The Role Of Vitamin D In African-Americans With High Blood Pressure To Be Studied By Wayne State

A Wayne State University School of Medicine physician researcher has received a $1.9 million National Institutes of Health grant to study the role of vitamin D in halting and reducing subclinical cardiac damage in African-Americans suffering from high blood pressure. Phillip Levy, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of emergency medicine and resident of Farmington Hills, Mich…

New NIST Reference Materials For Green Tea

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a suite of green tea reference materials to help manufacturers evaluate the composition of their products and assure researchers of the accuracy of analytical methods for studying the human health effects of this popular beverage and dietary supplement…

Regular Coffee Reduces Lethal Prostate Cancer Risk

A man who drinks either caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee regularly has a significantly lower chance of developing a more aggressive from of prostate cancer, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health revealed in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute…

Conclusive Results For The Montreal Heart Institute’s EPIC Centre Kilo-Actif Obesity Program

A program which combines interval training and healthy eating practices seems to be perfectly indicated for those suffering from obesity, according to the results of a new study from the Montreal Heart Institute’s centre for preventive medicine and physical activity (EPIC Centre). Results of the study were announced at the National Obesity Summit, currently taking place in Montreal…

54 Beneficial Compounds Discovered In Pure Maple Syrup

University of Rhode Island researcher Navindra Seeram has discovered 34 new beneficial compounds in pure maple syrup and confirmed that 20 compounds discovered last year in preliminary research play a key role in human health. At the 241st American Chemical Society’s National Meeting in Anaheim, Calif…

54 Beneficial Compounds Discovered In Pure Maple Syrup

University of Rhode Island researcher Navindra Seeram has discovered 34 new beneficial compounds in pure maple syrup and confirmed that 20 compounds discovered last year in preliminary research play a key role in human health. At the 241st American Chemical Society’s National Meeting in Anaheim, Calif…

Physicists Develop Potent Packing Process

New York University physicists have developed a method for packing microscopic spheres that could lead to improvements in commercial products ranging from pharmaceutical lotions to ice cream. Their work, which relies on an innovative application of statistical mechanics, appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…

Physicists Develop Potent Packing Process

New York University physicists have developed a method for packing microscopic spheres that could lead to improvements in commercial products ranging from pharmaceutical lotions to ice cream. Their work, which relies on an innovative application of statistical mechanics, appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…

Allergist Experts, Including A Primary Author, Available To Discuss First Of Kind, New Food Allergy Guidelines

Food allergy experts from the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) are available to comment as the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) releases the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy on December 6…

Reaction Of CRN To Institute Of Medicine DRI Recommendations For Vitamin D

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the dietary supplement industry’s leading trade association, called the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) newly-released report on the Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) levels for vitamin D “a modest step in the right direction that fell short of truly capturing the extensive and positive research that has cons…

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