The News:
Ovary Removal May Cause Dementia Risk
By MALCOLM RITTER, AP
NEW YORK - Women who have their ovaries removed before menopause run a heightened risk of developing dementia or other mental problems later in life - unless they take estrogen until age 50, a new study suggests. Experts said the research needs to be confirmed by further study, but the findings suggest another issue for premenopausal women and their doctors to discuss as they consider ovary removal.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Neurology.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Research News: U.S. Workers Gain Leisure Time
The News:
U.S. Workers Gain Leisure Time, Study Says
NPR's Morning Edition, August 29, 2007 · Despite its label of the "no vacation-nation," leisure time in the United States has actually increased in the past 40 years, according to a new study. Men work less in the market than they used to. And women have gained leisure time, thanks to declines in work they do in the home.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Quarterly Journal of Economics. Volume 122:3 (August 2007), pp.969-1006. Article title: Measuring trends in leisure: the allocation of time over 5 decades by Mark Aguiar & Erik Hurst.
U.S. Workers Gain Leisure Time, Study Says
NPR's Morning Edition, August 29, 2007 · Despite its label of the "no vacation-nation," leisure time in the United States has actually increased in the past 40 years, according to a new study. Men work less in the market than they used to. And women have gained leisure time, thanks to declines in work they do in the home.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Quarterly Journal of Economics. Volume 122:3 (August 2007), pp.969-1006. Article title: Measuring trends in leisure: the allocation of time over 5 decades by Mark Aguiar & Erik Hurst.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Research News: Coloradans Leanest in U.S.
The News:
Coloradans leanest in U.S., study says
By P. Solomon Banda The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/28/2007 01:11:38 AM MDT
Colorado ranks as the leanest state in the nation in a new obesity report, but health officials cautioned that the numbers could be deceptive because a majority of the state's residents are overweight or obese. ... Jim Hill, Director of the Center for Human Nutrition at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and co-author of "The Step Diet Book," said governments and businesses are taking note of Colorado's health ranking.
The Research:
The Auraria Library does not own The Step Diet Book. Do a title search on Step Diet Book in Prospector to locate the book.
Coloradans leanest in U.S., study says
By P. Solomon Banda The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/28/2007 01:11:38 AM MDT
Colorado ranks as the leanest state in the nation in a new obesity report, but health officials cautioned that the numbers could be deceptive because a majority of the state's residents are overweight or obese. ... Jim Hill, Director of the Center for Human Nutrition at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and co-author of "The Step Diet Book," said governments and businesses are taking note of Colorado's health ranking.
The Research:
The Auraria Library does not own The Step Diet Book. Do a title search on Step Diet Book in Prospector to locate the book.
Monday, August 27, 2007
Research News: Male readers respond to female teachers
The News:
Male readers respond to female teachers
EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Boys struggling with reading respond better to female teachers, a study by researchers at the University of Alberta found.
The study examined 175 third- and fourth-grade boys who were identified by their teachers as struggling readers. The boys participated in a 10-week reading intervention to determine the effect of the reading teachers' gender on boys' reading performance, self-perception as readers and view of reading as a masculine, feminine or gender-neutral activity.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in Sex Roles.
Male readers respond to female teachers
EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Boys struggling with reading respond better to female teachers, a study by researchers at the University of Alberta found.
The study examined 175 third- and fourth-grade boys who were identified by their teachers as struggling readers. The boys participated in a 10-week reading intervention to determine the effect of the reading teachers' gender on boys' reading performance, self-perception as readers and view of reading as a masculine, feminine or gender-neutral activity.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in Sex Roles.
Research News: High cholesterol? Try lifestyle changes
The News:
High cholesterol? Try lifestyle changes
Make switch to medication a last resortBy Jane E. BrodyThe New York TimesArticle Last Updated: 08/26/2007 03:13:02 PM MDT
Last December, a routine non-fasting blood test revealed that my total cholesterol level, which had long wavered between 190 and 205 milligrams per deciliter of blood serum, was now 222 and flagged as "high" by the laboratory's computer. A heart-healthy reading should be under 200. Americans tend to turn far too quickly to drugs to solve their health problems. ... Drugs should be the last resort, if there are reasonable measures people can take first to control a problem. And there are dozens of such measures that, individually or together, can help to lower high LDL cholesterol.
High cholesterol? Try lifestyle changes
Make switch to medication a last resortBy Jane E. BrodyThe New York TimesArticle Last Updated: 08/26/2007 03:13:02 PM MDT
Last December, a routine non-fasting blood test revealed that my total cholesterol level, which had long wavered between 190 and 205 milligrams per deciliter of blood serum, was now 222 and flagged as "high" by the laboratory's computer. A heart-healthy reading should be under 200. Americans tend to turn far too quickly to drugs to solve their health problems. ... Drugs should be the last resort, if there are reasonable measures people can take first to control a problem. And there are dozens of such measures that, individually or together, can help to lower high LDL cholesterol.
Research News: Finicky eating inherited
The News:
Finicky eating inherited
Study shows genetics are key in food choices
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By By Maria Cheng, Associated Press August 25, 2007
Having trouble persuading your child to eat broccoli or spinach? You may have only yourself to blame.
According to a study of twins, neophobia ? or the fear of new foods ? is mostly in the genes.
"Children could actually blame their mothers for this," said Jane Wardle, director of the Health Behavior Unit at University College London, one of the authors of the study in this month's American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Finicky eating inherited
Study shows genetics are key in food choices
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By By Maria Cheng, Associated Press August 25, 2007
Having trouble persuading your child to eat broccoli or spinach? You may have only yourself to blame.
According to a study of twins, neophobia ? or the fear of new foods ? is mostly in the genes.
"Children could actually blame their mothers for this," said Jane Wardle, director of the Health Behavior Unit at University College London, one of the authors of the study in this month's American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Friday, August 24, 2007
Research News:
Out-of body experiences induced in lab
By Sandra Blakeslee The New York Times
Article Last Updated: 08/24/2007 12:31:33 AM MDT
Using virtual-reality goggles, a camera and a stick, scientists have induced out-of-body experiences in healthy people, according to experiments being published in the journal Science.
When people gaze at an illusory image of themselves through the goggles and are prodded in just the right way with the stick, they feel as if they have left their bodies.
The research reveals that "the sense of having a body, of being in a bodily self," is actually constructed from multiple sensory streams, said Matthew Botvinick, an assistant professor of neuroscience at Princeton University, an expert on body and mind who was not involved in the experiments.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Science.
"The Experimental Induction of Out-of-Body Experiences"
"Video Ergo Sum: Manipulating Bodily Self-Consciousness"
Out-of body experiences induced in lab
By Sandra Blakeslee The New York Times
Article Last Updated: 08/24/2007 12:31:33 AM MDT
Using virtual-reality goggles, a camera and a stick, scientists have induced out-of-body experiences in healthy people, according to experiments being published in the journal Science.
When people gaze at an illusory image of themselves through the goggles and are prodded in just the right way with the stick, they feel as if they have left their bodies.
The research reveals that "the sense of having a body, of being in a bodily self," is actually constructed from multiple sensory streams, said Matthew Botvinick, an assistant professor of neuroscience at Princeton University, an expert on body and mind who was not involved in the experiments.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Science.
"The Experimental Induction of Out-of-Body Experiences"
"Video Ergo Sum: Manipulating Bodily Self-Consciousness"
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Research News:
Sex study finds seniors stay active
By Marilynn Marchione The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/23/2007 03:52:09 AM MDT
A study of sex and seniors finds that many older people are surprisingly frisky - willing to do, and talk about, intimate acts that would make their grandchildren blush. Sex and interest in it do fall off when people are in their 70s, but more than a quarter of those up to age 85 reported having had sex the previous year.
An unprecedented study of sex and seniors finds that many older people are surprisingly frisky - willing to do, and talk about, intimate acts that would make their grandchildren blush. That may be too much information for some folks.
But it comes from the most comprehensive sex survey ever done among 57- to 85-year-olds in the United States. Sex and interest in it do fall off when people are in their 70s, but more than a quarter of those up to age 85 reported having sex in the previous year.
And the drop-off has a lot to do with health or lack of a partner, especially for women, the survey found.
The federally funded study, done by respected scientists and published in today's New England Journal of Medicine, overturns some stereotypical notions that physical pleasure is just a young person's game.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Sex study finds seniors stay active
By Marilynn Marchione The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/23/2007 03:52:09 AM MDT
A study of sex and seniors finds that many older people are surprisingly frisky - willing to do, and talk about, intimate acts that would make their grandchildren blush. Sex and interest in it do fall off when people are in their 70s, but more than a quarter of those up to age 85 reported having had sex the previous year.
An unprecedented study of sex and seniors finds that many older people are surprisingly frisky - willing to do, and talk about, intimate acts that would make their grandchildren blush. That may be too much information for some folks.
But it comes from the most comprehensive sex survey ever done among 57- to 85-year-olds in the United States. Sex and interest in it do fall off when people are in their 70s, but more than a quarter of those up to age 85 reported having sex in the previous year.
And the drop-off has a lot to do with health or lack of a partner, especially for women, the survey found.
The federally funded study, done by respected scientists and published in today's New England Journal of Medicine, overturns some stereotypical notions that physical pleasure is just a young person's game.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Research News:
Many kids unaware of blood pressure problems
A study says 1 million who have hypertension are not diagnosed because doctors assume it's an issue only for adult patients.
By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/21/2007 09:50:36 PM MDT
Chicago - More than 1 million U.S. youngsters have undiagnosed high blood pressure, leaving them at risk for developing organ damage down the road, a study suggests.
Calculating elevated blood pressure in children is trickier than in adults, and many doctors may not check kids' numbers because they assume hypertension is an adult problem.
But the study highlights that many children are affected, too, said lead author Dr. David Kaelber of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and Harvard Medical School. Roughly 2 million U.S. youngsters have been estimated to have high blood pressure; the study suggests that three-quarters of them have it but don't know it.
The numbers are driven at least partly by rising rates of obesity, which is strongly linked with high blood pressure.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Many kids unaware of blood pressure problems
A study says 1 million who have hypertension are not diagnosed because doctors assume it's an issue only for adult patients.
By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/21/2007 09:50:36 PM MDT
Chicago - More than 1 million U.S. youngsters have undiagnosed high blood pressure, leaving them at risk for developing organ damage down the road, a study suggests.
Calculating elevated blood pressure in children is trickier than in adults, and many doctors may not check kids' numbers because they assume hypertension is an adult problem.
But the study highlights that many children are affected, too, said lead author Dr. David Kaelber of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and Harvard Medical School. Roughly 2 million U.S. youngsters have been estimated to have high blood pressure; the study suggests that three-quarters of them have it but don't know it.
The numbers are driven at least partly by rising rates of obesity, which is strongly linked with high blood pressure.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Research News:
Breaking up not that hard to do
EVANSTON, Ill., Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Lovers may anticipate a breakup as much more devastating than it actually is, U.S. researchers have found.
Study co-author Eli Finkel, a psychologist in Northwestern University's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences in Evanston, Ill., says there is a growing body of literature showing that people demonstrate remarkably poor insight when asked to predict the magnitude of their distress following emotional events such as a breakup.
In the study, each participant needed to be involved in a dating relationship of at least two months and participants completed a set of questionnaires every two weeks for 38 weeks, for a total of 20 online sessions, to measure predicted and actual stress, as well as how much in love they felt.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in Journal of experimental social psychology.
Breaking up not that hard to do
EVANSTON, Ill., Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Lovers may anticipate a breakup as much more devastating than it actually is, U.S. researchers have found.
Study co-author Eli Finkel, a psychologist in Northwestern University's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences in Evanston, Ill., says there is a growing body of literature showing that people demonstrate remarkably poor insight when asked to predict the magnitude of their distress following emotional events such as a breakup.
In the study, each participant needed to be involved in a dating relationship of at least two months and participants completed a set of questionnaires every two weeks for 38 weeks, for a total of 20 online sessions, to measure predicted and actual stress, as well as how much in love they felt.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in Journal of experimental social psychology.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Research News:
Power plants not so green
Biofuel carbon count makes it a poor alternative to forests
Total carbon emissions from biofuels far exceed those generated by burning fossil fuels, according to research published this week in Science. Renton Righelato of the World Land Trust, together with University of Leeds Earth scientist Dominick Spracklen, present data outlining various routes to alternative power, such as production of ethanol and diesel from crops, and conversion from one land use type to another. There’s a startling bottom line: over a thirty-year period, an area of forested land will lock up between two and nine times as much carbon as the emissions avoided if the same area was instead devoted to biofuel production.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Science.
Power plants not so green
Biofuel carbon count makes it a poor alternative to forests
Total carbon emissions from biofuels far exceed those generated by burning fossil fuels, according to research published this week in Science. Renton Righelato of the World Land Trust, together with University of Leeds Earth scientist Dominick Spracklen, present data outlining various routes to alternative power, such as production of ethanol and diesel from crops, and conversion from one land use type to another. There’s a startling bottom line: over a thirty-year period, an area of forested land will lock up between two and nine times as much carbon as the emissions avoided if the same area was instead devoted to biofuel production.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Science.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Research News:
Ancient farmers bred white rice
ITHACA, N.Y., Aug. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say white rice evolved from wild red rice some 10,000 years ago through a mutation spread by early farmers.
The Cornell University report says 97.9 percent of all white rice is derived from a mutation in a single gene originating in the Japonica subspecies of rice.
The report, published online in the journal Public Library of Science Genetics, suggests that ancient farmers actively bred and spread white rice varieties -- first throughout the Himalayan region and then the rest of the world -- because the varieties cooked faster, their hulls were easier to remove compared with red rice, and disease and insects were easier to see amid the white grains, the university said Friday in a release.
Researchers said farmers also may have favored one mutation over the other because it may have produced favorable grains more consistently.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Public Library of Science: genetics.
Ancient farmers bred white rice
ITHACA, N.Y., Aug. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say white rice evolved from wild red rice some 10,000 years ago through a mutation spread by early farmers.
The Cornell University report says 97.9 percent of all white rice is derived from a mutation in a single gene originating in the Japonica subspecies of rice.
The report, published online in the journal Public Library of Science Genetics, suggests that ancient farmers actively bred and spread white rice varieties -- first throughout the Himalayan region and then the rest of the world -- because the varieties cooked faster, their hulls were easier to remove compared with red rice, and disease and insects were easier to see amid the white grains, the university said Friday in a release.
Researchers said farmers also may have favored one mutation over the other because it may have produced favorable grains more consistently.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Public Library of Science: genetics.
Friday, August 17, 2007
Research News:
Painful, emotional memory harder to forget
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Painful memories that people most likely want to forget may be the toughest to forget, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study found.
Lead author Keith Payne said the brain is adaptive and is able to intentionally forget neutral events such as a friend's outdated phone number or a switched meeting time.
Payne and former psychology graduate student Elizabeth Corrigan found that even "mild" emotional events, like getting a bad grade on a test or a negative comment from a co-worker, can be hard to forget.
The study, published in the September print issue of the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, found study subjects could not intentionally forget emotional events as easily as mundane ones, however, both pleasant and unpleasant emotional memories were resistant to intentional forgetting.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Journal of Social Experimental Psychology.
Painful, emotional memory harder to forget
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Painful memories that people most likely want to forget may be the toughest to forget, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study found.
Lead author Keith Payne said the brain is adaptive and is able to intentionally forget neutral events such as a friend's outdated phone number or a switched meeting time.
Payne and former psychology graduate student Elizabeth Corrigan found that even "mild" emotional events, like getting a bad grade on a test or a negative comment from a co-worker, can be hard to forget.
The study, published in the September print issue of the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, found study subjects could not intentionally forget emotional events as easily as mundane ones, however, both pleasant and unpleasant emotional memories were resistant to intentional forgetting.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Journal of Social Experimental Psychology.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Research News:
Irrigation might no longer cool the world
LIVERMORE, Calif., Aug. 15 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggested that while irrigation has masked some symptoms of global warming, it might not make much of a difference in the future.
Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and University of California-Merced said irrigation's influence on climate is often overlooked when studying the human effect on regional climate change.
"Globally we derive 40 percent of our food from irrigated regions, so we'd like to be able to model future climate changes in these regions," said Celine Bonfils, lead author of the study. But a study based on observations of temperature and irrigation trends has demonstrated irrigation-induced cooling in agricultural areas is slowing.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Irrigation might no longer cool the world
LIVERMORE, Calif., Aug. 15 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggested that while irrigation has masked some symptoms of global warming, it might not make much of a difference in the future.
Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and University of California-Merced said irrigation's influence on climate is often overlooked when studying the human effect on regional climate change.
"Globally we derive 40 percent of our food from irrigated regions, so we'd like to be able to model future climate changes in these regions," said Celine Bonfils, lead author of the study. But a study based on observations of temperature and irrigation trends has demonstrated irrigation-induced cooling in agricultural areas is slowing.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Research News:
Pregnancy-weight advice may be revised
A medical panel is acting at the behest of doctors who say heavy moms are gaining too much weight, raising risks for their kids.
By Daniel Yee The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/14/2007 10:41:57 PM MDT
Atlanta - An influential U.S. medical panel is considering changes to the medical guidelines for how much weight a woman should gain during pregnancy.
It's acting on the insistence of doctors who say that heavy moms are gaining too much weight and that the current recommendations do not factor in the country's obesity epidemic.
Carrying too much weight while pregnant increases the risk of complications for mother and baby, including birth defects, labor and delivery problems, fetal death, and delivery of large babies, according to the March of Dimes.
A revision is long overdue, said Dr. Raul Artal of the Saint Louis University School of Medicine.
"The reality is, for too long we are telling pregnant women to take it easy during pregnancy, be confined and to eat for two," he said. "This has been one factor in causing the epidemic of overweight and obesity that we see in our country."
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal American journal of obstetrics & gynecology.
Pregnancy-weight advice may be revised
A medical panel is acting at the behest of doctors who say heavy moms are gaining too much weight, raising risks for their kids.
By Daniel Yee The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/14/2007 10:41:57 PM MDT
Atlanta - An influential U.S. medical panel is considering changes to the medical guidelines for how much weight a woman should gain during pregnancy.
It's acting on the insistence of doctors who say that heavy moms are gaining too much weight and that the current recommendations do not factor in the country's obesity epidemic.
Carrying too much weight while pregnant increases the risk of complications for mother and baby, including birth defects, labor and delivery problems, fetal death, and delivery of large babies, according to the March of Dimes.
A revision is long overdue, said Dr. Raul Artal of the Saint Louis University School of Medicine.
"The reality is, for too long we are telling pregnant women to take it easy during pregnancy, be confined and to eat for two," he said. "This has been one factor in causing the epidemic of overweight and obesity that we see in our country."
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal American journal of obstetrics & gynecology.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Research News:
Pollution causes 40 percent of deaths
ITHACA, N.Y., Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A U.S. meta-analysis of 120 published studies found that water, air and soil pollution causes 40 percent of human deaths worldwide.
David Pimentel, of Cornell University, in Ithaca, N.Y., and a team of Cornell graduate students examined data on the effects of population growth, malnutrition and various kinds of environmental degradation on human diseases. They found environmental degradation, coupled with world population growth, are major causes of malnourishment and cause
rapid increases in human diseases.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Human Ecology.
Pollution causes 40 percent of deaths
ITHACA, N.Y., Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A U.S. meta-analysis of 120 published studies found that water, air and soil pollution causes 40 percent of human deaths worldwide.
David Pimentel, of Cornell University, in Ithaca, N.Y., and a team of Cornell graduate students examined data on the effects of population growth, malnutrition and various kinds of environmental degradation on human diseases. They found environmental degradation, coupled with world population growth, are major causes of malnourishment and cause
rapid increases in human diseases.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Human Ecology.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Research News:
Alzheimer's care-study points to relief for families
By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/12/2007 11:37:35 PM MDT
The findings are stunning: Offering simple training to people struggling to care for loved ones with Alzheimer's disease not only eases their burden but can keep patients out of nursing homes for an extra 1 1/2 years.
But the exciting research also runs headlong into a grim reality: Alzheimer's caregivers seldom can make time in their daily grind to seek out that kind of help.
And when they do, they too often find waiting lists for services, or programs geared only toward people with advanced disease and not the larger pool in the purgatory that is dementia's decade-long middle ground between independence and helplessness.
That is one of Dolores Melnick's biggest frustrations.
Her husband refused to enroll in the "day care" for Alzheimer's patients near their Hainesport, N.J., home. It was hosting a singalong, and workers were setting up plastic bowling pins, too childish for Bob Melnick.
That meant no time for her to sneak off to a caregiver support group. On weekdays, she worries about whether he'll be OK because he's home alone while she's at work.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Neurology.
Alzheimer's care-study points to relief for families
By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/12/2007 11:37:35 PM MDT
The findings are stunning: Offering simple training to people struggling to care for loved ones with Alzheimer's disease not only eases their burden but can keep patients out of nursing homes for an extra 1 1/2 years.
But the exciting research also runs headlong into a grim reality: Alzheimer's caregivers seldom can make time in their daily grind to seek out that kind of help.
And when they do, they too often find waiting lists for services, or programs geared only toward people with advanced disease and not the larger pool in the purgatory that is dementia's decade-long middle ground between independence and helplessness.
That is one of Dolores Melnick's biggest frustrations.
Her husband refused to enroll in the "day care" for Alzheimer's patients near their Hainesport, N.J., home. It was hosting a singalong, and workers were setting up plastic bowling pins, too childish for Bob Melnick.
That meant no time for her to sneak off to a caregiver support group. On weekdays, she worries about whether he'll be OK because he's home alone while she's at work.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Neurology.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Research News:
Obese moms linked to birth defects
A study says overweight mothers are more likely than those of healthy weight to give birth to babies with defects.
By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/07/2007 12:31:26 AM MDT
Chicago - Women who are obese before pregnancy face a higher risk of having babies with a variety of birth defects than women with a healthy weight, a new study suggests. The results involving nearly 15,000 women from eight states found abnormalities of the spine, heart, arms, legs and abdomen, building on previous research that showed heart and spine defects. The greatest risk was for spina bifida.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
Obese moms linked to birth defects
A study says overweight mothers are more likely than those of healthy weight to give birth to babies with defects.
By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/07/2007 12:31:26 AM MDT
Chicago - Women who are obese before pregnancy face a higher risk of having babies with a variety of birth defects than women with a healthy weight, a new study suggests. The results involving nearly 15,000 women from eight states found abnormalities of the spine, heart, arms, legs and abdomen, building on previous research that showed heart and spine defects. The greatest risk was for spina bifida.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Research News:
Evolution revolution creates stir
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/09/2007 08:00:20 AM MDT
Washington - Surprising research based on two African fossils suggests our family tree is more like a wayward bush with stubby branches, challenging what had been common thinking on how early humans evolved. The discovery by Meave Leakey, a member of a famous family of paleontologists, shows that two species of early human ancestors lived at the same time in Kenya. That pokes holes in the chief theory of man's early evolution - that one of those species evolved from the other.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Nature.
Evolution revolution creates stir
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/09/2007 08:00:20 AM MDT
Washington - Surprising research based on two African fossils suggests our family tree is more like a wayward bush with stubby branches, challenging what had been common thinking on how early humans evolved. The discovery by Meave Leakey, a member of a famous family of paleontologists, shows that two species of early human ancestors lived at the same time in Kenya. That pokes holes in the chief theory of man's early evolution - that one of those species evolved from the other.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Nature.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Research News:
Child Vaccination Rate Declines amid Insurance Gap
Listen to this story... by Patricia Neighmond
All Things Considered, August 7, 2007 · A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds an increasing number of children are not getting vaccinated against certain childhood diseases. Vaccines are funded by a patchwork of public and private sources. While some private health insurance plans cover recommended vaccines for children, an increasing number of plans require patients to pay out of pocket for many of the vaccines. And the vaccines, especially newly recommended ones, are very costly.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Child Vaccination Rate Declines amid Insurance Gap
Listen to this story... by Patricia Neighmond
All Things Considered, August 7, 2007 · A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds an increasing number of children are not getting vaccinated against certain childhood diseases. Vaccines are funded by a patchwork of public and private sources. While some private health insurance plans cover recommended vaccines for children, an increasing number of plans require patients to pay out of pocket for many of the vaccines. And the vaccines, especially newly recommended ones, are very costly.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Research News:
McDonald's label tricks tots' taste buds
STUDY LOOKS AT POWER OF ADS
By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/07/2007 02:36:16 AM MDT
Chicago - Anything made by McDonald's tastes better, preschoolers said in a study that powerfully demonstrates how advertising can trick the taste buds of young children. To the kids, even carrots, milk and apple juice tasted better when wrapped in the familiar packaging of the Golden Arches.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
McDonald's label tricks tots' taste buds
STUDY LOOKS AT POWER OF ADS
By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/07/2007 02:36:16 AM MDT
Chicago - Anything made by McDonald's tastes better, preschoolers said in a study that powerfully demonstrates how advertising can trick the taste buds of young children. To the kids, even carrots, milk and apple juice tasted better when wrapped in the familiar packaging of the Golden Arches.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
Monday, August 6, 2007
Research News:
Exercise 5 days a week for optimum health
BY CZERNE M. REID
A simple piece of health advice - to exercise 30 minutes a day, five days a week - is still a good idea a dozen years after a team of experts first gave it. So says a report recently released by the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association. It has been 12 years since University of South Carolina professor Russell Pate led a team of experts who published the recommendations in the "Journal of the American Medical Association." Extensive research since then has shown the original ideas to be sound. "The 30-minute guideline is holding up - it has stood the test of time," said Pate, who is on the team - led by William Haskell of Stanford University - that put together the new report in the journal "Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise."
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.
Exercise 5 days a week for optimum health
BY CZERNE M. REID
A simple piece of health advice - to exercise 30 minutes a day, five days a week - is still a good idea a dozen years after a team of experts first gave it. So says a report recently released by the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association. It has been 12 years since University of South Carolina professor Russell Pate led a team of experts who published the recommendations in the "Journal of the American Medical Association." Extensive research since then has shown the original ideas to be sound. "The 30-minute guideline is holding up - it has stood the test of time," said Pate, who is on the team - led by William Haskell of Stanford University - that put together the new report in the journal "Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise."
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.
Saturday, August 4, 2007
Research News:
Birds help get the bugs out of sapped pine
By Katy Human Denver Post Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: 08/01/2007 06:03:26 AM MDT
Hanging upside-down to gobble insects from pine boughs, chickadees and other birds do pine forests a great service - helping trees grow faster, by as much as a third, according to a new study. Fewer aphids and other sap-sucking bugs plague the trees when birds are around, said Kailen Mooney, a doctoral graduate from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Ecology.
Birds help get the bugs out of sapped pine
By Katy Human Denver Post Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: 08/01/2007 06:03:26 AM MDT
Hanging upside-down to gobble insects from pine boughs, chickadees and other birds do pine forests a great service - helping trees grow faster, by as much as a third, according to a new study. Fewer aphids and other sap-sucking bugs plague the trees when birds are around, said Kailen Mooney, a doctoral graduate from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Ecology.
Friday, August 3, 2007
Research News:
Mice bred to carry schizophrenia gene
Scientists say the advance should provide better test subjects over the previous method of injecting mice with mind-altering drugs.
By Chris EmeryThe Baltimore SunArticle Last Updated: 07/31/2007 01:49:06 AM MDT
Baltimore - Johns Hopkins scientists have genetically engineered mice that carry a human gene linked to schizophrenia, an advance they say could open new research into a debilitating disease that affects millions. Researchers hope the schizophrenic mice will be better test subjects than current mice, which often get injections of mind-altering drugs to induce schizophrenic symptoms and behavior.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Click on Full Text (PDF).
Mice bred to carry schizophrenia gene
Scientists say the advance should provide better test subjects over the previous method of injecting mice with mind-altering drugs.
By Chris EmeryThe Baltimore SunArticle Last Updated: 07/31/2007 01:49:06 AM MDT
Baltimore - Johns Hopkins scientists have genetically engineered mice that carry a human gene linked to schizophrenia, an advance they say could open new research into a debilitating disease that affects millions. Researchers hope the schizophrenic mice will be better test subjects than current mice, which often get injections of mind-altering drugs to induce schizophrenic symptoms and behavior.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Click on Full Text (PDF).
Thursday, August 2, 2007
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Brain-injured man speaks after 6 years
By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer
Article Last Updated: 08/01/2007 10:59:43 AM MDT
NEW YORK—A brain-damaged man who could communicate only with slight eye or thumb movements for six years can speak again, after stimulating electrodes were placed in his brain, researchers report. The 38-year-old also regained the ability to chew and swallow, which allows him to be spoon-fed, rather than relying on nourishment through a tube in his belly.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Nature.
Read more about this story in the journal Nature.
Brain-injured man speaks after 6 years
By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer
Article Last Updated: 08/01/2007 10:59:43 AM MDT
NEW YORK—A brain-damaged man who could communicate only with slight eye or thumb movements for six years can speak again, after stimulating electrodes were placed in his brain, researchers report. The 38-year-old also regained the ability to chew and swallow, which allows him to be spoon-fed, rather than relying on nourishment through a tube in his belly.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Nature.
Read more about this story in the journal Nature.
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