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Canned foods offer more than convenience

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While the artist’s haunting self-portraits focus largely on anatomy and failed reproduction attempts, relatively little attention has been paid to her own body and infertility

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Pure oxygen for limited period provides benefits

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Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant capabilities shown after traumatic brain injury

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Preliminary data hint at how extracts from the tree, abundant in tropical and subtropical areas, may stop the virus from multiplying

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Mexican researchers find the fruit bolsters cells’ power centers against harmful free radicals

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Microemulsion has been found to be both stable and a good candidate for delivering a variety of antigens

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Study of anti-hypertensive drug moxonidine finds, in an animal model, that the drug can improve heart function and survival independent of its effect on blood pressure

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Six scientific societies will hold their joint scientific sessions and annual meetings, known as Experimental Biology (EB), from April 21-25, 2012, in San Diego. This meeting, EB 2012, brings together the leading researchers from dozens of life-science disciplines. Here are some programming highlights.

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Animal model finds reduced tissue damage after heart attacks following acute, high-fat feeding

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Increase in key hormone adiponectin linked to fat-burning, better insulin sensitivity

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During the symposium, “Pathobiology of Liver Injury and Fibrosis,” Dr. Samuel French Jr. explains the effects of several flavonoids on hepatitis C viral infection.

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Women in the treatment group had significantly lower total Postpartum Depression Screening Scale scores, with significantly fewer symptoms common to postpartum depression.

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Study is the first to evaluate the long-term cardioprotective effects of daily consumption of apple in postmenopausal women.

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Research suggests that stress hormones program child's genes

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Brisk walking several times per week bestows benefits in just 3 months

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New research indicates supplementation with the "sunshine vitamin" may be particularly beneficial for overweight African-American adults, a population at increased risk for both cardiovascular disease and vitamin D deficiency.

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New study contradicts prior research suggesting hormonal status affects voice

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Researchers have found that a master clock gene does not fluctuate regularly as it does in non-obese animals. This means that a key gene clock of the cardiovascular system does not work properly when obesity is present. The findings are believed to be the first of their kind.

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Pharmacogenetics (PGx) is the study of an individual’s variation in DNA sequence related to drug response. The goal is to select the right drug at the right dose and avoid adverse drug reactions or ineffective treatment. A study aims to develop a PGx test for forensics. Researchers announce their results.

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Researchers from Wisconsin and Texas identify benefits of certain EET analogs that increase sodium excretion and lower blood pressure

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Study was performed in tissue cultures taken from mice. The polyphenols showed a dose-dependent suppression of adipocyte differentiation.

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Study shows consumption of GTP (at a level equivalent to about 4-6 cups of steeped green tea daily) & participation in tai chi independently enhanced markers of bone health by 3 and 6 months, respectively

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Is there a "health halo effect" for organic products?

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A researcher determined to manipulate the activation of certain enzymes will present new findings about a previously unknown cellular process that the pancreas uses to selectively detect and gobble up activated enzymes before they can digest the organ, avoiding disease progression.

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Three high-profile panelists will share their views on how science, the media, politics and society interact and, perhaps more importantly, what scientists themselves can do to communicate more effectively and restore their credibility.

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A thematic program will bring together researchers from across the country to discuss recent developments in DNA replication, recombination and repair and the importance of these activities in cancer and gene therapy.

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Experts on metabolism will convene for a thematic program to discuss scientific advances in understanding the links between metabolic function and the onset of disease.

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The program will showcase the work of scientists from all over the world who have their sights set on reversing the epidemic of obesity by laying bare and manipulating, to mankind’s advantage, its molecular underpinnings. Nine 25-minute talks and numerous other shorter talks about groundbreaking obesity studies.

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Two dozen researchers will go public about their ongoing work aimed at improving our understanding of biological systems and contributing to our cache of healing compounds.

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It turns out that exercising during pregnancy might be the earliest intervention strategy available to mothers for improving their child’s heart health after birth.

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Familiar voices, magnetic stimulation being tested in two clinical trials. One study is a double-blind, randomized trial in which family members and loved ones of the patients play very important roles.

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In studies on cancer, heart disease, neurological disorders and other degenerative conditions, some scientists are moving away from the “nature versus nurture” debate, and are finding you’re not a creature of either genetics or environment, but both - with enormous implications for a new approach to health.

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A post-mortem study of the hearts of 21 young people in Mexico City has found that the heart begins to show the adverse effects of air pollution at a young age and that tiny bits of inactivated bacteria that hitch a ride on pollutants may make the problem worse.

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Many of the colon cancer cells that form tumors can be killed by genetically short-circuiting the cells’ ability to absorb a key nutrient, a new study has found. While the findings are encouraging, the test tube study using human colon cancer cells also illustrates the difficulty of defeating these cells, known as cancer stem cells.

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Techniques for using digital technology in separating conjoined twins, developing facial prostheses and acquiring data from anthropologic specimens among the topics being presented at the Experimental Biology 2010 meeting.

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In a study designed to test the weight-loss potential of dihydrocapsiate (DCT), the non-spicy cousin of hot peppers, researchers found energy expenditure was significantly increased in those consuming the highest amounts of DCT.

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A receptor that is present in the nucleus of cells can, when activated, slow the growth of tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer cells, a new study found. The study built on the recent discovery that farnesoid X receptor (FXR) — a nuclear receptor found mainly in the liver — is found in breast cancer tissue.

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Researchers have provided the first evidence-based data on changes in drug metabolism in obese children as compared to healthy weight children.

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A top researcher will report on his team's work to eliminate inherent drug resistance to TB, which may help in the battle against the emerging extensively-drug resistant TB strains.

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Whether alcoholic drinks provide health benefits is an area of active and on-going research and debate among health and nutrition experts. A new study finds that low to moderate alcohol consumption, at least over the short term, appears not to harm bone health.

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A new theory that muscle and bone diseases affect each other could have an impact on science and the cost of getting sick.

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Ancient mummies, skulls and bones galore—Indiana Jones himself would learn a thing or two at the American Association of Anatomists’ Annual Meeting beginning April 24.

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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy have developed an imaging protocol that allows them to visualize the activity of the brain’s reward circuitry in both normal individuals and those addicted to drugs.

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A lead researcher with the Human Microbiome Project (HMP), an international NIH roadmap initiative to study the impact of microbes on human health and disease, will talk about her research to optimize the beneficial effects of microbiota for each individual.

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Findings about what specific components of diets are most beneficial are frequently changing. However, an ongoing study of older adults shows evidence that one type of diet can help mitigate cognitive problems. An ongoing prospective study has shown that adherence to the Mediterranean diet can reduce the risk of cognitive decline with older age.

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Researchers have developed and tested a modified enzyme that can break down cocaine into inactive products nearly 1,000 times faster than the human body does regularly. The engineered enzyme, called CocE, may be an excellent candidate for clinical use.

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New research suggests a component in a layer of tissue surrounding grains of brown rice may work against angiotensin II. Angiotensin II is a protein and known culprit in the development of high blood pressure & atherosclerosis.

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Genetic mutation can disrupt the way human cells make proteins, which in turn leads to inherited disease. According to one researcher, scientists are closer than ever to producing drugs that fix this disrupted-protein pathway and drastically improving treatment of genetic disease.

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A new study looks at the effect that mirthful laughter and distress have on modulating the key hormones that control appetite.