Study shows soy is well accepted in school lunches
...cken nuggets, the soy nuggets had more protein and slightly less total fat. They also had about half the saturated fat and no cholesterol. All the soy products were about two-thirds the price of the same item made with meat. Klein notes that the project was part of an overall effort by the Center to be an ac...Acupuncture found to lower elevations in blood pressure
...e sites on humans are on the inside of the forearm slightly above the wrist. The researchers found that acupuncture alone had no effect on blood pressure. Next, they added electrical stimulation to the acupuncture treatment by running an electrical current through the needles. High frequencies of stimulation...Specific test key to determine whether or not allergy symptoms are really allergy-related
...ople under the care of a family physician reported slightly more symptoms and a greater severity of those symptoms than did patients treated by an allergist and even those who self-managed their allergy symptoms after being diagnosed by a physician. "Optimal quality-of-life outcomes are assured if allergist...Extreme exertion, emotion can spark repeat heart attacks
..., including sexual activity, where there is also a slightly elevated risk for heart patients. Because strong social support and marital relationships promote physical well-being, "My view is that it is much more important for people to maintain good personal and sexual relationships than it is to worry about ...WISE study starts in Toulouse: 60 days of bed-rest for terrestrial female astronauts
...gle of 6 below horizontal, so that their heads are slightly lower than their feet. This position results in physiological changes that also occur in astronauts during space flight. The study will assess the roles of nutrition and combined physical exercise in countering the adverse effects of prolonged gravit...Mechanism of RNA recoding: New twists in brain protein production
...f proteins from a single DNA sequence, each with a slightly different function. Producing different proteins in a cell at once could let organisms fine tune biological processes with extreme precision--a level of flexibility the DNA code doesn't afford. "Genetics is digital," says Reenan, adding "Editing ch...Multi-center study shows direct link between residential radon exposure and lung cancer
...k estimates from this pooled analyses actually may slightly underestimate the true risk posed by prolonged residential radon exposure," Field said, noting potential exposure misclassification resulting from the pooling techniques. Investigators are currently pooling the results from the North American and Eur...The impact of cruciate ligament rupture on osteoarthritis of the knee
...comfort. Overall, the case group tended to have a slightly higher body mass index (BMI) than the control groups. Researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess the prevalence of cruciate ligament tears in all groups. Rupture of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) was extremely rare, found in ...Study reveals frequent non-guideline treatment of late-life depression
...given some form of medication, but incredibly only slightly more than half (55%) were given the recommended first-line antidepressants according to the Canadian Psychiatric Association. "The rest (45%) were given other drugs, some of which are known to be unhelpful for depression, especially in the elderly," ...New substance that improves the photodetection of bladder cancer gains market approval
...gnires and colleagues at the EPFL and is part of a slightly different cystoscopy technique. First, HAL as part...es on an iron atom. It turns out that cancer cells slightly overproduce photoactive porhyrins, and the enzyme responsible for the next step, adding the iron ato...Job satisfaction? Not much for Britain's hard slog 'robot' workers
...ny between 1984 and 1997, after which it recovered slightly until 2000. Immediately after re-unification, East Germans had very much lower job satisfaction than workers in West Germany, but the gap narrowed within a couple of years. After 1994, however, East Germans settled also into a decline, in line with t...Major review of subway systems suggests potential for significant health and safety hazards
...ers little protection, and ear plugs would be only slightly better." Subways also present a special concern with respect to crime, although public perceptions about crime are often out of line with actual crime rates, which generally have been dropping. Observes Dr. Gershon, "There are some crimes, unique to...Schepens scientists regenerate optic nerve for the first time
...t yet formed a "glial scar." In the mice that were slightly older and had developed the "glial scar," regeneration failed again. Dr. Cho then added the second key by combining BCL-2 overexpresser with the "glial gene" mutation to prevent the development of the "glial scar" in the older transgenic mice. He fou...When the brain, not the ears, goes hard of hearing
...o someone with age-related hearing loss. "Speaking slightly slower than usual will help," says Frisina, "as if you were talking to someone who speaks a foreign language. "Many older people are actually especially sensitive to loud sounds, so the worst thing you can do is raise your voice. What you need to do...Insurance incentives might help smokers quit, study says
...insurance coverage for smoking-cessation therapies slightly improved quit rates, the studies showed, but the payments to clinics did not improve quit rates significantly. There were also no signs that the incentives had caused the clinics to change their usual advice and care for smokers. Studies of financia...Brain activity of men and women during hostile or impulsive acts differs less on nicotine
...c activity significantly declined in the women and slightly increased in men -- the original differences all but disappeared. According to Dr. Steven Potkin, who along with neuroanatomist James Fallon led the study, these results shed light on two issues. First, brain activity areas involved in choice, atten...Study finds happiness persists, despite illness
...eek they had carried the PDA. While healthy people slightly underestimated their previous week's average mood, the patients were quite accurate in recalling theirs. The researchers speculate that the patients' recall accuracy may be involved in the adaptation process, but say that further research is needed o...Effects of autism reach beyond language, new research suggests
...nd of cognitive tests. This time, the students did slightly worse on the memory test, but had improved on the word and shape tests. "There was a clear relationship between cognitive function and stress levels," Beversdorf said. "The students didn't think flexibly right before their exam, typically a time of g...Cell phone users drive like old folks
...as often as elderly drivers. "Older drivers were slightly less likely to get into accidents than younger drivers," Strayer says. "Why? They tend to have a greater following distance. Their reactions are impaired, but they are driving so cautiously they were less likely to smash into somebody," although in r...Yale researcher studying acupuncture to reduce back pain in pregnancy
...his study each of two groups of women will receive slightly varying acupuncture treatment. The remaining group will receive no treatment and serve as a basis of comparison. Wang said those women who do not receive treatment and those who do not improve with assigned group interventions will be invited to retu...