel use. Supporters promote diesel vehicles as obtaining 20 to 30 percent better mileage than do equivalent gasoline vehicles. Such improved fuel efficiency should result in lower emission of comp...'Survival sex' and substance abuse may hinder HIV prevention efforts
...Such "survival sex" is a difficult-to-change habit fueled by both economic need and addiction. Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) patients were more likely to have unprotected sex than those who did not receive the treatment, perhaps because HAART patients believed they would not transmit HIV to t...Re-examining alcohol problems among American Indian communities
... American Indians was anecdotal, stereotypical and fueled by bias," added Fred Beauvais, senior research scientist at the Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research at Colorado State University. "This manuscript helps to clarify that there is more abstinence from alcohol among American Indians than there is...Heal thyself: Patients' bone marrow cells restore failing hearts
...were injected into their ailing hearts. The cells fueled new cell growth, which strengthened the heart's pumping capacity. "These results demonstrate for the first time that transplantation of a person's own stem cells through direct intracoronary injection increased cardiac function, blood flow and metabo...New TB vaccine shows promise in HIV infection
...CG, TB has been growing dramatically in the world, fueled by the increased susceptibility of HIV-infected people to TB. TB remains the largest cause of death worldwide from any single infectious disease, according to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which calls it "the major attri...Laser technology helps measure pollution from NYC buses
...s and without controls, new compressed natural gas fueled buses; and hybrid diesel/electric buses. Buses were tested while on their regular routes. They then determined that each type of bus poses different pollution problems. Scott Herndon and Charles Kolb, of Aerodyne Research used a mobile step van labor...Emory researcher claims stress-induced changes in brain can create psychiatric disorders
...des degrees in both psychiatry and neuroradiology, fueled by an intense fascination with the link between trauma and its biological effects. With the help of advanced PET technology, Bremner and his team of Emory researchers continue to peer into the brains of individuals with PTSD hoping to further determ...Dietary change may prevent the most serious form of prostate cancer
...rostate, and perhaps growth of prostate cancer, is fueled by male hormones. The researchers also found the risk of advanced prostate cancer was 112 percent higher - more than double - among men who consumed the most calcium (more than 1,200 mg per day, equivalent to four or more glasses of milk) as compare......eceptor-positive breast cancers, or those that are fueled by estrogen. The drug showed no effect on estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancers, or those that do not depend on estrogen for growth. In a separate study, the large-scale Breast Cancer Prevention Trial (BCPT), researchers found that tamoxifen, a...Chemists take new approach to fighting resistance
...ic health. Paradoxically, their widespread use has fueled a growing health threat: antibiotic resistance. "Once bacteria are exposed to a given antibiotic, they become resistant to its action in due time by changing their own genetic make-up to cope with the challenge," explains lead researcher Shahriar ...Mini-motor models nature, advances miniaturization technology
...ure's molecular motors are largerprotein molecules fueled by the universal unit of cellular energy calledadenosine triphosphate (ATP). Dr. Kelly's device mimics the ability ofmolecular motors to convert chemical energy into ATP and therefore may helpresearchers understand the natural process at an atomic-l...Rising teen marijuana use is fueled by change in attitudes about the drug, not rebellion among the baby boomlet, U-M study shows. EDITORs: The table and graph are available upon request. ANN ARBOR, Mich.--Changes in student attitudes about marijuana, not a general rise inrebellious ...