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Researchers analyze differing antioxidant levels in tomatoes of different colors

Naturally occurring antioxidants have been of great interest in recent years due to their recognizable health benefits. A study out of Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico has clarified differing antioxidant levels by focusing on eight tomato genotypes with different-color fruit.

28 Feb 2019

Encasing insecticides in microscopic plastic capsules could make them more toxic

Encasing insecticides in microscopic plastic capsules - a common formulation for many pest sprays on the market - could lead to unintended consequences, according to a new study from Oregon State University.

28 Feb 2019

Changes in food variety, portion size over time potentially increased obesity epidemic

Despite the addition of some healthful menu items, fast food is even more unhealthy for you than it was 30 years ago.

28 Feb 2019

MD&M West 2019: Medical Devices, 3D Printing and Staying Compliant

Between February 5 - 7 2019, the Anaheim Convention Center in Southern California hosted the annual MD&M West medical manufacturing conference.

27 Feb 2019

Review shows reciprocal relationship between obesity and prefrontal cortex activity

In a review published February 26 in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, researchers explore the age-old chicken-or-the-egg conundrum but this time looking at whether obesity reduces self-control or if reduced self-control leads to obesity.

27 Feb 2019

Antimicrobials used to treat zoonotic diseases are becoming less effective, data reveals

Data released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and European Food Safety Authority reveal that antimicrobials used to treat diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans, such as campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis, are becoming less effective.

27 Feb 2019

New collaboration aims to prevent life-threatening adverse reactions to medications

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix and Banner Health are collaborating to prevent life-threatening adverse reactions to medications.

27 Feb 2019

Researchers describe neural mechanisms responsible for local search in hungry worms

Perpetually hungry, worms are strategic when it comes to searching for food. The microscopic roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans, or C. elegans, is known to spend up to 20 minutes seeking out snacks in its immediate surroundings before endeavoring to look elsewhere.

27 Feb 2019

Pharma execs dig in for a fight against outraged senators

Senators got their first opportunity Tuesday to prod drugmakers about the wallet-emptying prices they charge for prescription drugs.

27 Feb 2019

Ecological restoration projects involving indigenous peoples prove more successful

Ecological restoration projects actively involving indigenous peoples and local communities are more successful.

27 Feb 2019

Least-active neurons play more important role in brain behavior than previously assumed

Brain cells recorded as among the least electrically active during a specific task may be the most important to doing it right.

26 Feb 2019

New study analyzes impulsivity in Parkinson's patients treated with Deep Brain Stimulation

Promises of food, sums of money or entertaining pastimes: it does not matter what the temptation is, a new study shows that patients suffering from Parkinson's disease who are treated with Deep Brain Stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus are not more impulsive than others when making decisions about a stimulus that they find particularly appealing.

26 Feb 2019

Immunologists uncover the immune system's unknown messenger

A novel messenger which alarms nearby cells when the immune system recognizes infections has been uncovered by immunologists from Aarhus University, Denmark. This knowledge will help fighting infections and autoimmune diseases.

26 Feb 2019

Researchers pinpoint a set of enzymes involved in colon cancer growth

University of Massachusetts Amherst food science researchers have pinpointed a set of enzymes involved in tumor growth that could be targeted to prevent or treat colon cancer.

26 Feb 2019

Most promising pest-controlling wasp considered for future release in Canada

Thought to be Canada's most promising potential defense against the brown marmorated stink bug - a globally spreading agricultural pest native to Asia - the samurai wasp has been considered for future release in the country in recent years.

26 Feb 2019

Study shows use of 'the abortion pill' bounced back in Texas after FDA label change

A new Texas Policy Evaluation Project study shows that use of medication abortion, also known as "the abortion pill," bounced back in Texas after a March 2016 label change by the US Food and Drug Administration.

26 Feb 2019

FDA warns Total Thermal Imaging for illegally marketing unapproved thermography device

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning letter toTotal Thermal Imaging Inc., of La Mesa, California, and its president and co-owner, Linda Hayes, for illegally marketing and distributing an unapproved thermography device as a sole screening device for breast cancer and other diseases.

25 Feb 2019

Food News and Research

Researchers analyze differing antioxidant levels in tomatoes of different colors

Encasing insecticides in microscopic plastic capsules could make them more toxic

Changes in food variety, portion size over time potentially increased obesity epidemic

MD&M West 2019: Medical Devices, 3D Printing and Staying Compliant

Review shows reciprocal relationship between obesity and prefrontal cortex activity

Antimicrobials used to treat zoonotic diseases are becoming less effective, data reveals

New collaboration aims to prevent life-threatening adverse reactions to medications

Researchers describe neural mechanisms responsible for local search in hungry worms

Pharma execs dig in for a fight against outraged senators

Ecological restoration projects involving indigenous peoples prove more successful

Least-active neurons play more important role in brain behavior than previously assumed

New study analyzes impulsivity in Parkinson's patients treated with Deep Brain Stimulation

Immunologists uncover the immune system's unknown messenger

Researchers pinpoint a set of enzymes involved in colon cancer growth

Most promising pest-controlling wasp considered for future release in Canada

Study shows use of 'the abortion pill' bounced back in Texas after FDA label change

FDA warns Total Thermal Imaging for illegally marketing unapproved thermography device

Cocktail of chemicals in the mother inhibits child growth

In Florida, drug re-importation from Canada finds new champions, old snags

Penn researchers cure nine HCV patients following heart transplants from infected donors

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