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Right breakfast bread keeps blood sugar in check all day
If you eat the right grains for breakfast, such as whole-grain barley or rye, the regulation of your blood sugar is facilitated after breakfast, lunch, and dinner.   view more (2007-09-06)

Weight does not affect women's sexual behavior
Oregon and Hawaiian researchers have found that a woman's weight does not seem to affect sexual behavior. In fact, overweight women are more likely to report having sex with men than women considered to be of "normal weight."   view more (2008-10-31)

Academics find that the finger of destiny points their way
Male scientist are good at research because they have the hormone levels of women and long index fingers, a new study says.   view more (2004-10-19)

New publication shows index insurance has potential to help manage climate risks and reduce poverty
Climate has always presented a challenge to farmers, herders, fishermen and others whose livelihoods are closely linked to their environment, particularly those in poor areas of the world.   view more (2009-06-24)

Obstructive sleep apnea prevalent in nonobese patients
There is a high probability of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in non-obese, middle-aged patients.   view more (2009-06-09)

New cause of critical illness hypeglycemia identified
The endocrinologic basis of pediatric critical illness hypergylcemia (CIH) differs depending on the disease processes. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care describe how both peripheral insulin resistance and primary beta-cell dysfunction can cause CIH in children.   view more (2009-02-26)

NASA finds Greenland snow melting hit record high in high places
A new NASA-supported study reports that 2007 marked an overall rise in the melting trend over the entire Greenland ice sheet and, remarkably, melting in high-altitude areas was greater than ever at 150 percent more than average. In fact, the amount of snow that has melted this year over Greenland could cover the surface size of the U.S. more than... view more... (2007-09-26)

National Trust and Archaeology Data Service Launch New Internet Resource
The National Trust and the Archaeology Data Service are pleased to announce the launch of an Index to the National Trust Sites and Monuments Record on the Internet. http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/collections/blurbs/328.cfm The Internet Launch of the National Trust SMR coincides with the signing of a new memorandum of understanding between the... view more... (2002-08-02)

Three times as many overweight girls as boys dieting by the age of 15
By the time they are 15, three times as many overweight girls as boys are on a diet, finds a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Gender differences in worries about weight, while significant at the age of 11, had become "huge" by mid adolescence, the study shows. The researchers studied over 2000 young people at... view more... (2002-08-12)

A MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR PATIENTS WITH NUT ALLERGIES (pp 87, 111)
In this week’s issue of THE LANCET, researchers from Cambridge, UK, report the success of a newly designed management strategy for people with potentially fatal allergies to peanuts and other nuts. Despite the high level of media attention given to nut allergies, little is known about the clinical features of such disorders, and strategies... view more... (2001-01-11)

Work stress doubles risk of death from heart disease
Work stress is associated with a doubling of the risk of death from heart disease, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers followed 812 healthy employees (545 men, 267 women) of a company in Finland for an average of 25 years. They gathered data on stress, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and body mass index by questionnaire, interviews,... view more... (2002-10-15)

MIT creates 3-D images of living cell
A new imaging technique developed at MIT has allowed scientists to create the first 3D images of a living cell, using a method similar to the X-ray CT scans doctors use to see inside the body.   view more (2007-08-13)

Growing crystals from urine - New method improves prognosis of uroliths
The symptoms are dramatic: unbearable pain, sanguinous urine, nausea. About 5 per cent of all Germans experience a ureteral colic at least once in their lifetime. The reason for this is uroliths which detach themselves from the renal pelvis and become trapped in the ureter. Anyone who has had a ureteral colic must expect a repeat performance very... view more... (2002-09-26)

International agreement takes Catalogue of Life forward
There is no catalogue of the known organisms on Earth - a fact that surprises many outside the sphere of biodiversity - but a significant step was taken recently towards producing such an index when an international agreement was signed to help develop the Catalogue of Life. Professor Frank Bisby, of the School of Plant Sciences at the University... view more... (2004-01-21)

Health risks begin in overweight range, BMI doesn't tell whole story
Being overweight is a health concern, and using only body mass index (BMI) to determine weight classification may not give an accurate picture of a person's health, according to an advisory published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.    view more (2009-06-09)

New study finds that older Americans may improve memory by exercising their brains and bodies
New research released today at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology's Annual Meeting found that older Americans may improve their memory by making simple lifestyle changes - including memory exercises, physical fitness, healthy eating and stress reduction.   view more (2005-12-13)

A 20-year study finds no association between low-carb diets and risk of coronary heart disease
Advocates of low-carbohydrate diets, such as the popular Atkins diet, claim that those diets may help prevent obesity and coronary heart disease (CHD).   view more (2006-11-09)

New research links smoking and body mass index to hearing loss
Smoking and body mass index (BMI) are risk factors in the development of age-related hearing loss, says one of the largest-ever studies into risk factors for hearing loss - but alcohol has a protective effect.   view more (2008-06-10)

ESC Congress 2004: New study confirms benefits of rimonabant in weight loss, waistcircumference reduction and metabolic risk factor improvement
1st year results of RIO-Europe study presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2004 Congress   view more (2004-08-29)

Diets bad for the teeth are also bad for the body
Dental disease may be a wake-up call that your diet is harming your body.   view more (2009-07-10)
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