Juice :: Apple juice reduces wheezing in asthma children
A higher consumption of apple juice may protect against wheezing in children suffering from asthma, revealed by British researchers recently in UK.
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Brain :: Essential tones of music rooted in human speech
The use of 12 tone intervals in the music of many human cultures is rooted in the physics of how our vocal anatomy produces speech, according to researchers at the Duke University Center for Cognitive Neuroscience.
Cancer :: Scientists isolate anti-cancer compounds from apple peel
Doctor Mom?s admonition, “Don?t peel your apple,” is getting new scientific support from scientists in New York, who are reporting isolation of chemical compounds from apple peel that may be involved in the apple?s beneficial health effects.
Pregnancy :: Eating apples & fish during pregnancy protect against childhood asthma & allergies
Women who eat apples and fish during pregnancy may reduce the risk of their children developing asthma or allergic disease, suggests a new study presented at the American Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference, on Sunday, May 20.
Pregnancy :: Apple consumption during pregnancy reduces risk for childhood wheezing and asthma
Eating apples while pregnant may give new meaning to an apple a day keeping the doctor away. Compelling new research has concluded that mothers who eat apples during pregnancy may protect their children from developing asthma later in life.
Colon Cancer :: Drinking cloudy apple juice daily may help prevent colon cancer
Researchers in Germany say that drinking two to three glasses of cloudy apple juice (unfiltered) per day may help keep colon cancer at bay.
Fruit Juice :: Purple grape juice better source of natural antioxidants
Researchers at Glasgow University revealed that a diet rich in fruit juice could cut the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other diseases.
Heart :: Apple consumers reap heart-health benefits thanks to flavonoid content
Apples may prove to be a winner when it comes to reducing the risk of heart disease, says a new study of more than 34,000 women. In this study, flavonoid-rich apples were found to be one of three foods (along with red wine and pears) that decrease the risk of mortality for both coronary heart disease (CHD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) among post-menopausal women, The findings were published in the March 2007 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Autism :: Using brain scans, researchers find evidence for a two-stage model of human perceptual learning
Using advanced brain imaging techniques, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have watched how humans use both lower and higher brain processes to learn novel tasks, an advance they say may help speed up the teaching of new skills as well as offer strategies to retrain people with perceptual deficits due to autism.
Eating :: Chain restaurants charged with promoting X-treme Eating
A 2,000-calorie appetizer. A 2,000-calorie main course. Another 1,700 calories for dessert. Those aren?t typos. It?s more like par for the course at Ruby Tuesday, On the Border, the Cheesecake Factory, and countless other top table-service chain restaurants.