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Health & Lifestyle

Health File

Myths About Eggs Showing Cracks

Recent research is casting new light on the old adage you are what you eat, at least as far as cholesterol is concerned.

For about a generation consumers have been warned to stay away from cholesterol-laden foods, in the belief that what goes in the mouth ends up in the blood stream, where it was thought dietary cholesterol contributed to plaque build-up in blood vessels and development of heart disease. Eggs, with their high-cholesterol content, became taboo for the cholesterol-conscious.

But new studies show it is fat—or rather, certain types of fat—that increase the risk of heart […]

August 5, 2008, by Sharon Adams

Health & Lifestyle

Health File

Finding Bacteria’s Sweet Tooth

Employing nanotechnology, which uses particles one billionth of a metre in size, researchers at the University of Toledo in Ohio have devised a new means of capturing bacteria—by catering to their “sweet tooth.”

Many bacteria launch their infections after latching onto carbohydrates (sugars) on human cell surfaces. Dr. Xuefei Huang, an associate professor of chemistry, and colleagues from the department of civil engineering, coated some magnetic nanoparticles with a sugar that is particularly attractive to E. coli, the bacteria responsible for many cases of food poisoning. The ‘bugs’ just ate it up.

Within five minutes researchers, using a […]

March 15, 2008, by Sharon Adams

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Miscellaneous

ATTENTION: ALBERTANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY Do you have any old military books laying around the house? Why not think of donating them to The Military Museums.  Located in Calgary, The Military Museums is Canada's second largest tri-service military museum. The Military Museums Library and Archives has recently expanded its facility and is building up its military book collection for use by present and future generations.  If you or your loved ones have military books please consider donating them to the Museum.  The Archives are also interested in preserving personal histories of Canadians.  We would greatly welcome diaries, letters, photographs, scrapbooks, as well as personal remembrances in non-paper form -- such as tapes, home-videos, films and negatives, or digital media -- in order that following generations may learn what Canadians experienced. If you would like to contribute, please contact John Wright at The Military Museums Library and Archives, 4520 Crowchild Trail SW, Calgary, AB  T2T 5J4, 403-974-2831, jpwright@ucalgary.ca.

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Legion Magazine is a Canadian English-language magazine with a French insert. It is published in a four-colour format, covering stories about Canadians, Canada’s institutions its military and its heritage. Legion Magazine is recommended by The Royal Canadian Legion, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving veterans and their families and the perpetuation of remembrance.