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Walnut consumption may have a protective effect against academic stress in university students

Being a university student is an especially stressful time in life. In fact, eight in 10 university students report experiencing frequent bouts of stress and 61% of university students seek counseling for anxiety, depression or other needs.

15 Dec 2022

Eating flowers to promote health and prevent disease

Do people eat flowers? Yes, many of them. Experts say that the Greeks, Romans, and French during the Middle Ages and the English during the Victorian era included edible flowers in their cuisine, either as appetizers or to enhance the flavor of the dish.

15 Dec 2022

Researchers discover previously unknown mechanism for how 'starvation response' is triggered

Body cells burn off fat reserves when nutrient supply from food ceases. A team led by Professor Volker Haucke and Dr. Wonyul Jang from the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) has now discovered a previously unknown mechanism for how this “starvation response” is triggered, and what can inhibit it.

15 Dec 2022

Blood-based dietary signatures accurately predict both diet and risk of diseases

When it comes to studying food and diet, it's difficult to know what people are eating – let alone their risk of disease caused by what they eat.

15 Dec 2022

Do natural reservoirs of disease exist in present-day Europe?

Researchers investigated the presence of natural reservoirs of disease in medieval and current Europe.

15 Dec 2022

Sheep milk could be an inexpensive source of therapeutic polyclonal SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies

Researchers used sheep, a ruminant mammal, to obtain polyclonal immunoglobulins (IgGs) against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

15 Dec 2022

New project on ultrasound device for treatment of neuropathic pain to receive NIH funding

Researchers from Florida Atlantic University's Schmidt College of Medicine, in collaboration with Albany Medical College in New York, are among seven institutions nationwide selected to receive funding from the National Institutes of Health for their innovative pilot projects to enable new medical devices to diagnose and treat both acute and chronic disorders from neuropathic pain to mental illness.

15 Dec 2022

Radical project aims to develop a new method for commercial production of anti-microbial peptides

THE COVID pandemic has revealed just how delicate our public health is in terms of overcoming infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.

15 Dec 2022

Edible plant-based ink could reduce the cost of cultured meat production

Cultured meat (also known as cell-based or lab-grown meat) is a promising, more environmentally friendly alternative to meat produced from traditional livestock farming.

15 Dec 2022

Vitamin D levels for population in the Mediterranean area are not sufficiently analyzed, researchers say

Vitamin D is a hormone that is essential to a number of bodily processes, mainly absorbing and maintaining calcium, which is key for strong bones, but it also plays a role in inflammation processes, the immune system, cell growth and the metabolism.

14 Dec 2022

Poor geographic accessibility associated with lower number of women getting breast cancer screening

A new study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society shows travel time to the nearest mammography facility is long for a considerable proportion of women in the United States, particularly affecting more than 50% of women in rural areas in 28 states.

14 Dec 2022

Avian influenza update: Bird keepers in England must house all poultry and captive birds until further notice

All poultry and captive birds must be housed in England until further notice, following an increase in the number of detections of avian influenza in wild birds and on commercial premises.

14 Dec 2022

Research maps the evolution and natural selection of E. coli bacteria

Antibiotic resistance, when infection-causing bacteria evolve so they are no longer affected by typical antibiotics, is a global concern.

14 Dec 2022

Bad cholesterol and high blood pressure may be associated with higher risk of cardiovascular disease

High levels of lipoprotein(a), a type of "bad" cholesterol, may be associated with an 18-20% higher risk of cardiovascular disease among people who have hypertension, however, CVD risk was not higher among those without hypertension, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

13 Dec 2022

Food News and Research

Walnut consumption may have a protective effect against academic stress in university students

Eating flowers to promote health and prevent disease

Researchers discover previously unknown mechanism for how 'starvation response' is triggered

Blood-based dietary signatures accurately predict both diet and risk of diseases

Do natural reservoirs of disease exist in present-day Europe?

Sheep milk could be an inexpensive source of therapeutic polyclonal SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies

New project on ultrasound device for treatment of neuropathic pain to receive NIH funding

Radical project aims to develop a new method for commercial production of anti-microbial peptides

Edible plant-based ink could reduce the cost of cultured meat production

Vitamin D levels for population in the Mediterranean area are not sufficiently analyzed, researchers say

Poor geographic accessibility associated with lower number of women getting breast cancer screening

Avian influenza update: Bird keepers in England must house all poultry and captive birds until further notice

Research maps the evolution and natural selection of E. coli bacteria

Bad cholesterol and high blood pressure may be associated with higher risk of cardiovascular disease

Vitamin D supplements reduce the risk of dynapenia in older people by 78%

New report provides a broad view of the global burden of cardiovascular disease

Virginia Tech researchers receive three grants to study the effects of ultra-processed foods

The effectiveness of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir and molnupiravir for the treatment of COVID-19 among US veterans

Poll: Most older Americans prefer to keep religious or spiritual beliefs separate from their health care

Detection of unreported infections based on SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence

Understanding cultivated meat and its global potential eBook

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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