News tagged with malnutrition
Drought returns to Sahel, bringing hunger
(AP) -- For the third time in the past decade, drought has returned to the arid, western shoulder of Africa, bringing hunger to millions. Aid agencies are warning that if action is not taken now, the region known as the ...
Jan 22, 2012 |
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'Most poor people don't live in the poorest countries'
(PhysOrg.com) -- An Oxford University study of 1.65 billion of the world's poor shows that over twice as many live in 'middle-income' countries as in 'low-income' countries.
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Dec 08, 2011 |
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Hidden hunger from wildlife loss
How do you balance the need for biodiversity conservation and human health? For Christopher Golden, '05, a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Harvard University Center for the Environment, that question is at the core ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Students coax yeast cells to add vitamins to bread
Any way you slice it, bread that contains critical nutrients could help combat severe malnutrition in impoverished regions. That is the goal of a group of Johns Hopkins University undergraduate students who ...
Oct 25, 2011 |
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When it comes to charitable giving, people respond to their immediate emotions, study says
(PhysOrg.com) -- When considering giving money to humanitarian crises people often donate in response to events that grab their immediate emotions, according to a recent study by researchers at the University ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Afghanistan worst place, Norway best to be a mom: study
Afghanistan is the worst place in the world to be a mother and Norway is the best, an annual report released Tuesday said.
May 03, 2011 |
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British food activist wins Norwegian environmental prize
British food waste activist Tristram Stuart won Norway's Sophie Prize for environment and sustainable development Tuesday, the foundation behind the award said.
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Scientists grow personalized collections of intestinal microbes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Each of us carries a unique collection of trillions of friendly microbes in our intestines that helps break down food our bodies otherwise couldn't digest.
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Researchers uncover hormone pathway to fatty liver disease
Scientists at the UCSF Cardiovascular Research Institute have discovered how a change in growth hormone activity in mice leads to fatty liver disease, a condition whose human counterpart is of rising concern worldwide.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Malnutrition: A skeleton in the health care closet
Many elderly Australians are either admitted to hospital suffering malnutrition, or become malnourished while in hospital, which increases hospital length of stay and health care costs.
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Severe drought threatens millions in Somalia
(AP) -- A severe drought has plunged millions of Somalis into crisis after rains failed for several consecutive seasons in this Horn of Africa nation, and the U.N. and aid groups are warning of the possibility ...
Feb 03, 2011 |
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Researchers identify site in brain where leptin may trigger puberty
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have pinpointed a tiny site in the brain where the hormone leptin may help trigger the onset of puberty.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Growth defects in cystic fibrosis may start before birth
A new study using a pig model of cystic fibrosis (CF) suggests that low levels of a growth promoting hormone at or before birth may contribute to growth defects in patients with CF.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 09, 2010 |
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Food-allergy fears drive overly restrictive diets
Many children, especially those with eczema, are unnecessarily avoiding foods based on incomplete information about potential food-allergies, according to researchers at National Jewish Health. The food avoidance poses a ...
Nov 04, 2010 |
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Preventing HIV transmission during breastfeeding
In order to reduce the transmission of HIV from mother to baby during breastfeeding, scientists are developing a low-cost, modified nipple shield which dispenses antiviral compounds.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 20, 2010 |
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Malnutrition
Malnutrition is a general term for a medical condition caused by an improper or inadequate diet and nutrition. A number of different nutrition disorders may arise, depending on which nutrients are under or overabundant in the diet.
The World Health Organization cites hunger as the gravest single threat to the world's public health. Malnutrition is, by far, the biggest contributor to infant and child mortality, present in half of all cases. Malnutrition, in the form of iodine deficiency, is the most common cause of mental impairment, reducing the world's IQ by an estimated billion points. Improving nutrition is widely regarded as the most effective form of aid.
For more information about Malnutrition, read the full article at
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