281. Mouse model shows that generating energy from sugar leads to fittermuscles and increased athletic a
September 10, 2012
Muscle performance and fitness are partly determined by how wellyour muscle cells use sugar as a fuel source. In turn, exercisingimproves the muscle's ability to take up sugars from thebloodstream and burn them for energy. On the flip side, conditionsthat reduce physical activity -- such as obes...
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282. Substantial health disparities among young us adults
September 10, 2012
Health disparities among young American adults born after 1980 havegrown substantially, according to a new study led by Hui Zheng,assistant professor of sociology at Ohio State University, that ispublished in the December issue of the American Sociological Review . Zheng and colleagues also found...
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283. Glia cells are much more than glue, they also regulate learning andmemory
September 10, 2012
Glia cells, named for the Greek word for "glue," hold the brain'sneurons together and protect the cells that determine our thoughtsand behaviors, but scientists have long puzzled over theirprominence in the activities of the brain dedicated to learning andmemory. Now Tel Aviv University researche...
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284. Chronic high cholesterol diet produces brain damage
September 09, 2012
Research from the Laboratory of Psychiatry and ExperimentalAlzheimers Research at the Medical University Innsbruck (Austria)demonstrated that chronic high fat cholesterol diet in rats exhibited pathologies similar to Alzheimer's disease . The results were published in Molecular Cellular Neuroscienc...
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285. Enrile eyes marathon hearings until at least 10 p.m.
September 08, 2012
On the eve of the resumption of Chief Justice Renato Corona"simpeachment trial, the Senate impeachment court"s presidingofficer wants to hold marathon hearings until at least 10 p.m., sothe trial can end before June. Senate President and presiding officer Juan Ponce Enrile said hewill bring up th...
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286. Track china's money supply and loan growth for risks
September 08, 2012
In this episode of China Money Podcast , hear what Mr. Ewen Cameron Watt has to say about China'sproperty sector. Mr. Cameron Watt is a managing director andportfolio manager at BlackRock, Inc, and below is an excerpt of hisviewpoints. On the Chinese property market, is it a bubble and is it...
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287. Ban on animal dyes falls to fight against africanized 'killer' bees
September 07, 2012
People may be able to dye baby chicks for at least a year, as atradeoff in the state Department of Agriculture s effort to fightthe growth of Africanized honey bees , which have been tagged as "killer bees." Gov. Rick Scott, speaking on WFLA 850 AM in Fort Lauderdale thisweek, said he ll likely...
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288. Appeals court rejects huge award in tobacco death case
September 07, 2012
An appeals court Monday rejected a North Florida jury's call forR.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. to pay $79.2 million to the daughter of adead smoker -- overturning what could have been the largest verdictin a barrage of lawsuits against cigarette makers The 1st District Court of Appeal sent the case bac...
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289. Dane reynolds and friends ignite the nike lowers pro 2012
September 06, 2012
Dane Reynolds, John John Florence, Jeremy Flores, Glenn Hall,Adrian Buchan, Tanner and Pat Gudauskas. The quarterfinalists ofthe Nike Lowers Pro 2012 are ready to discuss the last waves, atLower Trestles, California. Reynolds took the day's highest scores with a near-perfect 9.80single wave ...
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290. Va. judge: speech rights dont cover facebook like
September 06, 2012
The Associated Press May 5, 2012 By Brock Vergakis NORFOLK The "like" button on Facebook seems like a relativelyclear way to express your support for something, but a federaljudge says that doesn't mean clicking it is constitutionallyprotected speech. Exactly what a "like" means - if anything - p...
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