The Times is running a very sane article on the hype surrounding growth hormones in the "anti-aging" marketplace. "Taking hormones to hold back the years is based on a myth. And, for people who have no medical need for hormone

CITY leaders were today accused of failing to do enough to reduce deadly carbon emissions.

A sweet saute of onion, carrot and garlic melds with the flavors of clam juice, tomatoes and bell peppers in a fragrant simmer. Stir in the clams, parsley and freshly chopped basil, and toss with hot fettuccini.

Tangy grilled chicken atop a bed of greens mixed with onions, raisins, almonds, pineapple, mint sprigs, and lime. Includes a zesty Indian-style salad dressing.

A simple preparation with extraordinary results - trout baked with tomatoes, parsley, and garlic is prepared in minutes.

Recipes are typically designed as precise formulas. Yet sometimes, you may want to double or triple the recipe to increase its yield or halve it to decrease the yield. As a ground rules, follow these basic guidelines when altering any

Healing Care Packages, a gift-giving service for friends and family of the chronically ill, opens for business. [PRWEB Mar 26, 2005]

Savient Pharmaceuticals' recent sales of several products, including Nuflexxa hyaluronic acid for knee pain due to osteoarthritis, validates strong market support for hyaluronic acid products. [PRWEB Mar 26, 2005]

Agel introduces an instant dissolving, gel dietary supplement available to distributors through AgelSuspensionGel.com This is a first of its kind product category that will enhance the nutrition industry with gel suspension supplements instead of pills, tablets and liquids. Agel is

Stroke Sufferers now have one more option: EMG triggered NMES at home is now both affordable and possible. The system is able to detect extremely small electrical EMG signals that persist in paralyzed muscles after a stroke. These tiny signals

MedPage - Preliminary results of a phase I/II clinical trial of an investigational live attenuated smallpox vaccine indicate that it achieves a good immune response without triggering any serious adverse effects.

Baltimore Sun - Scientists say a moist towel soaked with a common food preservative could turn into an effective tool for combating the next anthrax attack. Nisin, a compound found in hot dogs and other processed foods, has been shown

Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report a surprising finding about embryonic development: the blood system begins to form not only in the embryo itself, but also in the placenta, the organ that nurtures the baby

Developing chemical sensors that can be placed in the bloodstream or under the skin to continuously monitor oxygen, acidity (pH), or glucose levels is a major challenge for analytical chemists and biomedical engineers. The problem is, the body responds to

A protein called TAF4b that helps regulate gene expression in the testis apparently affects the ability of those organs to produce and maintain levels of sperm needed for fertility in mice, according to research done by investigators at Baylor College

For all its promise, the prospect of using nanoparticles in biomedical applications and consumer products has raised concerns about possible harmful effects of the miniscule materials. Scientists at the University of Michigan are addressing those concerns by investigating how certain

Scientifically, schizophrenia should not exist. It crushes sexual relationships and reproductive success. Because the illness is genetic, evolution should have eliminated it long ago. Instead, it continues to afflict one in 100 people, too many to be due to just

Three promising and innovative prostate cancer therapies are currently being investigated in clinical trials at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. The three trials -- for patients with metastatic androgen-independent prostate cancer -- include separate studies of two monoclonal antibody investigative

The presence of drug-resistant, pathogenic bacteria on uncooked poultry products varies by commercial brand and is likely related to antibiotic use in production, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.