News tagged with deficient
Vitamin D found to influence over 200 genes, highlighting links to disease
The extent to which vitamin D deficiency may increase susceptibility to a wide range of diseases is dramatically highlighted in research published today. Scientists have mapped the points at which vitamin D interacts with ...
Aug 23, 2010 |
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Worm study yields insights on humans, parasites and iron deficiency
Using a tiny bloodless worm, University of Maryland Associate Professor Iqbal Hamza and his team have discovered a large piece in the puzzle of how humans, and other organisms safely move iron around in the ...
May 26, 2011 |
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Pre-conception and early pregnancy iron deficiency harms brain
A mother's iron deficiency early in pregnancy may have a profound and long-lasting effect on the brain development of the child, even if the lack of iron is not enough to cause severe anemia, according to a University of ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Alzheimer's advances show need for better drugs
Scientists are reporting advances in detecting and predicting Alzheimer's disease at a conference in Honolulu this week, plus more proof that getting enough exercise and vitamin D may lower your risk.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Amid the murk of 'gut flora,' vitamin D receptor emerges as a key player
Within the human digestive tract is a teeming mass of hundreds of types of bacteria, a potpourri of microbes numbering in the trillions that help us digest food and keep bad bacteria in check.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 07, 2010 |
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More than skin deep, tanning product of sun's rays
People who remain pale and never tan can blame their distant ancestors for choosing to live in the northern reaches of the globe and those who easily achieve a deep tan can thank their ancestors for living in the subtropical ...
Jun 21, 2010 |
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Scientists discover final piece in phytate jigsaw
A team of scientists in Spain and the UK have identified the final piece in the jigsaw of how phytate is produced in plants.
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Significant findings about protein architecture may aid in drug design, generation of nanomaterials
Researchers in Singapore are reporting this week that they have gleaned key insights into the architecture of a protein that controls iron levels in almost all organisms. Their study culminated in one of the first successful ...
Apr 09, 2010 |
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Study links rheumatoid arthritis to vitamin D deficiency
Women living in the northeastern United States are more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis (RA), suggesting a link between the autoimmune disease and vitamin D deficiency, says a new study led by a Boston University School ...
Apr 07, 2010 |
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Study shows link between vitamin D, skin cancer
A Henry Ford Hospital study has shown a link between Vitamin D levels and basal cell carcinoma, a finding that could lead researchers to better understand the development of the most common form of skin cancer.
Mar 04, 2010 |
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New study links vitamin D deficiency to cardiovascular disease and death
While mothers have known that feeding their kids milk builds strong bones, a new study by researchers at the Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City suggests that Vitamin D contributes to a strong ...
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Miracle Aussie baby beats rare condition in world first
A "miracle" Australian baby has become the first person cured of a rare and deadly brain-melting condition after doctors gambled on an experimental drug tested only on mice, they said Thursday.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Too much of a good thing? Scientists explain cellular effects of vitamin A overdose and deficiency
If a little vitamin A is good, more must be better, right? Wrong! New research published online in the FASEB Journal shows that vitamin A plays a crucial role in energy production within cells, explaining why too much or too ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Vitamin C deficiency impairs early brain development
(PhysOrg.com) -- Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen shows that vitamin C deficiency may impair the mental development of new-born babies.
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Research shows why low vitamin D raises heart disease risks in diabetics
Low levels of vitamin D are known to nearly double the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes, and researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis now think they know ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 22, 2009 |
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