Storage time and temperature effects nutrients in spinach
..., according to Penn State food scientists, spinach stored for a long time loses much of its nutrient content...te student, both at Penn State, found that spinach stored at 39 degrees Fahrenheit loses its folate and carotenoid content at a slower rate than spinach store...Growth hormone treatment improves symptoms of metabolic disorder in postmenopausal women
...f intra-abdominal fat, which refers to fat that is stored in and around the internal organs. Dr. Gudmundur Johannsson and his research team at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Sweden investigated the effect of GH treatment for one year on insulin sensitivity in postmenopausal women with abdominal adi...Dartmouth researchers find where musical memories are stored in the brain
...which both show that sensory-specific memories are stored in the brain regions that created those events. Their study, however, is the first to investigate a kind of auditory imagery typical of everyday experience. "It's fascinating that although the ear isn't actually hearing the song, the brain is percept...Student identifies electrical changes preceding heart failure
...optical detection system, converted to current and stored on a computer for analysis. Hahn and Akar were able to demonstrate that electrical disturbances occurred in two distinct phases relative to mechanical abnormalities. The early changes involved a delay in the timing of electrical recovery of the heart...Can routine commercial cord blood banking be scientifically and ethically justified?
...in the placenta after birth - can be collected and stored frozen for years. It is sometimes used as an alternative to bone marrow for treating diseases such as cancer and immune disorders - the cord blood is given to siblings or unrelated recipients. Many women altruistically choose to donate cord blood fo...Certain gun storage practices can reduce risk of youth firearm injuries, suicide
...vestigators found that 75 percent of the guns were stored in the residence of the victim, friend, or relativ... case households were 70 percent less likely to be stored unloaded than control guns. Similarly, case guns were 73 percent less likely to be stored locked, st...New theory chalenges current view of how brain stores long-term memory
...? The memory trace, or engram, "feels" like it is stored permanently in the brain and it will never be forgotten. Indeed, the current view of memory is that, at the molecular level, new proteins are manufactured, in a process known as translation, and it is these newly synthesized proteins that subseque...Injury toll in US homes tops 12 million yearly: UNC, other experts call for action
...rds in the home, such as poisons and firearms, are stored safely should not be underestimated, Runyan said. Improving injury data collection to reveal the full size of the problem and to monitor trends is needed. "Too often the location of an incident is omitted from medical records," she said. ...Substance in urine predicts development of preeclampsia
...on. To conduct the study, the researchers analyzed stored urine samples of 120 women who developed preeclamp...velop preeclampsia. The analysis was performed on stored samples collected at three intervals during the women's pregnancies. The urine samples were collect...Birth simulator helps physicians I.D. least forceful way to manage problem deliveries
...d to a computer-based data-acquisition system that stored and processed the data. Gurewitsch performed 10 deliveries by turning the baby so its spine faced the mother's belly, 10 deliveries by turning the baby so its spine faced the mother's spine, and 10 deliveries by moving the mother's legs back. The f...Getting pregnant while on the pill: Yet another health hazard of being overweight
...ves ? the hormones estrogen and progesterone ? are stored in body fat. "The more fat a person has, the more likely the drug is sequestered, or trapped, in the fat instead of circulating in the bloodstream," Holt said. Another factor that may account for obesity-related pill failure is that today's or...Poison and firearms stored in open endanger visiting kids
... to say they keep their medicines out in the open, stored in a purse or left unlocked, compared with homes where children live, according to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine . Homes where children are visitors are also more likely to store firearms unlocked, even though homes wher...Leukemia patients survive with stem cell transplant
...The donated cord blood is processed and frozen and stored for any patient in the future that might need a transplant. The availability of cord blood makes it a logical choice for doctors and their patients when a matching bone marrow donor cannot be found. A patient's best chance for survival comes f...Very low-carbohydrate diets work for men and upper body fat
...r body fat carries "a greater health risk than fat stored in other regions of the body," say the authors. They found that fat loss in men was three-times greater in the trunk area, when they were on a low-carbohydrate regime compared to the low-fat diet. Nearly all participants in the study (12 of 15 men an...Monitoring life, one breath at a time
...-coated nanotube transistors, electric signals are stored as charges in the nanotubes. Because different polymers absorb light differently, engineers can tune the device to work under specific light waves. By changing the voltage in the device, one can control the read and erase functions. These research r...Molecular clock genes influence metabolism of sugar and dietary fats
...n snacks, glucagon notifies the body to break down stored energy like glycogen and fat to release as glucose. The molecular clock genes work somehow to orchestrate this complex system. However, when this finely tuned scenario is upset, all-too-familiar diseases arise: diabetes when there is too much sugar; ...Development of working memory, allowing voluntary control of behavior, defined
...ory (RAM) in a computer. Like RAM, the information stored in working memory is dumped when it is no longer needed. Working memory allows the brain to take in information and create planned responses using abstract thought. Without it, human behavior would consist mostly of reflexive actions, and humans woul...Location of body fat important in predicting heart attack risk
...researchers found that intra-abdominal fat, or fat stored in and around the internal organs, is most predict...an pear-shaped" Nicklas said. "As we age, fat gets stored in the abdomen more than anywhere else, which isn't good because it's now associated with heart atta...Scientists detail latest advances in development of prosthetic devices for paralyzed
...me recorded EMG signals, relying on the previously stored data." In the case of a single amputee, the data glove would be placed on the remaining hand, and the EMG electrodes would record from muscle activity in the amputated stump. The researchers expect that these improvements will lead to development of......ic syndrome. "We found that where the body fat is stored was the main determinant of who had metabolic synd...e abdomen. We determined whether abdominal fat was stored between the skin and the abdominal muscle wall, what we call subcutaneous fat, or stored as visceral...