New or Noteworthy Rusts on Carduaceae

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New and Noteworthy in Nutrition (NNN)

SOUTHERN AFRICA “In a little town not far from where I live, children suck salt to make themselves thirsty. Their thirst makes them drink more water and this fills their stomachs and helps to suppress the hunger in their bellies. It is almost beyond belief that three years ago Zimbabwe was called the breadbasket of Africa” (excerpt from Zimbabwean farmer, Cathy Buckle’s online journal, 22 Febru...

SOME NEW AND POORLY KNOWN RUSTS (UREDINALES) FROM IRAN

Five species of Puccinia and two of Uromyces making 7 rust-host combinations are reported from Iran. Puccinia leveillei on Geranium sylvaticum, P. libanotidis on Libanotis transcaucasica, P. podospermi on Scorzonera laciniata and Uromyces scrophulariae on Scrophularia umbrosa are reported as new to the flora of Iran. For other three species viz. P. campanulae and P. gaubae on Campanula spp. and...

In the Literature: New and Noteworthy Nutrition Research

In the past few decades, Americans have been eating more and sleeping less, and some researchers now suspect that there may be a connection. A number of cross-sectional and longitudinal cohort studies have suggested that chronic sleep deprivation is associated with an increased risk of obesity. 1-4It is thought that sleep deprivation may promote weight gain by altering sympathetic nervous syste...

Noteworthy professional news.

When a 359-g baby girl was born at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in 1994, the parents wondered whether other infants that small had survived in other hospitals. Their question led to an attempt to collect reports of survivors with birth weights of less than 400 g from the medical literature and lay media and the Tiniest Babies Registry was born. To date, the registry has collecte...