News tagged with thiamine deficiency

Bird population declines in northern Europe are explained by thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency

Wild birds of several species are dying in large numbers from a paralytic disease with hitherto unknown cause in the Baltic Sea area. A research team at Stockholm University, Sweden, led by Associate Professor Lennart Balk, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Fresh hopes for anti-microbial potential from Aussie native plants

QAAFI and Queensland Government scientists have discovered promising new anti-microbial properties in a combination of natural-plant ingredients, including two common native Australian plums.

Chemistry / Other

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests vitamin therapy may be harmful to breast cancer patients

(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent University of Georgia study indicates that a common vitamin used to treat breast cancer victims might actually be harmful to patients. The study, by Jason Zastre, an assistant professor in the UGA ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Two catalysts are better than one

Much like two children in the back seat of a car, it can be challenging to get two catalysts to cooperate for the greater good. Now Northwestern University chemists have gotten two catalysts to work together on the same task ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 28, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Multivitamins improve health of mother and baby

Research on pregnant women has found that taking vitamin and mineral supplements may reduce the risk of underweight babies.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Vitamin B1 could reverse early-stage kidney disease in diabetes patients

Researchers at the University of Warwick have discovered high doses of thiamine – vitamin B1 – can reverse the onset of early diabetic kidney disease.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Dec 08, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Vitamin supplement little more than 'snake oil'

A popular vitamin supplement is being advertised with claims that are demonstrably untrue, as revealed by research published in the open access journal BMC Pharmacology.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 12, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (31) | comments 2

Researchers find vitamin B1 deficiency key to vascular problems for diabetic patients

Researchers at Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, have discovered that deficiency of thiamine – Vitamin B1 - may be key to a range of vascular problems for people with diabetes. They have also solved the mystery ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 07, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (29) | comments 0

Agonized pose tells of dinosaur death throes

The peculiar pose of many fossilized dinosaurs, with wide-open mouth, head thrown back and recurved tail, likely resulted from the agonized death throes typical of brain damage and asphyxiation, according ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 07, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (42) | comments 0

Poor athletic performance linked to vitamin deficiency

Active individuals lacking in B-vitamins – including college athletes and other elite competitors -- may perform worse during high-intensity exercise and have a decreased ability to repair and build muscle than counterparts ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 16, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 0


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