| 10 surprising ways to keep your heart healthy
We're listing them here so you can see how easy it is to reduce your risk of heart disease. You've still got to jog and eat broccoli, of course. But these other easy behaviors might just mean no one will ever have to dial 911 on your behalf. Good deeds do come back to you When you do a good deed or give a compliment, some of the benefits rub off on you. You get a dose of well-being simply from making others feel good. Dr. Stephen Post, author of "Why Good Things Happen to Good People" (Broadway, 2007, $24), calls it a "helper's high" and links volunteering to better health. Research backs him up. A study of 600 older adults, published in the Journal of Health Psychology found those who volunteered the most were 44 percent less likely to die during a five-year period.
Environmental Epigenetics Has Potential For Preventing And Treating ...
ScienceDaily (Feb. 6, 2008) New research on environmental influences on health and disease has begun to shed light on why genetically identical individuals demonstrate different characteristics, such as susceptibility to disease. Scientists have found that environmental exposure to nutritional, chemical and physical factors can alter the epigenome. Literally meaning "above the genome," the epigenome refers to differences in gene expression that are inherited without changing the sequence of DNA. .
Beagle Among Four Group Winners at Westminster
His handler says Uno "was his merry little hound self" last night. The dog barked and bayed, nipped at a sign, tried to grab his leash and took a flying leap at a piece of filet mignon. A standard poodle, a Sealyham terrier and an Australian shepherd also locked up spots in the final ring. Two more group winners will be chosen tonight before the final competition.
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Listen-up Ladies: Don't Postpone Knee-replacement Surgery
Research at the University of Delaware indicates that women wait longer to pursue knee-replacement surgery than men do. By postponing surgery until they can no longer stand the pain, these women may also risk putting their mobility, and quality of life, on hold indefinitely, according to Lynn Snyder-Mackler, Distinguished Alumni Professor in UD's Department of Physical Therapy and a certified sports physical therapist and athletic trainer. "Doctors typically tell patients to wait to have knee replacements until they just can't stand the pain any longer," Snyder-Mackler said. "Our research shows that's bad advice--and worse for women than it is for men--because your level of function going into surgery generally dictates your level of function after surgery," she noted.
Bitter Taste Receptors Activated By Food Peptides
Researchers from the Monell Center and Tokyo University of Agriculture have used a novel molecular method to identify chemical compounds from common foods that activate human bitter taste receptors.
The findings, published in the journal Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, provide a practical means to manipulate food flavor in general and bitter taste in particular.
"Identification of bitter taste compounds and their corresponding receptors opens doors to screening for specific bitter receptor inhibitors," said senior author Liquan Huang, PhD, a molecular biologist at Monell. "Such inhibitors can be used to suppress unpleasantness and thereby increase palatability and acceptance of health-promoting bitter foods, such as green vegetables or soy products."
While a little bitterness is often considered a desirable component of a food's flavor, extensive bitterness can limit food acceptance.
After leap breaks body, a miracle renews spirit
On the evening of Sept. 28, at an apartment complex in King of Prussia, a tragedy and a miracle occurred 2.5 seconds apart. The tragedy took place when Jordan Burnham, 18, a senior just nominated to the homecoming court at Upper Merion High School, jumped out his ninth-floor window. The miracle happened 90 feet below, when he hit the ground at 50 m.p.h. - and survived. Jordan has no recollection of going out the window. Even though he was suffering from depression, neither he nor anyone close to him ever expected him to do something so impulsive, so lethal. "I had everything to live for," he says now. Today, 114 days later, Jordan's body remains badly broken. With the help of three therapists, he stood on his right leg last week for 60 seconds.
BUSINESS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: Grocers bag plastic sacks Flimsy ...
Ask her about plastic bags. As University Medical Center nurse Kim Hofstad loaded her pickup with groceries from Smith's Food & Drug on Rancho Drive on Wednesday afternoon, she talked about why she refuses to cart her food home in plastic sacks. Part of it is convenience: Paper bags simply fit better in Hofstad's kitchen garbage can. But Hofstad also deplores the environmental fallout of ubiquitous plastic film. .
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