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Young Food Critics Offer Schools Insider Help
Mardi 20 Mai 2008 - 21:00 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health)
Choosing the right chicken tender or proper pizza is serious business.

USDA to Ban 'Downer' Beef
Mardi 20 Mai 2008 - 21:00 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health)
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said yesterday that his department wants to ban all "downer" cattle from the slaughterhouse to boost public confidence in the safety of the nation's food supply.

Yogurt Options
Mardi 20 Mai 2008 - 21:00 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health)
Parents today are more likely to let children snack on yogurt than cookies, according to NPD Market Research, which tracks national food trends. Yogurt packs calcium and "friendly" bacteria that might bolster digestive health.

10 Facts About Nutrition, Fitness and Weight
Mardi 20 Mai 2008 - 21:00 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health)
Bad: One in four Americans eats fast food at least once a day.

Effects of Nanotubes May Lead to Cancer, Study Says
Mardi 20 Mai 2008 - 21:00 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health)
Microscopic, high-tech "nanotubes" that are being made for use in a wide variety of consumer products cause the same kind of damage in the body as asbestos does, according to a study in mice that is raising alarms among workplace safety experts and others.

The Search for a Universal Flu Vaccine: A Q&A with Walter Fiers [Features]
Mardi 20 Mai 2008 - 15:00 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - Presse spécialisée - Scientific American
One of the greatest public health fears is an influenza pandemic. Epidemiologists have worried that the avian flu virus, formally known as H5N1, could mutate enough to sicken and pass among humans, who would not have an immunity to it. A universal flu vaccine would prevent such a threat: like some childhood shots, it would confer lifelong protection--and eliminate seasonal flu injections as well. For the Insights story, "Beating the Flu in a Single Shot,"appearing in the June 2008 Scientific American, Alexander Hellemans talked with Walter Fiers of Ghent University in Belgium. Fiers discovered a key protein on the influenza virus that could serve as a target for a universal vaccine; the drug has shown promise in an early clinical trial. Here is an edited excerpt of the interview, translated from Dutch.Before you started working on the influenza virus, you were actually decoding genomes in the 1960s. Did this then-new technique help you in tackling the influenza virus? [More]

Ted Kennedy Diagnosed with Malignant Brain Tumor [News]
Mardi 20 Mai 2008 - 15:00 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - Presse spécialisée - Scientific American
The hospital where veteran Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy has been recuperating following a seizure revealed today that the Massachusetts lawmaker has a malignant brain tumor. [More]

Ted Kennedy Diagnosed with Malignant Brain Tumor [News]
Mardi 20 Mai 2008 - 15:00 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - Cancer - Scientific American
The hospital where veteran Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy has been recuperating following a seizure revealed today that the Massachusetts lawmaker has a malignant brain tumor. [More]

Study Says Carbon Nanotubes as Dangerous as Asbestos [News]
Mardi 20 Mai 2008 - 13:00 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - Presse spécialisée - Scientific American
Inhaling carbon nanotubes could be as harmful as breathing in asbestos, and its use should be regulated lest it lead to the same cancer and breathing problems that prompted a ban on the use of asbestos as insulation in buildings, according a new study posted online today by Nature Nanotechnology. [More]

Study Says Carbon Nanotubes as Dangerous as Asbestos [News]
Mardi 20 Mai 2008 - 13:00 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - Cancer - Scientific American
Inhaling carbon nanotubes could be as harmful as breathing in asbestos, and its use should be regulated lest it lead to the same cancer and breathing problems that prompted a ban on the use of asbestos as insulation in buildings, according a new study posted online today by Nature Nanotechnology. [More]

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