Farmed fish may pose risk for mad cow disease
LOUISVILLE, Ky. University of Louisville neurologist Robert P. Friedland, M.D., questions the safety of eating farmed fish in the June issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease , adding a new worry to concerns about the nation's food supply. Friedland and his co-authors suggest farmed fish...Key to Wound-Healing May Be Explained in Fish Tail
Zebra fish release hydrogen peroxide to call white blood cells to injury site, research shows WEDNESDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Hydrogen peroxide -- commonly used to prevent infection in cuts and scrapes -- also may rally healing cells to wounded tissue, new research has found. ...Fatty Fish May Cut Heart Failure Risk in Men
Study finds benefit from consuming just one serving a week,, WEDNESDAY, April 22 (HealthDay News) -- Men who consume fatty fish and marine omega-3 fatty acids appear to have a reduced risk of heart failure, a new study has found. Between 1998 and 2004, U.S. and Swedish researchers f...New Study Shows Fish Oil Improves Cholesterol Levels in Professional Football Players
WATSONVILLE, Calif., April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Fish oil given to professional football players has proven to be effective for improving cholesterol levels, according to a study published in the January/February 2009 issue of Sports Health, A Multidisciplinary Approach . The patented fish oil...LSUHSC research shows fish oil protects against diseases like Parkinson's
New Orleans, LA Dr. Nicolas Bazan, Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence, Boyd Professor, and Ernest C. and Yvette C. Villere Chair of Retinal Degenerative Diseases Research at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, will present new research findings showing that an omega three fatty...Study Suggests High-Dose Fish Oil May Significantly Improve Behavior in Children with ADHD
DANVERS, Mass., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The results of a pilot study published in the Nutrition Journal (http://www.nutritionj.com ) suggest that children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can benefit from daily supplementation of high levels of purified fish oils. The eight...Results From Trials of DHA in Alzheimer's Disease and Age-Related Cognitive Decline
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Durham, NC For avid fishermen and anglers, the largemouth bass is a favorite freshwater fish with an appetite for minnows. A new study finds that once they evolved to eat other fish, largemouth bass and fellow fish-feeders have remained relatively unchanged compared with their insect- and snail-e...UH team analyzes Hurricane Ike's effects on waterways, fish contamination
A long-term environmental research project being conducted at the University of Houston may offer important information about the effects of Hurricane Ike on pollution levels and help regulators determine whether existing fish-consumption advisories remain appropriate. With this year's storm se...First direct evidence of substantial fish consumption by early modern humans in China
Freshwater fish are an important part of the diet of many peoples around the world, but it has been unclear when fish became an important part of the year-round diet for early humans. A new study by an international team of researchers, including Erik Trinkaus, Ph.D., professor of anthropolog...Two is not company -- as far as fish are concerned
It might be assumed that aquarium fish don't mind who or what they encounter in their tanks from one minute to the next, if their famously (but incorrectly) short memory is to be believed. Scientists at the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter have carried out research to show this is not the case ...High carbon dioxide levels cause abnormally large fish ear bones
Rising carbon dioxide levels in the ocean have been shown to adversely affect shell-forming creatures and corals, and now a new study by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has shown for the first time that CO2 can impact a fundamental bodily structure in fish. A ...Discovery of a water snake that startles fish in a way that makes them flee into its jaws
Forget the old folk tales about snakes hypnotizing their prey. The tentacled snake from South East Asia has developed a more effective technique. The small water snake has found a way to startle its prey so that the fish turn toward the snake's head to flee instead of turning away. In addition, th...China Medical Technologies Receives SFDA Approval for Its Bladder Cancer FISH Probe
BEIJING, April 27 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Medical Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: CMED ), a leading China-based medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets advanced in-vitro diagnostic products, today announced that the Company has received approva...VAP Test Demonstrates Value of Fish Oil in Reducing Heart Risk for Super Bowl Champs
Advanced cholesterol test helps usher in new era of specialized test for cardiac risk assessment BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- For the Pittsburgh Steelers, adding a heart-healthy supplement to their diet may have given them the boost to win Super Bowl XLIII. That's according t...China Medical Technologies Receives SFDA Approval for Breast Cancer HER-2 FISH Probe
- the First SFDA Approved FISH Probe in China BEIJING, Nov. 12 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Medical Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: CMED ), a leading China-based medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets advanced in- vitro diagnostic pro...Researchers Document Rapid, Dramatic 'Reverse Evolution' in the Threespine Stickleback Fish
Adaptation coincides with the '60s cleanup of toxic pollution in Seattle's Lake Washington SEATTLE, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolution is supposed to inch forward over eons, but sometimes, at least in the case of a little fish called the threespine stickleback, the proc...NeoGenomics Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results
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