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'Organic' Milk Needs Supplements To Match Conventional

'Organic' Milk Needs Supplements To Match Conventional

Jul 06 2013 | comment(s)

'Organic' milk has a lower concentration of elements like zinc, iodine and selenium than milk produced by conventional farming methods, due to the absence of mineral substances in the diets of the cows reared. 

According to researchers at the University of Santiago de Compostela, animals on organic farms should have their diets supplemented with iodine because it is a very important element for children and pregnant women.
Eat Less, Move Less, Live Longer

Eat Less, Move Less, Live Longer

Jul 06 2013 | comment(s)

Don't be bold. Risky behavior can lead to premature death.

Female mice with the highest life expectancy are less active and less explorative, they also eat less than females with a lower life expectancy. Behavioral biologists from the University of Zurich found a correlation between longevity and personality for female house mice, and a minimum amount of boldness is necessary for them to survive. 

Anna Lindholm and her doctoral student Yannick Auclair investigated whether this also applies to animals by studying the behavior of 82 house mice. 
Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection: In-Vitro Technique Raises Autism Risk

Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection: In-Vitro Technique Raises Autism Risk

Jul 03 2013 | comment(s)

About 5 million children worldwide have been born by IVF since 1978, and 1.4 percent of total births in the U.S. annually and as many as 4.4 percent in western Europe result from the procedure, according to government and industry figures. 

Across all types of IVF procedures, compared with spontaneous pregnancies, a study found no increase in the risk of autism, but in one type there was.
Nanog Study Challenges Assumption About Gene Expression In Embryonic Stem Cells

Nanog Study Challenges Assumption About Gene Expression In Embryonic Stem Cells

Jul 03 2013 | comment(s)

The transcription factor Nanog plays a critical role in the self-renewal of embryonic stem cells and is expressed in a manner similar to other pluripotency markers, according to a new paper This finding contradicts the field's presumptions about this important gene and its role in the differentiation of embryonic stem cells. 

Gerovital H3: Banned Fountain Of Youth Drug Favored By Hollywood Makes A Comeback

Gerovital H3: Banned Fountain Of Youth Drug Favored By Hollywood Makes A Comeback

Jul 03 2013 | comment(s)

Gerovital H3, one of the "fountain of youth" miracles drugs that crop up once a generation, was banned in the United States in 1982, but the alternative medicine crowd that never let go of homeopathy after hundreds of years is reviving it. Anti-aging and longevity clinics now promote Gerovital H3 in pill form and as intravenous infusions.

Gerovital H3 is the dental anesthetic procaine hydrochloride (novocaine) but in the 1950s it was abused, unsurprisingly, by the Hollywood elites who gravitate toward fad diets and miracle treatments.

Industrial Farm Workers Carry Drug-Resistant Bacteria Associated With Livestock

Industrial Farm Workers Carry Drug-Resistant Bacteria Associated With Livestock

Jul 03 2013 | comment(s)

The noses of industrial livestock workers in North Carolina contained
drug-resistant bacteria
- livestock-associated Staph
- while the noses of antibiotic-free livestock workers did not, according to a new paper.  Workers were not experiencing Staph infections at the time of the study.