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Is legalising euthanasia premature?
Legalising euthanasia is premature when we still do not know why patients want it and whether better end of life care would change their views, argue researchers in this week's BMJ. Euthanasia debates have focused on suffering, respect for patient autonomy, and dignified death, but little evidence... view more (2003-07-23)

Plant a garden to grow your kids' desire for vegetables and fruit, new SLU study suggests
If you are looking for a way to encourage your children eat their fruits and vegetables, search no further than your backyard, suggests new Saint Louis University research.   view more (2007-04-20)

Eating eggs may protect against breast cancer
Women who used to eat more eggs during their high school years may be less likely to develop breast cancer. New research from Harvard, published in Breast Cancer Research, found that higher levels of egg consumption during adolescence are associated with a decreased risk of breast cancer. Eating... view more (2003-02-21)

Can a Mediterranean diet prevent colon cancer?
Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center are beginning a study to look at whether diet can impact a person's risk of developing colon cancer.   view more (2007-06-14)

Freshman Fifteen is a Myth, but Weight Gain is Still a Problem
A common, but often undocumented, truism among college students is that they are likely to gain 15 pounds during their freshman year. But now a new study at Rutgers' Cook College has found that the Freshman Fifteen phenomenon is exaggerated.   view more (2006-02-07)

Why Popeye only has eyes for spinach
Eating spinach could protect your eyes from the leading cause of blindness in western society, say experts at The University of Manchester.   view more (2006-09-26)

Tiptoe through the tulips
Scientists have discovered that plant leaves activate defence mechanisms against plant eating insects within twenty seconds of an insect walking across them. Dr Alan Bown will be presenting the results of his footsteps research at the Society for Experimental Biology conference on Tuesday 9 April.   view more (2002-04-04)

Dieting Danger: Female Athletes Limiting Calories More Likely to Get Stress Fractures
Female college athletes on low-calorie diets could be putting themselves at risk for stress fractures, according to new Saint Louis University research published in this month's The American Journal of Sports Medicine.   view more (2006-09-14)

Anorexia and bone mass
A multidisciplinary paediatrics research team has been awarded the "Amagoia" prize by the Sociedad Vasco-Navarra de Pediatr'­a for its work, "Study of bone mass and its determinant factors in female children and adolescents affected by eating habit disorders". The research was... view more (2004-11-25)

Natural Stone Age diet a myth
Almost daily the media feed us advice about how we can live more in line with nature and our origins. We should live and eat “as in the stone age” is the message. But what did people actually eat during the Stone Age?   view more (2003-06-13)

Stress affects the diet of school children
An examination of the eating behaviour of children suggests that stress is linked to an increase in unhealthy eating patterns. This is the finding of a study reported today, Thursday 5 September, at The British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference at Sheffield... view more (2002-09-02)

Male praying mantids prefer not to be victims of sexual cannibalism
Female praying mantids are notorious for sexual cannibalism - that is, for eating their male partner during mating.   view more (2006-07-27)

Benefits of eating seafood outweigh risks
Though some species of fish around the world's are likely to be contaminated with mercury, PCBs and other toxins, the benefits of eating seafood continue to outweigh the risks.   view more (2006-02-27)

Temple researchers look for behavioral link between breastfeeding and lower risk of obesity
Breastfeeding has a number of positive health benefits for baby: it can prevent ear infections and allergies, and lowers the risk of developing respiratory problems. It can also help prevent against obesity later in life, but the reason for this still isn't known.   view more (2008-10-28)

1 in 5 bariatric surgery candidates not psychologically cleared for surgery
A new study by Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University researchers reported that 18 percent of 500 candidates for bariatric surgery did not receive the initial psychiatric clearance for the surgery.   view more (2007-10-15)

Food study finds diets get healthier over time
Adults eat around twice the amount of fruit and vegetables and less fat and sugar than they did as children, a new study suggests.    view more (2004-09-16)

Study reveals an oily diet for subsurface life
Thousands of feet below the bottom of the sea, off the shores of Santa Barbara, single-celled organisms are busy feasting on oil.   view more (2008-10-01)

Thin is beautiful - Zulu men now prefer Western-looking women
Black South African women have once more been flagged up as being on the brink of an eating disorder crisis, as the latest research reveals that their male counterparts, who once idolised fuller-figured females, now prefer thinner, Western-looking women.   view more (2004-08-31)

Depression symptoms less likely in kids with accurate self-perceptions
Children who can accurately assess how their classmates feel about them - even if those feelings are negative - are less likely to show symptoms of depression, according to Florida State University researchers.   view more (2006-10-24)

FIZ Karlsruhe Offers Excellent Service To Science And Industry
The senate of the Leibniz Association has confirmed the high quality and nationwide importance of FIZ Karlsruhe and recommended to the German Federal Government and the German Federal States to continue subsidizing it in the future. According to the evaluators, being the most important provider of... view more (2004-07-21)

Hap1 protein links circulating insulin to brain circuits that regulate feeding behavior in mice
Researchers have discovered how the protein Hap1, which is abundant in the brain's hypothalamus, serves as the link between circulating insulin in the blood and the neural circuitry that controls feeding behavior in mice.   view more (2006-04-10)

Mediterranean diet associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease
Eating a Mediterranean diet, which emphasizes fruits, vegetables and olive oil and includes little red meat, is associated with a lower risk for Alzheimer's disease.   view more (2006-10-10)

Listen to your heart: Researchers discover a physiological indicator of vulnerability to temptation
We've all had our moments of weakness when trying to control ourselves; eating that donut on your diet, losing your temper with your kids, becoming upset when you're doing your best not to. It isn't like we plan on these lapses in judgment. It's more like they just sort of happen.   view more (2007-03-22)

U of I scientist does nutritional detective work in Botswana
Many Americans have a soft spot for Botswana, developed while reading the best-selling #1 Ladies Detective Agency series. But few have had a chance to do any sleuthing of their own in that African country.   view more (2007-10-26)

CONCERN OVER LACK OF VALID CONSENT FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH ON BABIES (pp 2026, 2045)
The quality of consent given by parents to research involving babies is often compromised, concludes research published in this week's issue of THE LANCET. It is normal practice for informed consent to be obtained from parents for research on newborn infants. For consent to be valid, parents must... view more (2000-12-13)
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