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The UNIVERSITY OF IOWA and Iowa State University announced plans to spice up their sports rivalry. It's a four-year deal with grocery store chain Hy-Vee to sponsor the Cy-Hawk Series. The Cyclones and Hawkeyes will earn points for wins in nine matchups and academics. The schools want to bring more sports into the rivalry and increase attendance at events other than football and basketball.
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In one study, biochemist Yuegang Zuo, Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth showed cranberry juice cocktail had the highest total phenol content compared of the 20 fruit juices tested. Phenolic compounds are natural antioxidants that help neutralize harmful free radicals in the body that are thought to be linked to most chronic diseases including cancer, heart disease and diabetes. The researchers state that "cranberry has the highest radical scavenging capacity among these different fruits studied." In a second study, Catherine Neto, Ph.D., assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, isolated several bioactive compounds from whole cranberries and found that flavonoids showed strong antioxidant activity, and newly discovered compounds in the berries were toxic to a variety of cancer tumor cells. "The tumor cell lines that these compounds inhibited most in our assays included lung, cervical, prostate, breast and leukemia," according to Neto.
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The University of Iowa has a message to students and faculty this year -- when not in use, turn off the juice. The message is part of the school's plan to save energy and cut $250,000 dollars from its utilities budget. The university is putting up signs across campus reminding people to turn off the lights and equipment, including coffee makers, computer monitors and printers. University President DAVID SKORTON cut the school's general fund budget by $2 million this year. It's part of an overall effort to cut $12 million in the next two or three years. The Associated Press story appeared on the website of WQAD, based Moline, Ill. http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=2222969
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On May 15, top officials at the DEA received a recommendation from one of their own administrative law judges, calling on the agency to allow the establishment of a marijuana production facility at the University of Massachusetts. Such a facility would end the federal government's monopoly on the production of marijuana in the U.S. and would finally allow legitimate research into the therapeutic benefits of marijuana to occur in this country. In order for the ruling to take effect... DEA Deputy Administrator Michele Leonhart must approve the recommendation.
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Robert Nicolosi, PhD, of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell described basic research showing how lutein may reduce the development of fatty streaks -- one of the first steps in coronary artery disease. As an antioxidant, lutein may help prevent the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), the so-called "bad" cholesterol.
The study, conducted by Dr. Nora Ganim Barnes of the Center for Business Research at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, surveyed 44 North American pet food manufacturers, roughly half of the industry. Currently, 38 percent of respondents use cranberries in their pet foods, and 89 percent of current users say the reason why is health. Looking into the future, 60 percent of study participants said that they would definitely or probably increase the amount of cranberries that they use in their products.
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