Doctors are looking at treating patients before they develop the disease. Our mail bag continues to hum with responses to last week s letter from a listener who dislikes all the musical interludes we play between our items. We share a few more. According to the latest study by a group of American scientists, our tongues have a receptor that recognizes the presence of glutamates - the basic component in MSG and many common foods. Dr. Nirupa Chaudhari is the lead author on the study, and a neuroscientist at the University of Miami Medical School.
Horses are high performance athletes with a catch.
Their unique physiology allows them to exert enough energy to actually kill themselves. When horses run they produce a lot of heat. Muscles are equipped to handle it, but a horse s brain is more delicate. Somehow this doesn't happen and noone knew why not - until now. Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan s Veterinary College have solved the mystery.