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Experts Advise DHA and AA in Infant Formula for Optimal Nutrition

However, when the mother is unable, or chooses not to breastfeed, infant formula should include DHA at the recommended levels of between 0.2% and 0.5% of fatty…

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New Receptor Boosts Gene Activation from Unsaturated Fats

PPARa, which stands for Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor alpha, is a receptor that can be found in numerous tissues, including liver, heart and…

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Global Call to Action: Avert 388 Million Deaths in 10 Years

A group of leading international health experts and activists meeting in Sydney has launched a call to action to confront the global explosion of chronic…

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Antioxidants May Lower Acrylamide Levels in Food

“Acrylamide is formed during the preparation of many ordinary foods. It is therefore important both for consumers and the food industry to find methods to…

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Heart Attack Rates Drop 15% After National Smoking Ban

French researchers announced a striking 15% decrease in admissions of patients with myocardial infarction to emergency wards since the public ban on smoking…

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New Test Reduces Breast Cancer Recurrence at Georgia College

The GeneSearch Breast Lymph Node Assay, manufactured by Veridex, L.L.C., a Johnson & Johnson company, is being used at the Medical College of Georgia to…

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Autism's origins: Mother's antibody production may affect fetal brain

The causes of autism, a disorder manifesting itself with a range of brain problems and marked by impaired social interactions, communication disorders and…

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Silica Smart Bombs Target Bacteria with Precision

Mark Schoenfisch and his lab of analytical chemists at UNC have created nano-scale scaffolds made of silica and loaded with nitric oxide (NO) – an important…

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Minimally Invasive Fibroid Treatment Shows Promising Results

“After two years, patients who had undergone UAE reported health-related quality of life equal to that of women who had undergone hysterectomy,” said study…

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Youngest Patient Receives Brain Stem Auditory Implant

Previously, the medical centre had carried out, also successfully, a similar procedure on girl of eight years. Throughout the world there have only been 38…

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'Fluorescent' cells give early warning for eye disease

Scientists at the University of Michigan have shown that their new metabolic imaging instrument can accurately detect eye disease at a very early stage. Such a…

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Blood Testing Breakthrough: Identifying Mood Disorder Biomarkers

Investigators from Indiana propose, and provide proof of principle for, an approach to help identify blood biomarkers for mood state. They measured…

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Forgetful mice show the way to treating Alzheimer’s

The accumulation of a phosphate-laden, soluble form of tau protein in an important memory center of ageing mice is associated with loss of nerve cell…

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GPs' Databases could identify tens of thousands with undiagnosed diabetes

The research is published in the March issue of the British Journal of General Practice and was led by Dr Tim Holt of the University of Warwick with colleagues…

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Analyzing brandy: an ‘electronic tongue’ instead of the traditional method

The device, which represents several sensors and the most complicated hardware and software complex for processing the results obtained by the sensors, enables…

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Biocontrol’s First Superbug Trial Yields Positive Phage Results

This is the first fully-regulated clinical trial to test whether phage therapy really works and it shows positive results for Biocontrol’s innovative…

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