http://www.generef.com/ GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource en-us Wed, 30 May 2012 23:35:03 PDT kcowing@spaceref.com (Keith Cowing) mkboucher@spaceref.com (Marc Boucher) Copyright 2009, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. http://www.generef.com/images/generef.sm.jpg http://www.generef.com/ 100 25 GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107280 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107280 Indiana U. researchers found that the highly active middle-aged study subjects appear to avoid the arterial stiffening that typically comes with aging. "Oddly, women, particularly the inactive women, show the greatest risk for cardiovascular disease as co Wed, 30 May 2012 22:20:16 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107281 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107281 An Indiana University study that looked at performance differences between male and female childhood athletes found little difference in certain age groups, even though boys and girls rarely compete against each other in the US. "It's the whole perceptio Wed, 30 May 2012 22:20:16 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107278 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107278 The new 10-20-30 training concept can improve both a person's running performance and health, despite a significant reduction in the total amount of training. This is the conclusion of a study from University of Copenhagen researchers just published in t Wed, 30 May 2012 21:19:10 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107279 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107279 As children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis grow into adulthood, disability due to disease may adversely affect their ability to achieve educational success. Wed, 30 May 2012 21:19:10 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107276 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107276 Researchers at the University of York headed a major international review aimed at enhancing efforts to better understand the impacts of chemicals used in pharmaceuticals or in personal care products, such as cosmetics, soaps, perfumes, deodorants and too Wed, 30 May 2012 16:17:04 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107277 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107277 Wine investors are warned not to put all their eggs in one French basket in a new report from the University of East Anglia. The fine wine investment market, valued at around US $4 billion a year, is currently dominated by French wines. But research publi Wed, 30 May 2012 16:17:04 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107275 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107275 OSKRI Corp. of Lake Mills, WI is recalling 3.53 ounce bags of “Peach Granola”, because it may contain undeclared cashews. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to cashews and/or other nuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergi Wed, 30 May 2012 15:21:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107274 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107274 A Perspective piece published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine outlines a plan for an "ideal" prescription-drug monitoring program that would enable doctors, dentists, pharmacists, researchers and law enforcement officials to access rea Wed, 30 May 2012 14:19:12 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107272 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107272 New findings from the Monell Center reveal that humans can identify the age of other humans based on differences in body odor. Much of this ability is based on the capacity to identify odors of elderly individuals, and contrary to popular supposition, the Wed, 30 May 2012 14:17:19 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107273 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107273 Men's offices have significantly more bacteria than women's, and the office bacterial communities of New York and San Francisco are indistinguishable, according to a study published May 30 in the open-access journal PLoS ONE. Wed, 30 May 2012 14:17:19 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107271 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107271 Overdiagnosis poses a significant threat to human health by labeling healthy people as sick and wasting resources on unnecessary care, warns Ray Moynihan, Senior Research Fellow at Bond University in Australia, in a feature published on bmj.com today. The Wed, 30 May 2012 13:19:13 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107268 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107268 Younger patients with colorectal cancer were more likely to present advanced stage tumors at diagnosis and metastasize much sooner, yet had better than or equal survival to patients 50 and older, according to data being presented at the 2012 American Soci Wed, 30 May 2012 13:17:03 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107269 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107269 University of Oklahoma scientists and others from more than a dozen countries joined together to sequence the tomato genome and, ultimately, improve the nation's $2 billion tomato crop. The Tomato Genomics Consortium directed the research effort, which w Wed, 30 May 2012 13:17:03 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107270 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107270 Loss of production may be one concern cotton producers have on the Rolling Plains when considering switching to reduced- or no-tillage systems, said Dr. Paul DeLaune, Texas AgriLife Research environmental soil scientist in Vernon. Not only will cotton gro Wed, 30 May 2012 13:17:03 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107267 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107267 The American Medical Association's Code of Ethics prohibits physicians from prescribing treatments that they consider to be placebos unless the patients know this and agree to take them anyway. But this policy is not clearly the best way to protect or be Wed, 30 May 2012 12:19:12 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107266 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107266 Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have identified an agent that in lab tests protected the skin and lungs from fibrosis, a process that can ultimately end in organ failure and even death because the damaged tissue becomes scar Wed, 30 May 2012 11:19:11 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107265 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107265 The discovery by researchers at UCSF may shed light on the mystery of why some people infected with HIV are better able to control the virus, live longer and have fewer associated health problems than others who have been infected as long, they said. It a Wed, 30 May 2012 11:17:20 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107262 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107262 If lower-income mothers want kids with healthy diets, it's best to adopt healthy eating habits themselves and encourage their children to eat good foods rather than use force, rewards or punishments, says a Michigan State University study. Wed, 30 May 2012 11:17:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107263 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107263 A botanist brings a species of alfalfa from Siberia, to the United States. His hope? The plant would survive and lead to a new winter-hardy alfalfa. But what also happened during this time in the late 1800's, isn't just a story of legend and lore. The t Wed, 30 May 2012 11:17:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107264 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=107264 A recent report analyzing a range of published studies on the impact of bark beetles on trees in the US and Canada provides a more complete picture of the effect of this destructive insect on wildfires. Wed, 30 May 2012 11:17:02 PDT