Poppy seed brew triggers morphine overdose, drawing attention of lawmakers
It sounds like a joke: poppy seeds infused with opioids. Indeed, it was a plotline on the sitcom Seinfeld. But ...
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Understanding the role of sugar sources in development of childhood obesity
New research being presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Venice, Italy (12-15 May) suggests that the source ...
Natural obesity fighters: How coffee, tea, and cocoa combat weight gain
A review article published in the journal Current Research in Food Science describes the anti-obesity modes of action of bioactive ...
The association between diet and colorectal cancer risk
In a nested case-control study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers from South Korea investigated the genetic variants that modify ...
How caffeine impacts cerebral blood flow
A recent study published in the journal Nutrition describes the impact of caffeine intake on cerebral blood flow in young, healthy ...
New collaboration wins award to investigate non-invasive treatment of uterine fibroids
A collaboration among Dr. Frank Greenway of Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Dr. Beverly Ogden of Woman's Hospital in partnership with ...
Should we be getting used to the idea of eating insects?
Worldwide, edible insects have been consumed for thousands of years. Although insect consumption is rare in western countries, around 2,000 ...
Study finds prevalence of caffeine intake is lower during pregnancy compared to pre-pregnancy, although it increases throughout pregnancy
Findings of a recent study published in Nutrients found that coffee is the main source of caffeine in pregnant women. Milk-chocolate consumption ...
Drinking two or more cups of coffee a day linked to cardiovascular disease mortality among people with severe hypertension
Drinking two or more cups of coffee a day may double the risk of death from cardiovascular disease among people ...
The antimicrobial activity of tee tree oil nanoliposomes against Escherichia coli
Even though antibiotics are used as feed additives to manage various animal bacterial infectious diseases, the continuous emergence of drug-resistant ...
