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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Drinking milk during pregnancy may lower baby's risk of MS, American Academy of Neurology, Posted 1:19:13 PM PT
Chocoholic mice fear no pain, BioMed Central, Posted 1:19:13 PM PT
New study examines the impact on children of food product placements in the movies, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Posted 12:19:13 PM PT
Anorexics found to have excess fat-- in their bone marrow, Children's Hospital Boston, Posted 12:19:13 PM PT
FDA Approves New Indication for Crestor, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 11:21:01 AM PT
Cardiac Science Notifies AED Customers of Voluntary Medical Device Recall, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 10:21:01 AM PT
Turkey Hill Dairy Issues Recall On Chocolate Marshmallow Ice Cream That May Contain Undeclared Treenuts (Almonds), Food and Drug Administration, Posted 8:21:02 AM PT
BD Announces Worldwide Voluntary Recall ofBD Q-Syteâ„¢ Luer Access Devices and BD Nexivaâ„¢ Closed IV Catheter Systems, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 7:21:01 AM PT
FDA Unveils Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Radiation Exposure from Medical Imaging, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 7:21:01 AM PT
Monday, February 8, 2010
Will earlier springs throw nature out of step?, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Posted 5:17:03 PM PT
Brown biologist solves mystery of tropical grasses' origin, Brown University, Posted 12:17:03 PM PT
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Research reveals link between beer and bone health, Wiley-Blackwell, Posted 9:17:03 PM PT
Friday, February 5, 2010
FDA Issues Guidance to Help Streamline Medical Device Clinical Trials, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 9:21:02 AM PT
Cousins Products, Llc, Issues An Allergy Alert On Undeclared Egg, Soy, And Wheat In Spinach Vinaigrette, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 8:21:02 AM PT
Barley protein concentrate could replace fishmeal in aquaculture feeds, United States Department of Agriculture-Research, Education, and Economics, Posted 7:17:19 AM PT
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Haifa Smoked Fish Inc. Issues An Allert On Uneviscerated Whole Schmaltz Herring, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 2:21:01 PM PT
Yes, ecology shapes evolution, but guppies show reverse also true, Florida State University, Posted 12:17:03 PM PT
U of I faculty assist in evaluating US food security programs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Posted 11:19:15 AM PT
Online programs improve fruit and vegetable consumption, Henry Ford Health System, Posted 11:19:15 AM PT
FDA Updates Statement on the Investigation into the Salmonella Montevideo Outbreak, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 10:21:01 AM PT
First discovery of the female sex hormone progesterone in a plant, American Chemical Society, Posted 10:17:03 AM PT
Research finds water movements can shape fish evolution, University of Minnesota, Posted 10:17:03 AM PT
Oceans reveal further impacts of climate change, says UAB expert, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Posted 10:17:03 AM PT
Moss helps chart the conquest of land by plants, Washington University in St. Louis, Posted 9:17:02 AM PT
It looks, feels and tastes like chicken, but it's made of soy, University of Missouri-Columbia, Posted 8:17:03 AM PT
ARS scientists turn to a wild oat to combat crown rust, United States Department of Agriculture-Research, Education, and Economics, Posted 8:17:03 AM PT
Commercial fishing endangers dolphin populations, University of Haifa, Posted 7:17:03 AM PT
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Pierino Frozen Foods Inc. Issues an Allergy Alert on Undeclared Eggs in Its Jumbo Shells with Cheese, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 4:21:01 PM PT
United States Seizes more than 1500 Cases of Food from Wisconsin Distribution Warehouse, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 3:21:02 PM PT
Study shows male erectile dysfunction drug enhances fetal growth in female sheep, Texas A&M AgriLife Communications, Posted 12:17:13 PM PT
Scientists find quantum mechanics at work in photosynthesis, University of Toronto, Posted 10:17:03 AM PT
Secrets to superb malting barleys explored by ARS researchers, United States Department of Agriculture-Research, Education, and Economics, Posted 7:17:19 AM PT
FDA Approves Xiaflex for Debilitating Hand Condition, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 6:21:01 AM PT
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Global Commodities Inc. Issues Allergy Alert On Undeclared Sulfites In Aahu Barah Brand Dry Apricot, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 2:21:02 PM PT
Storm runoff and sewage treatment outflow contaminated with household pesticides, University of California - Berkeley, Posted 12:17:03 PM PT
Lifestyle changes for teens critical in light of research about teens' heart disease risk, Kellen Communications, Posted 11:19:15 AM PT
ARS researchers develop method to speed up breeding of scab-resistant barley cultivars, United States Department of Agriculture-Research, Education, and Economics, Posted 10:17:02 AM PT
Monday, February 1, 2010
Heart patients using herbal remedies may be at heightened risk of dangerous drug interactions, American College of Cardiology, Posted 2:19:13 PM PT
Nutrition services, prevention important in nutrition care for special health needs, American Dietetic Association, Posted 2:17:17 PM PT
Virus pulls bait and switch on insect vectors, Penn State, Posted 2:17:17 PM PT
Humble garden pea helps Kew scientists develop 'cool,' noninvasive diagnostic test of seed quality, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Posted 1:17:02 PM PT
Evolution impacts environment, challenging traditionally held view, UC Riverside study finds, University of California - Riverside, Posted 1:17:02 PM PT
FDA Requests $4.03 Billion to Transform Food Safety System, Invest in Medical Product Safety, Regulatory Science, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 12:21:02 PM PT
FDA Announces Safety Risk Associated with HIV Drug, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 11:21:01 AM PT
FDA Collaboration Seeks to Speed Development of Pneumococcal Vaccines for Children in Developing Countries, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 10:21:01 AM PT
Whole grain consumption by teens and young adults falls short of guidelines, Elsevier Health Sciences, Posted 7:19:11 AM PT
1 billion are hungry -- can we reduce hunger now and by 2050?, Elsevier, Posted 7:17:03 AM PT
Plantations can provide the same ecosystem services as natural forests, Ecological Society of America, Posted 7:17:03 AM PT
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Gene function discovery: Guilt by association, Carnegie Institution, Posted 10:17:02 AM PT
Novel studies of decomposition shed new light on our earliest fossil ancestry, University of Leicester, Posted 10:17:02 AM PT
Friday, January 29, 2010
FDA Statement on the Investigation into the Salmonella Montevideo Outbreak, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 6:21:01 PM PT
FDA Expands Use of Approved Breast Cancer Drug, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 4:21:02 PM PT
United States Seizes Unapproved Ozone Generators, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 12:21:01 PM PT
Study recommends better handling of milk in restaurants, FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology, Posted 7:19:15 AM PT
ARS genetic analysis helps spot sugarcane rusts, United States Department of Agriculture-Research, Education, and Economics, Posted 7:17:19 AM PT
University of the Basque Country researchers decode transcriptome for gray mullet, Elhuyar Fundazioa, Posted 7:17:18 AM PT
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Edwards Lifesciences Aquarius Hemodialysis System: Recall, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 8:21:02 PM PT
Hettich Centrifuges with 2050 and 2076 Plastic Rotors: Recall, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 8:21:02 PM PT
'Squeaker' catfish communicate across generations, BioMed Central, Posted 4:17:03 PM PT
Are new genes always better?, American Journal of Botany, Posted 12:17:02 PM PT
Scientists and cast of thousands swarm stage in Europe, Arizona State University, Posted 12:17:02 PM PT
Like escape artists, rotifers elude enemies by drying up and -- poof! -- they are gone with the wind, Cornell University, Posted 11:17:05 AM PT
New method improves eating skills of dementia patients, University of Sheffield, Posted 9:19:17 AM PT
What you eat after exercise matters, American Physiological Society, Posted 8:19:14 AM PT
Better food makes high-latitude animals bigger, University of Chicago Press Journals, Posted 8:17:03 AM PT
Fewer honey bee colonies and beekeepers throughout Europe, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Posted 7:17:02 AM PT
Seabed biodiversity of the Straits of Magellan and Drake Passage, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK), Posted 7:17:02 AM PT
Is iron from soil a factor in algal blooms?, Queensland University of Technology, Posted 7:17:02 AM PT
Infusion Set Needles [Manufactured by Nipro for Exelint]: Recall, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 6:21:02 AM PT
The almond tree's secret weapon, University of Haifa, Posted 6:17:02 AM PT
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Deadly fish virus now found in all Great Lakes, Cornell University, Posted 12:17:02 PM PT
Hygienic Lab at U. Iowa first to confirm salmonella in nationwide outbreak, University of Iowa, Posted 12:17:02 PM PT
Trees retaliate when their fig wasps don't service them, Cornell University, Posted 12:17:02 PM PT
Effects of forest fire on carbon emissions, climate impacts often overestimated, Oregon State University, Posted 9:17:02 AM PT
Walkerton Tragedy: 10 years of research leads to breakthrough, McGill University, Posted 9:17:02 AM PT
The secret life of smoke in fostering rebirth and renewal of burned landscape, American Chemical Society, Posted 8:17:16 AM PT
Ginkgo herbal medicines may increase seizures in people with epilepsy, American Chemical Society, Posted 8:17:16 AM PT
Helpful yeast battles food-contaminating aflatoxin, United States Department of Agriculture-Research, Education, and Economics, Posted 8:17:16 AM PT
Green energy management, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Posted 7:17:03 AM PT
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
FDA Announces Class I Recall of Certain Infusion Set Needles, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 10:21:02 AM PT
Green plant transport mystery solved, University of California - Davis, Posted 10:17:02 AM PT
FDA Approves Morphine Sulfate Oral Solution for Relief of Acute and Chronic Pain, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 8:21:01 AM PT
Environmental change impacts Oklahoma rivers, University of Oklahoma, Posted 7:17:03 AM PT
Monday, January 25, 2010
FDA Approves New Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 4:21:02 PM PT
Lopsided fish show that symmetry is only skin deep, BioMed Central, Posted 4:17:03 PM PT
Sodium contents of processed foods decoded, American Society for Nutrition, Posted 2:19:16 PM PT
Monitoring peatland from Earth and space, American Society of Agronomy, Posted 2:17:03 PM PT
Bigger corn plants bully smaller neighbors in no-till fields, Purdue University, Posted 1:17:02 PM PT
AGU journal highlights -- Jan. 21, 2010, American Geophysical Union, Posted 1:17:02 PM PT
FDA Approves First Percutaneous Heart Valve, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 12:21:01 PM PT
70 percent of Inuit preschoolers live in food insecure homes, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Posted 9:19:15 AM PT
Canada's food safety system fails international comparisons, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Posted 9:17:03 AM PT
Natural pest control saves coffee berry, Springer, Posted 8:17:03 AM PT
Sweet success for sustainable biofuel research, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Posted 7:17:02 AM PT
Kibbutz transformation continues, University of Haifa, Posted 6:17:02 AM PT
Biofuel crop diversity adds value, Michigan State researchers say, Michigan State University, Posted 6:17:02 AM PT
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Fast food menus with calorie information lead to lower calorie selections for young children, Seattle Children's, Posted 9:19:16 PM PT
Living the high life is risky business for toads under threat from fungus, Imperial College London, Posted 4:17:02 PM PT
Friday, January 22, 2010
Hettich Centrifuges Issues a North America and Canada Recall of Plastic Hematocrit Rotors, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 4:21:02 PM PT
FDA Schedules Public Meeting on Premarket Clearance Process for Medical Devices, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 3:21:01 PM PT
Nipro Medical Corporation Issues a Voluntary Recall of All GlucoPro Insulin Syringes, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 1:21:01 PM PT
FDA Approves Ampyra to Improve Walking in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 1:21:01 PM PT
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The Wisconsin Cheeseman® Recalls Cheese Logs/Cheese Balls, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 10:21:02 PM PT
Study projects increased conflict and speculation in tropical forests despite Copenhagen Accord, Burness Communications, Posted 4:17:03 PM PT
Water hits and sticks: Findings challenge a century of assumptions about soil hydrology, Oregon State University, Posted 2:17:03 PM PT
The Wisconsin Cheeseman® Recalls Cheese Logs/Cheese Balls, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 1:21:02 PM PT
AGU journal highlights -- January 21, 2010, American Geophysical Union, Posted 11:17:03 AM PT
Discovery of algae's toxic hunting habits could help curb fish kills, Johns Hopkins University, Posted 10:17:02 AM PT
Changing flowering times protect tobacco plants against insect herbivory, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Posted 9:17:02 AM PT
Tobacco plant thwarts caterpillar onslaught by opening flowers in the morning, Cell Press, Posted 9:17:02 AM PT
Scientists using X-ray vision to produce more nutritious flour, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Posted 7:17:02 AM PT
Can modern-day plants trace their New Zealand ancestry?, American Journal of Botany, Posted 6:17:03 AM PT
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
FDA Approves Left Ventricular Assist System for Severe Heart Failure Patients, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 1:21:01 PM PT
Retail meat linked to urinary tract infections: Strong new evidence, McGill University, Posted 11:17:03 AM PT
School classroom air may be more polluted with ultrafine particles than outdoor air, American Chemical Society, Posted 9:17:19 AM PT
First evidence that blueberry juice improves memory in older adults, American Chemical Society, Posted 9:17:19 AM PT
Consumers over age 50 should consider steps to cut copper and iron intake, American Chemical Society, Posted 9:17:19 AM PT
Gardeners must unite to save Britain's wildlife, University of Leeds, Posted 6:17:03 AM PT
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Eating and drinking during labor: Let women decide, Wiley-Blackwell, Posted 4:19:14 PM PT
New study reveals red grouper to be 'Frank Lloyd Wrights of the sea', Florida State University, Posted 2:17:02 PM PT
Computer models suggest vaccination or culling best to prevent foot-and-mouth disease, Kansas State University, Posted 11:17:02 AM PT
U.S. Attorney New Release: Bellevue, Washington Salon Owner Sentenced in Connection with Unlicensed Cosmetic Treatments, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 10:21:01 AM PT
Monday, January 18, 2010
MIT: Unusual snail shell could be a model for better armor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Posted 12:17:02 PM PT
FDA Warns Consumers about Counterfeit Alli, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 7:21:02 AM PT
Friday, January 15, 2010
Hines Nut Company Announces Recall of Pine Nuts Because of Possible Health Risk, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 2:21:02 PM PT
MuscleMaster.com Conducts a Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Certain Body Building Products, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 2:21:02 PM PT
Parkers Farm, Inc. Expands Recall to Include All of Its Products, Regardless of Code Dates, Because of Possible Health Risk, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 2:21:02 PM PT
PEO Chapter FO Recalls Roasted Hazelnuts Because of Possible Health Risk, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 2:21:02 PM PT
FDA Commissioner Addresses Nation's Health Care Professionals on H1N1 Vaccine Safety, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 1:21:01 PM PT
Wilder weather exerts a stronger influence on biodiversity than steadily changing conditions, University of California - San Diego, Posted 12:17:18 PM PT
McNeil Consumer Healthcare Announces Voluntary Recall of Certain Over-The-Counter (OTC) Products in the Americas, UAE, and Fiji, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 10:21:02 AM PT
Making microscopic worms into a more deadly insecticide, Brigham Young University, Posted 7:17:03 AM PT
Genetic analysis disputes increase in Antarctic minke whales, Oregon State University, Posted 7:17:03 AM PT
U.S. Attorney New Release: Anesthesiologist Charged With Falsifying Medical Research, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 5:21:02 AM PT
Thursday, January 14, 2010
FDA Health Alert for Merrick Beef Filet Squares Dog Treats Packaged and Distributed by Merrick Pet Care, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 3:21:01 PM PT
Genome advances peril for pests, Arizona State University, Posted 2:17:03 PM PT
FDA Updates Earlier Guidance on Respiratory Treatment Spiriva HandiHaler, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 12:21:01 PM PT
New genetic map will speed up plant breeding of the world's most important medicinal crop, University of York, Posted 11:17:06 AM PT
Sequencing wasp genome sheds new light on sexual parasite, Vanderbilt University, Posted 11:17:06 AM PT
Parasitic wasps' genomes provides new insights into pest control, genetics, University of Rochester, Posted 11:17:06 AM PT
Gators breathe like birds, University of Utah, Posted 11:17:06 AM PT
Genome sequences for wasps will aid pest and disease control, provide new model organism, San Francisco State University, Posted 11:17:06 AM PT
U.S. Attorney News Release: Longmont, Colorado Man Arrested For Removing And Replacing Labels On Gatorade Bottles, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 9:21:02 AM PT
Punishment important in plant-pollinator relationship, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Posted 8:17:02 AM PT
New study suggests minke whales are not preventing recovery of larger whales, Pew Environment Group, Posted 8:17:02 AM PT
The pink gene, Weizmann Institute of Science, Posted 7:17:02 AM PT
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
FDA Issues Consumer Alert on HAPPYTOT Stage 4 and Some HAPPYBABY Stage 1 & Stage 2 Baby Foods, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 7:21:01 PM PT
HAPPYTOT Stage 4 and HAPPYBABY Stage 1 & Stage 2 Pouch Meals - Recall, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 6:21:02 PM PT
Nurture, Inc. Issues Voluntary Recall on select HAPPYTOT Stage 4 and HAPPYBABY Stage 1 & Stage 2 Pouch Meals Due to a Packaging Defect that could cause a Possib, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 2:21:01 PM PT
Mapping and sequencing of soybean genome paves the way for improved soybean crops, National Science Foundation, Posted 2:17:18 PM PT
Toward a less expensive version of the anti-flu drug Tamiflu, American Chemical Society, Posted 1:17:20 PM PT
Unlocking the mystery of the duck-billed platypus' venom, American Chemical Society, Posted 1:17:20 PM PT
From the ancient Amazonian Indians: A modern weapon against global warming, American Chemical Society, Posted 1:17:20 PM PT
Genome sequencing speeds ability to improve soybeans, Purdue University, Posted 12:17:03 PM PT
Seeing the forest through the trees and seeing the trees through the leaves, American Journal of Botany, Posted 10:17:03 AM PT
USDA scientists, collaborators sequence soybean genome, United States Department of Agriculture-Research, Education, and Economics, Posted 10:17:03 AM PT
Soybean genome analysis reveals pathways for improving biodiesel, DOE/Joint Genome Institute, Posted 10:17:03 AM PT
Heluva Good Recalls Cold Pack Cheese Products Because of Possible Health Risk, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 9:21:01 AM PT
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Tilapia feed on Fiji's native fish, Wildlife Conservation Society, Posted 11:17:03 AM PT
Stable climate and plant domestication linked, Springer, Posted 9:17:03 AM PT
FDA Unveils First Phase of Transparency Initiative, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 6:21:02 AM PT
Northern forests do not benefit from lengthening growing season, University of Helsinki, Posted 6:18:12 AM PT
Sunflower genome holds the promise of sustainable agriculture, Genome BC, Posted 6:17:22 AM PT
Monday, January 11, 2010
First known instance of a cricket as an orchid pollinator captured on film by Kew scientist, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Posted 10:17:02 PM PT
Study shows pine bark naturally relieves symptoms of acute hemorrhoids, MWW Group, Posted 9:19:15 PM PT
PARKERS FARM, INC. RECALLS SEVERAL PRODUCTS BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE HEALTH RISK, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 5:21:02 PM PT
Rudolph Foods Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk in Product, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 3:21:02 PM PT
Microbe understudies await their turn in the limelight, University of Washington, Posted 12:17:03 PM PT
FDA Approves New Drug for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Food and Drug Administration, Posted 11:21:02 AM PT
Mango effective in preventing, stopping certain colon, breast cancer cells, Texas A&M AgriLife Communications, Posted 10:17:03 AM PT
A deadly scorpion provides a safe pesticide, American Friends of Tel Aviv University, Posted 10:17:03 AM PT
New spider species discovered by University of Haifa scientists, University of Haifa, Posted 6:17:02 AM PT
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Can a drop of water cause sunburn or fire?, Wiley-Blackwell, Posted 4:17:02 PM PT