New winter hulless barley has high protein
Virginia Tech's Small Grains Breeding Program is developing a new type of barley that lacks the fibrous covering. This new hulless barley offers producers an alternative grain for both traditional and new markets, including food, feed, and ethanol. The price for winter barley has declined since 1996. Even though winter barley was an integral component of the region's cropping system, growe...Gray wolves maintain the food chain in winter
Climate change has already had dramatic effects on individual species, with disruptions in range, reproductive success, and seasonal phenomena like migration. But, in a new study from the open-access online journal PLoS Biology (www.plosbiology.org), Christopher Wilmers and Wayne Getz show that the impact of climate change on many different species in Yellowstone Park can be buffered by a top pre...Mice brains shrink during winter, impairing some learning and memory
The brains of one species of mouse actually shrink during the winter, causing the mice to have more difficulty with some types of learning, a new study found. This is one of the first studies to show...In SAD patients, autumn antidepressants can prevent winter depression
For patients with seasonal affective disorder (SAD), starting treatment with an antidepressant medication during the fall can reduce the risk of developing depression throughout the fall and winter months, reports a study in the Oct. 15 issue of Biological Psychiatry, official journal of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, a world-leading scientific and medical publisher....Melatonin improves mood in winter depression
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University(OHSU) have found that melatonin, a naturally occurring brain substance, can relieve the doldrums of winter depression, also known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD. The study is publishing online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. The study was led by Alfred Lewy, M.D., Ph.D., an internationally recogn...Winter months encourage binge eating
The dark winter months motivate binge eating in certain susceptible individuals. Researchers at the University of Irvine have been looking at the factors that make some people// susceptible to eating disorders, where binge eating is a significant symptom. In a new study, they find that the length of day can be significant, with lack of sunshine encouraging more eating. This appears to b...Vitamin D Supplement in Teenage Girls essential in Winter months
Researchers have found that teenage girls living in temperate countries or colder regions of the world would // benefit later in life if they took supplements of Vitamin D in the winter months when the sunlight exposure to their body is low. The sun is important for formation of the active component of Vitamin D in the body. The vitamin supplement would help to strengthen bones for la...Flu Vaccine Used Last Winter Seems to Have Been Less Effective Than Vaccines Used in Previous Years
ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 02, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- A new Harris Pollsuggests that the flu vaccine used before last winter may have beenless effective than the vaccines used in some previous years. Theadults who had flu shots before last winter were only 24 percentless likely to get the flu than those who were not vaccinated. Thedifferences were larger in two previous Harris Polls on the samet...