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Aug 27, 2008 |
Abstract |
Exposure to indoor mould and children's respiratory health in the PATY study - Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Aug 2008
A 12-country study found consistently that children living in a home with visible mould were significantly (30% to 50%) more likely to have some respiratory disorder. Mould was reported in 13.9% (Russia) to 39.1% (US) of homes in study. [Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Aug 2008] |
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Aug 25, 2008 |
Abstract |
Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Primary Care: Is There a Link? - Source: Digestive Diseases and Sciences, Aug 22, 2008
Tracking of more than 9,000 patients 1 year after diagnosis with IBS or GERD finds significantly increased risk of a subsequent diagnosis with the other condition. [Source: Digestive Diseases and Sciences, Aug 22, 2008] |
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Aug 23, 2008 |
Article |
Researchers Discover How Rheumatoid Arthritis Destroys Bone – Drug Development Underway
Musculoskeletal researchers have cleared a big hurdle in understanding how RA degrades cartilage & bone. Not the focus is on drugs to "reverse" the effect. |
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Aug 23, 2008 |
Article |
New reasons to avoid fruit juices and fruits when taking certain drugs
Common fruit juices, including orange, apple and grapefruit, can block the absorption of important antibiotics, beta blockers, antihistmines, and cancer drugs, potentially wiping out their beneficial effects. |
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Aug 15, 2008 |
Abstract |
Is there a Relationship Between Eagle Syndrome and Cervicofacial Painful Soft Tissue Rheumatisms? - Source: The Laryngoscope, Jul 31, 2008
Virtually all patients receiving surgery to correct this syndrome (caused by an elongated bone in the head) had also been diagnosed with one or more of these: Fibromyalgia, myofascial pain syndrome, and temporomandibular dysfunction. Source: The Laryngoscope, Jul 31, 2008 |
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Aug 15, 2008 |
Abstract |
25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels and the Risk of Mortality in the General Population - Source: Archives of Internal Medicine, Aug 11, 2008
Long term tracking of 13,331 US adults found those in the lowest vitamin D quartile were 26% more likely to die of any cause than those in the highest D group, report researchers at Johns Hopkins & Albert Einstein. [Source: Archives of Internal Medicine, Aug 11, 2008] |
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Aug 13, 2008 |
Abstract |
From vitamin D to hormone D: Fundamentals of the vitamin D endocrine system essential for good health - Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Aug 2008
Suggesting the nutritional guidelines for vitamin D3 intake be reevaluated, since our understanding of its “biological sphere of influence” has broadened at least 9-fold, from the target organs required for calcium homeostasis (intestine, bone, kidney, and parathyroid), to at least 36 organs. [Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Aug 2008] |
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Aug 13, 2008 |
Article,Events |
Inflammation and Immunologic Symposium To Explore New Research In Chronic Diseases – August 30 to Sept 2, Pittsburgh
Experts at this symposium will explore research linking the continuous inflammation involved in many chronic diseases not to pathogens but to a non-pathogen perpetuated inflammatory response arising from the body's own cells. |
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Aug 12, 2008 |
Abstract |
Association of Duration and Severity of Diabetes Mellitus with Mild Cognitive Impairment - Source: Archives of Neurology, August 2008
Mayo study of a population ages 70 to 89 suggests an association of mild cognitive impairment (a transitional stage between normal aging & dementia) with earlier onset, longer duration, and greater severity of diabetes. [Source: Archives of Neurology, August 2008] |
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Aug 04, 2008 |
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Plasma Vitamin C Level, Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, and the Risk of New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The European Prospective Investigation of Cancer–Norfolk Prospective Study [Source: Archives of Internal Medicine, Jul 28, 2008]
12-year tracking of 22,000 adults strongly links higher vitamin C level in blood (and to a lesser degree, greater fruit and vegetable intake) to a substantially lower risk of type 2 diabetes. [Source: Archives of Internal Medicine, Jul 28, 2008] |
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