Calorie-focused thinking when it comes to obesity may mislead and harm public health
Perhaps not all calories are created equal. A new paper, co-authored by Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute cardiovascular research scientist James J.…
Perhaps not all calories are created equal. A new paper, co-authored by Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute cardiovascular research scientist James J.…
A new partnership between Cambridge University Press and the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP). From January 2015 the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine (CJEM) will join the Cambridge Journals list.…
Conservation scientists say there needs to be a new approach to protecting offshore marine reserves. Researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE) at James Cook University in Australia have found a way to predict illegal fishing activities to help authorities better protect marine reserves.…
Results of a five-year study of 409 independent pairs of homosexual brothers in 384 families find that genetics play a key role in male sexual orientation.…
Individuals who frequently cook at home tend to maintain a healthier diet than those who cook less frequently, according to new research released today at the American Public Health Association’s 142nd Annual Meeting in New Orleans.…
Cambridge University Press and Twin Research and Human Genetics (TRHG) are proud to announce the release of the online archive of AGMG, the predecessor journal to TRHG.…
What role do local institutions of mutual security play in managing the growing economic and political uncertainties in African communities today?…
Accurate knowledge regarding Ebola is critical and pertinent for practicing physicians and clinicians given the current risk of hazardous global outbreak and epidemic.…
Sugar-sweetened beverages, not so sweet for your heart! says Amélie Keller from the Institute of Preventive Medicine, Frederiksberg Hospital, RegionH, Denmark.…
Wildlife Conservation Society study confirms that endangered musk deer still live in Nuristan Province – some 60 years after last sighting species targeted by poachers: Musk deer scent glands are more valuable than gold Study appears in the October issue of the journal Oryx.…
America’s Pine Plantations Provide Hope for the Future of the Swainson’s Warbler The Swainson’s warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii) is one of the rarest and most secretive songbirds in North America, prized by birdwatchers in the southeastern U.S.…
The number of bears in farms supplying the widespread and expanding bile extraction industry in Lao PDR has tripled in recent years, with strong evidence the animals are illegally sourced from the wild, a new study published in Oryx finds.…
Livestock farming is responsible for 14.5% of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, with half of them represented by methane emissions, mostly produced by ruminants. In addition, enteric methane production by ruminants represents up to 6% of energy loss for the animal. Reduction of methanogenesis is then important to limit the negative environmental impacts of ruminants and to improve their feed efficiency.
“Gold standard” trials quoted by the Lancet rely on mistaken reasoning. The Lancet, the world’s best known medical journal, has published two articles which contain serious errors in scientific reasoning.…
The November Nutrition Society Paper of the Month is from Proceedings of the Nutrition Society and is entitled “Gut microbiota in older subjects: variation, health consequences and dietary intervention prospects”.…