For the male canary, the ability to sing a pitch-perfect song is critical to wooing female canaries. As the seasons change, so does song quality and frequency. The hormone testosterone plays a role in this changing song behavior. ...
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One of Australia's major organic certifiers, Australian Organic, has launched a new campaign fronted by celebrity chef and Australian Organic Ambassador Pete Evans. Australian Organic said the campaign aims to educate Australians about ...
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Cattle in packing plants are showing signs of lameness, sprouting welfare issues around beta-agonist intake. This issue was first brought to attention when Lilly Edwards-Calloway from JBS showed a video of lame, stiff-gaited cattle at the ...
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While not every woman is intuitive or every man handy with tools, neurological scans of young males and females suggest that -- on average -- their brains really do develop differently. The research comes with a caveat: It doesn't connect ...
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The notion that some people can be overweight or obese and still remain healthy is a myth, according to a new Canadian study. Even without high blood pressure, diabetes or other metabolic issues, overweight and obese people have higher ...
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Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it wants makers of antibacterial hand soaps and body washes to prove their products are safe for long-term daily use and more effective than regular soaps in preventing illness and the spread of ...
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Groundwater and surface water samples taken near fracking operations in Colorado contained chemicals that can disrupt male and female hormones, researchers say. These chemicals, which are used in the fracking process, also were present in ...
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Obese children have elevated levels of a key stress hormone, according to a new study. Researchers measured levels of cortisol -- considered an indicator of stress -- in hair samples from 20 obese and 20 normal-weight children, aged 8 to ...
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Kids who don't get enough sleep at night may experience a slight spike in their blood pressure the next day even if they are not overweight or obese, a new study suggests. The research included 143 kids aged 10 to 18 who spent one night ...
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Women fighting an aggressive form of breast cancer may benefit from adding certain drugs to their chemotherapy regimen, and taking them prior to surgery, new research finds. This pre-surgical drug therapy boosts the likelihood that no ...
Women bothered by hot flashes or other effects of menopause have a number of treatment options -- hormonal or not, according to updated guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. It's estimated that anywhere ...
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GRILLiT has acquired a 10% equity share in Natura Foods, the exclusive distributor of Gaucho Ranch-branded South American natural and organic grass-fed beef. The company has also entered into a mutually exclusive supply agreement with ...
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For patients with diabetes, it is better to eat a single large meal than several smaller meals throughout the day, according to a new study from Linkoping University in Sweden. The study, which was published on 27 November 2013 in the ...
SnackHealthy, Inc. announced today the launch of its Organic Harvest™ line of gourmet sausages, produced at the largest organic pork farm in North America. The sausages are fully cooked, blended in organic spices, hardwood-smoked in ...
Prostate cancer stem cells evolve into different cells as the disease progresses and this becomes a moving target for treatment, U.S. researchers say. Drs. Andrew Goldstein, Owen Witte and Tanya Stoyanova and colleagues at the University ...
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