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Maternal Vitamin D Supplementation Promises Healthy Bones In Child

... the calcium content in cord blood. A crucial role played by vitamin D in the placental transport of calcium...ssessed. It was found that vitamin supplementation played a very crucial role both in the health of the mother and the baby. The results of this study have ...

Exposure to Grating, Noise, Music Can Cause Tumors Leading To Deafness

...dren. It was found that the source of a sound also played a part in the risk factor of developing this non-cancerous or non-malignant tumor. People like teachers who were exposed to screaming children and spectators at sports events were 1.3 times as likely to develop the neuroma, while workers who came int...

A taxi could increase your exposure to pollution

... video images of the individuals’ activities to be played back alongside the ultra fine particle concentrations they are exposed to. As a result, most activities and behaviors that cause high exposures can be visibly identified, such as being trapped on traffic islands and waiting in congested traffic. On...

Calcium Receptor Vital For Stem Cell Migration to Bone Marrow

...ansgenic animal models found out that the receptor played a very crucial role in the blood stem cell migrati...y seen in CaR receptor, proving the potential role played by these molecules in migration of stem cells. The production of stem cells by the fetal liver was f...

Youngsters Take Their Example From Older Siblings

...n of the University of Washington studied the role played by peers, siblings and parents with regard to drug abuse among teenagers. The data available from as many as 1,370 teenagers from Brisbane were made use for arriving at the conclusion. Where younger siblings are concerned, the incidence of drinking w...

Tumor Suppressor p53's Contradictory Regulatory System

...open-access journal PLoS Biology examines the role played by the tumor suppressor protein called p53. It has been found that any mutations of p53 play a key role in the development of many human cancers. //This particular study was carried out by Min Hu, Yigong Shi and colleagues. To provide a bit of back...

Men Are More Vengeful Than Women

...s a part of the experiment. An investment game was played by 32 subjects along with four actors, of whom two behaved in a stingy manner and another two played a fair game. The actors who played an unfair game were disliked by both the female and male voluntee...

Additional Responsiblities To Be Taken Up By Allied Healthcare Professionals

...to other health professionals. The role, currently played by nurses, podiatrist surgeons and other allied health professionals would be further extended to accomodate them into vacant postitions. // It has led to mixed reactions from doctors and other health professionals. The proposal would be taken up fo...

Wine Drinkers Good Health, Attributed To Their Lifestyle

...al Journal. The researchers found that lifestyle played a very important role in the determination of death rates among alcohol consumers. The study noted that the wine drinkers wee more educated, wealthier and had a normal and healthier mental and physical make up. In case of similar studies conducted ...

Medicare Drug Plan Is Not Working in The US

...ressure pills. This scenario is increasingly being played out in many poor households and unless the government acts, it could really kill someone, says Foughnor. 'Somebody's going to end up dying.' Robert Hayes, president of the Medicare Right Center advocacy group said that this new plan was a "train wrec...

Man's Transition from Foragers to Agriculturalist Led to Increase in Birth Rates

...ican cemeteries to prove the fact that agriculture played a very important role in worldwide increase in birth rate. When assessing the shifts in the demographic pattern prior and after agriculture was discovered in Europe there was a sudden increase of 20-30% over 500 to 700 years, in the proportion of i...

Scientists Unravel Link Between HRT And Breast Cancer Gene, BRCA1

...of the receptor. In order to understand the role played by BRCA1 in signal transduction of the progesterone receptor, the researchers used breast cancer cell lines, sensitive to progesterone levels. These cell lines were genetically manipulated to either under express or over express the BRCA1 gene. Breas...

Nervous System Plays Role In Stem Cell Regulation

...ul Frenette has discovered that a critical role is played by the nervous system while infusing the bone marr...can also activate stem cells. An important role is played by the nervous system for producing signals which contribute towards the stem cell niche. ...

Internet Helps Strengthen Social Ties

..., about 60 million Americans, say the Internet has played an important or crucial role in helping them deal with at least one major life decision in the previous two years. That is a 33% increase from a similar survey in early 2002. The Internet serves a variety of functions like getting online medical help...

Spread Of AIDS Is Reduced Greatly In Zimbabwe Due To Change In Behavior

... communications, and health service infrastructure played a crucial role in bringing down the prevalence rate. The study included 9,454 people, who were first interviewed in 1998 and later in 2003. It showed that in 2003 the prevalence reduced from 23% to 20.5%. AIDS has created a global pandemic infect...

A new test to detect pregnancy risks

... Then they identified four important proteins that played a major role in the amniotic fluid inflammation. This test is very easy and the results could be obtained within 30 minutes. The researchers studied 135 women presenting with symptoms of pre-term labor. Then they analyzed the levels of the four pr...

Blue Cross Signs Up 110,000 Minnesotans For Part D Medicare Plans

...t what the needs of the citizens were. Pharmacists played an active role in spreading information regarding the various plans. "We prepared for many different scenarios, but despite everyone's best efforts there have been some start up problems to be expected with a program this size. Health plans, pharmaci...

Does Losing A Game Affect Men?

... whether they merely enjoy watching the game being played by others, or participate in the game itself. The Health Charity will also seek to find out the extent by which the game enthusiasts will be affected if the country were to lose the game. The Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation’s Dr An...

Prostate Cancer Outcomes Determined By Socioeconomic Status

...hat education, community poverty, and income level played an equally important role in determining the outco...ion, level of poverty in the community, and income played a significant role in the survival rate. The report also...

Valentine's Day Theme Overshadows Cricket in Pakistan

...ed here for the fourth one-day international to be played on thursday, the focus was on the Valentine's Day ...ions in Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore and Faisalabad, played love songs on request. It also aired poems and stories related to the occasion. In Lahore's Libert...

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