According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), obesity affects more than 40% of Americans, placing them at higher risk for heart disease, […]
Category: Nutrition
Nutrition
Brain gene expression is impacted by a-tocopherol form in weanling mice
Some of the impacts of vitamin E deficiency include neurodegeneration, demyelination and ataxia, indicating that vitamin E is critical in nerve and brain function. There […]
Infant and child health are improved but the prevalence of stunting was not reduced by a combined nutrition and education program in Malawi
Childhood stunting remains a major challenge, especially in low- to middle-income countries. Even in those countries where the percentage of stunted children has gone down, […]
Why crocodiles have changed so little since the age of the dinosaurs
Crocodile (stock image). Credit: © Megan Paine / stock.adobe.com New research by scientists at the University of Bristol explains how a ‘stop-start’ pattern of evolution, […]
‘Galaxy-sized’ observatory sees potential hints of gravitational waves
Curved spacetime illustration (stock image). Credit: © vchalup / stock.adobe.com Scientists have used a “galaxy-sized” space observatory to find possible hints of a unique signal […]
Infant and child health are improved but the prevalence of stunting was not reduced by a combined nutrition and education program in Malawi
Childhood stunting remains a major challenge, especially in low- to middle-income countries. Even in those countries where the percentage of stunted children has gone down, […]
Discovery boosts theory that life on Earth arose from RNA-DNA mix: Newly described chemical reaction could have assembled DNA building blocks before life forms and their enzymes existed
DNA illustration (stock image). Credit: © BillionPhotos.com / stock.adobe.com Chemists at Scripps Research have made a discovery that supports a surprising new view of how […]
New class of antibiotics active against a wide range of bacteria: Dual-acting immuno-antibiotics block an essential pathway in bacteria and activate the adaptive immune response
Bacteria illustration (stock image). Credit: © k_e_n / stock.adobe.com Wistar Institute scientists have discovered a new class of compounds that uniquely combine direct antibiotic killing […]