After nearly a decade of setbacks and false starts, stem-cell science finally seems to be hitting its stride. Just a year after Japanese scientists first reported that they had generated stem cells by reprogramming adult skin cells — without using embryos — American researchers have managed to use that groundbreaking technique to achieve another scientific milestone. They created the first nerve cells from reprogrammed stem cells — an important demonstration of the potential power of stem-cell-based treatments to cure disease. Read more…
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Have you ever wondered why you can’t get off the couch and exercise — despite paying for an expensive gym membership, despite your New Year’s resolutions, even despite the doctor’s scolding at your last checkup? Turns out that your inertia may be coded right into your genes.
Based on some intriguing preliminary studies in animals, J. Timothy Lightfoot, a kinesiologist, and his team at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, suggest that genetics may indeed predispose some of us to sloth. Using mice specially bred and selected according to their activity levels, Lightfoot identified 20 different genomic locations that work in tandem to influence their activity levels — specifically, how far the animals will run. Lightfoot’s team is the first to identify these genetic areas and the first to figure out that they function in concert. The researchers say the areas they found on the mouse genome may have analogs in humans, and the UNC team is now gearing up to conduct a similar study in men and women. Read more…
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Q. I try to walk 1.5 miles every day on my lunch hour. Is it better to walk before or after I eat?
A. It’s a good idea to eat or snack on something before a workout to provide a little bit of fuel. But if you’re only walking, and only for 1.5 miles, or a 30-minute walk, you probably don’t really need to specifically fuel yourself up for this level of activity, unless it’s been more than three or four hours since you last consumed any calories. Read more…
According to Martica Heaner
The word “ubiquitous” comes to mind with potassium, a mineral found in all the body’s cells as well as in the fluid surrounding them. It’s involved in almost every vital body process: maintaining blood pressure, heart and kidney function, muscle contraction, even digestion. And we humans were obviously meant to get plenty of it, since it’s abundant in just about any fresh, whole food—from potatoes and peas to milk and fish.
Why, then, do surveys show that most Americans get less than half the recommended amounts of potassium? Read more…
According to Joyce Hendley
Traveling can be tough enough, sitting for long periods of time, cooped up and cramped, with nothing but some of the most fattening, caloric food options out there.
1. Beverages: Opt for low-fat milk or water.
2. Skip the breading: Grilled chicken is always a better choice than anything coated and deep-fried.
3. Mind your fries: Reduce one of the worst sources of calories and trans fat by skipping the fries or opting for a small.
4. Watch the salad dressings: Often half the packet is plenty; the dressings may be surprisingly high in calories, fat and sodium.
According to EatingWell.com
Second tainted sample found at another farm in Mexico; serrano and jalapeno peppers from that country are now suspect.
THURSDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health officials have widened their warning on peppers from Mexico after another salmonella-tainted sample, along with tainted irrigation water, was found at a second farm.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration now advises consumers to avoid all raw serrano peppers from Mexico, along with raw jalapenos from that country and all the foods that contain them, the agency announced late Wednesday night.
“Laboratory testing has confirmed that both a sample of serrano pepper and a sample of irrigation water collected by agency investigators on a farm in the state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, contain Salmonella saintpaul with the same genetic fingerprint as the strain of bacteria that is causing the current outbreak in the United States,” the agency said in a news release. Read more…
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