University of Bayreuth opens research center for food quality | |
| Frank Schmälzle, Press Office University of Bayreuth 21.06.2010 12:59 | |
Excessive salt intake is to blame for high blood pressure - this thesis will examine researchers from the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) in a German-Russian cooperation project. In early June starts in Moscow to simulate an expedition to Mars, in which six subjects for the duration of 520 days in a narrow "space capsule" imprison lassen.Dabei they are hermetically sealed from the outside world, allowing the project to the researchers from Erlangen only: Only under these conditions can the amount of salt, which is to take six to control precisely. The experiment is the world's longest metabolism study in humans that has ever existed. "Read more: one to Mars and back
Project enables older people again treats
Washington / Solothurn (pte/11.05.2010/13: 40) - People who suffer from certain forms of dementia often develop preferences for certain foods but not alienate their immediate surroundings. Thus, some suddenly extremely picky or addicted to sweets. Dementia can cause the meaning is lost of taste, a team of researchers said in the journal "Cortex" of this phenomenon. A German-Swiss project, however, takes on the question of taste, and is working on dishes that are specially tailored to the needs of old people. "Read more: Dementia disrupts taste
German Cancer Research Center analyzed 450 cancer studies
It would be best to stop (Photo: pixelio.de / oneöfoto)
Heidelberg (pte/06.05.2010/15: 47) - The teeth become loose and then fall may be due to the consumption of tobacco. Because the pollutants from tobacco smoke stimulate immunological processes that are driving the destruction of the jawbone. A recent study by the German Cancer Research Center DKFZ http://www.dkfz.de According smokers suffer more frequently from inflammatory changes of the periodontal apparatus. They also have an approximately double the risk of tooth loss as Non smoking. "Read more: Dentists: Important role in tobacco prevention