Sentences with phrase «studying animal health»

From the wilds of Africa and the meadows of Yosemite to zoos in California and New York, Dr. Fleer has studied animal health and disease transmission for the last decade.

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Previously, she studied animal science at Cornell University before earning her her master's degree at NYU School of Journalism Science, Health and Enviornmental Reporting Program.

The study, conducted by Eli Lilly's (lly) Elanco Animal Health division at the request of the National Chicken Council, said that if one - third of U.S. broilers switched to slower growing breeds, that would mean 33.5 billion pounds more feed, 7.6 million acres / year more land, 28.5 billion pounds of manure, and 5.1 billion additional gallons of water.

Animal studies of the chemical have found it has no health effects on reproduction or development at doses up to at least 100 mg per kg of body - weight per day.

At GFI, Isaac Emery studies the significant environmental and human health impacts of industrial animal agriculture and evaluates the reduced impact of plant - based and clean meat.

Interested in the relationship between the gut, good health and psychology, she began studying to discover why the foods that were supposed to be «unhealthy» (e.g fats and animal products) made her feel her best.

Ganeden now has a wide stable of peer - reviewed published studies, and more than 120 patents for probiotic technologies in the food, beverage, animal health, sports nutrition and personal care ingredients markets.

University of Michigan Health System, High - Fiber Diet Keeps Gut Microbes From Eating The Colon's Lining, Protects Against Infection, Animal Study Shows

Rembiałkowska, prof. Ewa (2006) Animal dietary intervention study of effect of organic vs conventional food production methods on health and well — being of rats.

It's easy to conclude from those two animal studies alone that virgin coconut oil is a superior dietary oil for health and is safer to use as a cooking oil than other popular unsaturated fat cooking oils.

«Nutritionists, political economists and epidemiologists at Oxford will study how animal foods affect health and the environment and they will then work with Sainsbury's to present those findings in ways people can understand,» said Sarah Molton, head of Our Planet, Our Hhealth and the environment and they will then work with Sainsbury's to present those findings in ways people can understand,» said Sarah Molton, head of Our Planet, Our HealthHealth.

so often they just look at potential markers — but those don't always equate to diseases)- what was the health of the those being studied - I'm assuming the test subjects were people, but other studies done on animal subjects might not be as reliable as those done on humans.

Because epigenetics is the real driver of your health status, and diet plays a major role in gene expression (aka epigenetics), at least in this post's animal study!

Harvard Health Publications notes that diets rich in chia improve cholesterol levels in animal studies.

Milk fat may also have a beneficial effect on bone health, according to experimental animal studies.

Scientists haven't been able to adequately study GMOs impact on human, animal and environmental health.

For example, health conscious carnivores have been favoring grass - fed cows over grain - fed animals based on studies indicating that grass - fed beef is nutritionally superior and that grass feeding is just better for the animals, as well as the environment.

Numerous studies have linked diets higher in plant protein than animal protein to reduced risk of heart disease, cancer, and other health ailments.

Researchers writing in the Archives of Women's Mental Health, reviewed 10 medical studies including four with humans and six on animals.

Independent studies have conclusively shown adverse health effects of BPA on the brain and reproductive system, as well as metabolic diseases in laboratory animals.

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Studies in experimental animals have linked high doses of food dyes to health problems, among them organ damage, cancer, birth defects, and allergic reactions.

A 2014 report to the UK Council for Science and Technology, for instance, concluded that «it is not appropriate to have a regulatory framework that is based on the premise that GM crops are more hazardous than crop varieties produced by conventional plant breeding», citing two decades of extensive studies that have not revealed significant risks to human, animal or environmental health.

Forward - thinking scientists, many with funding from PETA and its international affiliates, are developing methods for studying diseases and testing products that don't require the use of animals and are actually relevant to human health.

The scientific evidence documenting the serious health risks associated with reproductive cloning, as shown through animal studies, make it unconscionable to undertake this procedure.

BPA has been identified as an endocrine disruptor and has been linked in numerous animal studies to adverse health effects, including in reproductive and metabolic systems, which have prompted public concern.

«We approached this problem many years ago and have seen all kinds of studies, and there isn't anything definitive to say that antibiotics in livestock cause harm to people,» says Richard Carnevale, vice president of regulatory and scientific affairs at the Animal Health Institute, which represents the manufacturers of animal drugs, including those for liveAnimal Health Institute, which represents the manufacturers of animal drugs, including those for liveanimal drugs, including those for livestock.

Nick Phin, head of respiratory diseases at Public Health England, thinks the study relies too much on animal data.

The National Institutes of Health oversees studies of mice, along with rats and birds; the U.S. Department of Agriculture monitors larger animals.

«By providing support for these research studies, we hope to generate more definitive answers about how human - animal interaction affects health,» he said.

This study is among several funded under a public - private partnership established in 2008 between NICHD and the WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition, a division of Mars Inc., to establish a human - animal interaction research program to support studies relevant to child development, health, and the therapeutic use of animals.

According to a study funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, companion animals — like dogs, cats or the guinea pigs in the study — may prove to be a helpful addition to treatment programs designed to help children with ASDs improve their social skills and interactions with other people.

Disease in wild animals can have a greater impact on the health of others than on the infected animals themselves, a study suggests.

«The chemicals produced by cooking meats at high temperatures induce oxidative stress, inflammation and insulin resistance in animal studies, and these pathways may also lead to an elevated risk of developing high blood pressure,» said Gang Liu, Ph.D., lead author of the study and a postdoctoral research fellow in the department of nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.

Fouchier's study «raises a red flag», says Ilaria Capua, an animal - flu expert at the Experimental Animal Health Care Institute of Venice in Legnaro, animal - flu expert at the Experimental Animal Health Care Institute of Venice in Legnaro, Animal Health Care Institute of Venice in Legnaro, Italy.

The new review integrates animal studies, clinical trials, and public health data to help explain rising cancer rates among young adults.

Supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation — FAPESP under the aegis of its Research Program on Biodiversity Characterization, Conservation, Restoration & Sustainable Use (BIOTA - FAPESP, the study relied on the collaboration of the City's Animal Health Control Center and its Department of Parks & Green Areas to carry out a collection of 37,972 specimens of the family Culicidae (which gathers flies commonly known as mosquitoes) from nine municipal parks — later laboratory analysis would show that these mosquitoes belonged to 73 species and 14 genera.

The future studies on animals and humans are being supported by the Strategic Health Innovation Partnerships, a unit of the South African Medical Research Council, with funding from the Department of Science and Technology.

New evidence from animal studies supported by the National Institute of Mental Health suggests that a specific gene may affect learned fearfulness.

In a new animal study, University of Missouri researchers examined how the development of obesity and insulin resistance contribute to bone - fracture risk and whether exercise prevents weight gain and diabetes and protects bone health.

Eating meat from animals grazed on land treated with commonly - used agricultural fertilizers might have serious implications for pregnant women and the future reproductive health of their unborn children, according to a new study involving sheep.

The study did not check the health of wolves or elk, however, and Joshua Millspaugh, a wildlife ecologist at the University of Missouri, Columbia, notes that it's not clear what glucocorticoid levels indicate potential harm to an animal.

Although the human health threats are unknown, animal studies have found evidence of damage to neurological, immune and reproductive systems.

Yet, a new University of California, Davis, study suggests that local ordinances are not adequately addressing human and animal health when it comes to backyard poultry, and laws that do exist do not keep pace with those for commercial growers.

In this episode, the conclusion of a two - part interview with anthropologist Carel Van Schaik about intelligence in animals; astronomer Steven Squyres talks about the current state of the Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity; and cardiologist Arthur Klatsky rebuts a recent meta - study that claims that light - to - moderate alcohol consumption confers no cardiovascular health benefits.

«Provisions governing animal slaughter and routine veterinary care are rare, presenting a concern for monitoring and intervening in public health crises,» the study says.

The National Institutes of Health had agreed to fund the study, which involved creating an animal model of anthrax infection in baboons, and the university's animal use and care committee had given it the green light.

Maria Lúcia Pereira Lima of the Instituto de Zootecnia Sertãozinho in Brazil is the lead author of this study in Springer's journal Tropical Animal Health and Production.

«When we examined the associations of the three food categories with heart disease risk, we found that healthy plant foods were associated with lower risk, whereas less healthy plant foods and animal foods were associated with higher risk,» said Ambika Satija, ScD, a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston and the study's lead author.

In 2011 the National Toxicology Program at the Department of Health and Human Services declared formaldehyde a known human carcinogen, demonstrated by human and animal studies to cause cancer of the nose, head, neck and lymphatic system.