Blood pressure control remains a problem in the United States and around the world, according to background information in the article. Recent estimates indicate little change in the prevalence of hypertension, and, although there seem to be some recent improvements in treatment and control rates, hypertension in many persons remains inadequately controlled, the authors write.
Nathan [...]
Their study provides a three-dimensional snapshot of the enzyme basil Eugenol Synthase frozen in mid-action as it produces eugenol, the fragrant molecule responsible for basil’s spicy overtones reminiscent of cloves and cinnamon.
This particular enzyme is very interesting since it belongs to a large family of enzymes that perform what we call ‘household reactions’ but, through [...]
Our results suggest that an autonomous glial mechanism may drive circadian rhythms in the activity of a Drosophila protein known as Ebony, says F. Rob Jackson, PhD, director of the CNR and professor of neuroscience at TUSM. Ebony activity and the glia containing that activity explains Jackson, function independently of, or in concert with, other [...]
For several years, ARS entomologist Bob Pfannenstiel has been studying predators that feed on the eggs of lepidopteran pests of annual crops. Pfannenstiel, who is in the Beneficial Insects Research Unit at Weslaco, Texas, does most of his work on cotton and the pests that plague it, such as bollworm and beet armyworm.
In the summer [...]
The researchers tested their weight control program’s effectiveness on a group of 59 patients treated for mental health problems. These people, suffering from schizophrenia and psycho-affective or bipolar disorders, had been using antipsychotic drugs for almost three years on average.
Patients were invited to attend a 90-minute educational session about healthy eating and physical activity. They [...]
%26ldquo;We have put together recommendations for different age groups, but the material is more robust when it comes to women,%26rdquo; says Anders Raustorp, University of Kalmar, one of those taking the initiative for the study and director of the Swedish component. For women up to the age of 50 and for men, 10,000 steps a [...]
The Environmental, Biochemical and Nutritional Analytical-Control Research Group, directed by Professors Alberto Fern%26aacute;ndez Guti%26eacute;rrez and Antonio Segura Carretero, used the most advanced analytical techniques for a precise study on the antioxidant properties of olive oil, characterized by its polyphenolic composition and its potential to combat degenerative diseases.
The study was completed with the collaboration of the [...]
When all of these technologies are put together on the telescope, scientists will use them to study the first generation of stars and galaxies that formed about 400 million years after the Big Bang. This is no small feat. Looking at starlight is like looking back in time, because it takes the light from those [...]
Jean Pierre Kapongo, Ph.D., an entomologist specializing in environmental health at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, recently published the results of a research study that will aid vintners and fruit farmers in their ability to produce healthier crops. According to Kapongo, vineyard owners and farmers can now control fruit flies (Ceratitis capitata) with [...]
Having mostly lurked outside of wheat fields for the past 45 years, the flies have recently undergone genetic changes that enable them to make major inroads into wheat fields once again.
It so happens that both the Agricultural Research Service’s (ARS) Crop Production and Pest Control Research [...]