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IDD Therapy Offers Non-Surgical Back Pain Relief

...s a negative pressure that allows fluid, blood and nutrients into the affected discs that cause pain. In other words, as each challenge is introduced to the body, it supports muscles and ligament tissue to retone itself, re-educating the neuromuscular system and relieving pain. The typical treatment is 18 to 2...

Tobacco Menace and What can Be Done About It

... it is $13 billion. It uses up more minerals and nutrients from soil hence other crops don't grow around and the wood used for curing tobacco causes deforestation. Effects on the health: Cancer is the commonest cause of tobacco related deaths after IHD and CVA. The smoke contains all forms of chemica...

Pink Grapefruit Juice is Rich in Nutrients Than Other Juices

...grapefruit juice is the one that provides the most nutrients per calorie, a new study has found. Author Gail... density. Nutrient density was defined as either nutrients provided per calorie, or the ratio of the amount of a nutrient in foods to the energy provided by th...

Sheep Offer Model for Undernourishment in Pregnant Teen Girls

...eported that a possible factor in the reduction of nutrients to the fetuses in undernourished adolescent ewes i...ange in the development of blood vessels supplying nutrients to the uterus and placenta during pregnancy. Because the changes in placental blood vessels could ...

Link Between Gastric Bypass Surgery and Neurological Conditions

... food intake and a decreased ability to absorb the nutrients in food. The interval between surgery and onset of neurological symptoms ranged from 4 weeks to 18 years. Additional authors include UAMS Department of Neurology faculty members Sami I. Harik, M.D., department chairman and professor of neurology; S...

Deep-sea Mining can Damage Marine Ecosystem

... But the process would also raise the concentrated nutrients from the deep sea to the relatively nutrient-poor ... he added. 'Depending on ocean currents, these nutrients could drift widely, disrupting the food chain and potentially damaging ecosystems that lie within ot...

Glucosamine-like Supplement Inhibits Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes

...ic therapy with the sugar GlcNAc and other related nutrients modifies the growth and autoimmune activitiy of T-cells. Virtually all proteins on the surface of cells, including T-cells, are modified with complex sugars of variable lengths and composition. Recent studies have shown that changes in these sugars a...

Risk of Diabetes is Reduced by Intake of Grain Fiber and Magnesium

...e the risk of diabetes by increasing the amount of nutrients absorbed by the body and reducing blood sugar spikes after eating, among other mechanisms. Current American Diabetes Association guidelines include goals for total fiber intake, but research suggests that some types of fiber may be more beneficial th...

Gene Responsible for Ageing Process Discovered and Calorie Restriction Could Help

...d of high-calorie food but are given all the other nutrients they need. It is well established that calorie-restricted diets lead to longer maximum life spans in practically every animal in which they have been studied, although the evidence it not as strong for humans. "After 72 years of not knowing how c...

A Blood Test Developed in Australia to Repair DNA Damage

...ow, the copies get worse. "Optimal intake of key nutrients is required if cells in the body are to make accurate copies of DNA and produce healthy daughter cells." Federal Minister for Ageing, Christopher Pyne, said the new blood test was a major step forward in preventative medicine. "Preventing disease...

Indian Researcher Finds Human Urine Grows Better Fish Food

...then feed on. "We believe this quick release of nutrients induced the fast reproduction in the plankton," said Jana. "We have not yet encountered any diseases or abnormalities in the zooplankton grown in tanks with human urine, but we are looking for hormone residues and antibiotics, just to be sure," he ...

Raipurs Separated Conjoined Twins are Doing Fine

... responsibility of meeting the cost of milk, other nutrients and medicines for the kids during their eight-month long stay in hospital. Prabhawati, the mother of twins, said she was happy and requested the State Government to provide them with a good education. Ram Prasad Kohl, the father of twins, appea...

Insilico Studies on Chlorine Eating Bacteria

...unds one at a time, varying the environment or the nutrients supplied, and then observing which genes are expressed and what proteins are manufactured. The data will go to GNS, which will try to build computer models of how the bacteria's proteins work together under each condition and whether the pathway fo...

Bone Health Protection by Dietary Calcium

...rtain what underlies this effect, it could be that nutrients other than calcium cause this shift. It's also known that dairy products, which are a major source of calcium, can contain active estrogenic compounds, and these can influence bone density and the amount of estrogenic metabolites in the urine." C...

Pureed Products Unnecessary and Harmful for Babies UK Expert

... If not, it is feared they could lose out on vital nutrients derived from breast milk, which protect against common infections and allergies, says Gill Rapley, deputy director of UNICEF UK's Baby Friendly Initiative. Spoon-feeding them pureed products could also delay their chewing ability, cause them to bec...

Mother Has the Right to the Placenta, US Court Rules

...that the organ created by the woman's body to pass nutrients between mother and fetus and is expelled after birth is rich in chemicals that can help mitigate fluctuations in hormones believed to cause postpartum depression. "I feel that it is what we as women are meant to do with the placenta," says Jodi Sel...

Nutritious Diet Help Improve Childrens Academic Performance

...things in mind. Go for variety to get different nutrients and beat boredom. Try bagels, English muffins, crackers, pita bread, or tortillas paired with your favorite spread or sandwich filling. Find healthy alternatives to snack chips. Trail mix, flavored rice cakes, pita chips and homemade tortilla chips...

Study Finds Abdominal Fat Not the Prime Cause for Metabolic Syndrome

...gnetic resonance imaging techniques to observe how nutrients are channelled in the body in both insulin resistant and insulin sensitive human subjects which included young, lean, non-smoking, healthy people who were sedentary and matched for physical activity. The volunteers had no confounding factors typica...

Plants Respond to Changing Environment

...ues specialized tissues for transporting water and nutrients through the plant. This group of plants also have the genes involved in the gibberellin signalling mechanism, and the products of their genes are able to interact with each other, and the hormone gibberellin. However this still does not result in...

Golf Courses Could Serve as Wildlife Sanctuaries If Managed Properly

...rying process benefits amphibians, and it releases nutrients from the soil. Maintaining permanent ponds actually harms biodiversity," said Prof. Semlitsch. In the study, the researchers used two types of ponds - control reference ponds and ponds located on golf courses - to monitor populations of American t...

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