Articles tagged with: harvard news
Alleviating radiation sickness Study identifies two-drug regime that may limit radiation sickness “There is great interest in creating systems for dealing with the short- and long-term health risks of a significant release of radiation, whether from an accident at a nuclear power plant, an act of terrorism, or even a small-scale incident in which […]
Canned soup linked to higher BPA levels Found in the can’s lining, BPA is associated with adverse health effects The Harvard School of Public Health researchers set out to quantify whether canned-soup consumption would increase urinary BPA concentrations relative to eating fresh soup. Fresh soup proved to be the healthier choice./Justin Ide/Harvard Staff Photographer ### […]
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Where wild food matters In remote areas, bush meat still plays pivotal role in people’s diet, study says Postdoctoral fellow Christopher Golden conducted a yearlong study in the northeast corner of Madagascar that found that lost access to bush meat would lead directly to a 30 percent relative increase in malnutrition among children 12 years […]
Facebook CEO visits Harvard … … ### Former Harvard student and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stopped by his old stomping grounds to answer a few questions. ### * The above story is adapted from materials provided by Harvard University _________________________________________________________________
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Why cooking counts Study finds an increase in energy from meat, suggesting key role in evolution Though earlier studies had examined how cooking affects specific aspects of the digestive process, surprisingly, none had examined whether cooking affected the overall energy value of meat, said Rachel Carmody, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Human Evolutionary […]
Tracing biological pathways Breakthrough could simplify drug development process A new chemical process developed by a team of Harvard researchers may increase the utility of positron emission tomography (PET) in creating real-time 3-D images of chemical activity occurring inside the human body. Tobias Ritter, associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology, and his colleagues have developed a new […]
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Survival strategy of cancer cells Researchers uncover key mechanism cells use to their advantage It has long been known that cancer cells use nutrients differently than normal cells. In recent years, the rapidly re-emerging field of cancer metabolism has shed new light on the ways that cancers use glucose to grow and thrive, demonstrating that manipulation […]
Crowdsourcing nutrition in a snap PlateMate proves the wisdom of the (well-managed) crowd Americans spend upwards of $40 billion a year on dieting advice and self-help books, but the first step in any healthy eating strategy is basic awareness — what’s on the plate. If keeping a food diary seems like too much effort, despair […]
