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- Consuming probiotics for a month helps diminish fat accumulation in the liver, according to a new study
- Exploiting gastric vulnerability
- Is the US National Flood Insurance Program affordable?
| Posted: 18 Jul 2014 06:56 AM PDT Scientists have demonstrated through an experiment on obese rats that the consumption of probiotics for thirty days helps diminish the accumulation of fat in the liver. This new findingis a step forward on the fight against Non-Alcolohic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), which is closely related to obesity and diabetes. |
| Exploiting gastric vulnerability Posted: 17 Jul 2014 11:19 AM PDT Helicobacter pylori infection promotes stomach ulcers and cancer. How H. pylori initially interacts with and irritates gastric tissue is not well understood. A new article now describes that H. pylori rapidly identifies and colonizes sites of minor injuries in the stomach, almost immediately interferes with healing at those injury sites, and so promotes sustained gastric damage. |
| Is the US National Flood Insurance Program affordable? Posted: 17 Jul 2014 08:49 AM PDT A examines the challenges in offering risk-based premiums and affordability of flood insurance through a case study of Ocean County, New Jersey, an area heavily damaged by Hurricane Sandy. The authors of the paper argue that the National Flood Insurance Program must address affordability concerns, but that this should not be done through discounted premiums. |
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