Nutirtion News

More Salt In US Diet Comes From Bread And Rolls, Not Salty Snacks More salt in the average US diet comes bread and rolls and not from salty snacks like potato chips, pretzels and popcorn, a  Obesity Epidemic Linked To Brain Mechanisms America's rising rates of obesity in virtually all age groups is partly due to biological factors, researchers from the Cinci  Harmful Bacteria On Raw Chicken Reduced By A Zap Of Cold Plasma A new study by food safety researchers at Drexel University demonstrates that plasma can be an effective method for killing p  No Breast Cancer Protections From Soy Isoflavone Supplements Soy isoflavone supplements did not decrease breast cancer cell proliferation in a randomized clinical trial, according to a s  Green Tea Protects Against Functional Disability Linked To Aging Regular green tea drinkers have a lower risk of developing functional disability, researchers from Tohoku University Graduate  The Risk Of Colon Cancer Could Be Reduced By Regular Use Of Vitamin And Mineral Supplements Could the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in a regular diet help to reduce the risk of colon cancer and protect agains  Geriatric Patients At High Risk Of Vitamin D Deficiency The great majority of geriatric patients in a German rehabilitation hospital were found to have vitamin D deficiency. Stefan  Coffee Consumption Reduces Fibrosis Risk In Those With Fatty Liver Disease Caffeine consumption has long been associated with decreased risk of liver disease and reduced fibrosis in patients with chro  Gene Related To Fat Preferences In Humans Found A preference for fatty foods has a genetic basis, according to researchers, who discovered that people with certain forms of  Probable Mechanism Underlying Resveratrol Activity Revealed By NIH Study National Institutes of Health researchers and their colleagues have identified how resveratrol, a naturally occurring chemica

Medical News

Half of Older Women With Arm Fractures Have Low Vitamin D Significantly more postmenopausal women with distal radius fractures than control women were found to have vitamin D deficien  Individual-Mandate Foes Warn of Affordable 'Car' Act In a brief filed with the Supreme Court, state officials opposed to the Affordable Care Act said the individual mandate to ob  Vorapaxar Meets End Point But Ups Bleeding In its second phase 3 trial, Merck's novel antiplatelet agent reduced ischemic events but increased bleeding, including ICH.  Bivalirudin Safe After Fondaparinux in PCI Patients Recent studies have shown that ACS patients on fondaparinux prior to PCI should switch to another anticoagulant prior to the  Braile Biomedica Launches Transapical Valve A Brazilian group says they're encouraged by the early results with their transapical transcatheter aortic valve.  CTO Bodes Ill in NSTEMI Patients Swedish researchers examined SCAAR to determine the prognostic significance of a chronic total occlusion in an artery other t  Generalists Need Education on HF Treatment A unique study trying to drill down into why cardiologists seem to gain better outcomes than generalists when treating heart  Activated Protein C May Reduce Septic Shock Mortality Activated protein C, taken off the market a few months ago because it failed to significantly reduce 28-day mortality in pati  Preterm Infants: Risk for Death Estimated More Precisely A new model to predict mortality rates among very low birth weight infants takes into account not only gestational age but al  Do Glaucoma, Erectile Dysfunction Have a Common Cause? Men with erectile dysfunction have 3 times the risk for open-angle glaucoma as men without erectile dysfunction. M