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Researchers Levitate Object at a Microscopic Scale
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:00:00 -0500
Magicians have long created the illusion of levitating objects in the air. Now researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Harvard University have actually levitated an object, suspending it without the need for external support.
NIDA Releases a New Research Report on Comorbidity of Addiction and other Mental Illnesses
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:15:00 -0500
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today released a research report, Comorbidity: Addiction and Other Mental Illnesses, summarizing the state of the science regarding the complex relationship between substance abuse and other mental disorders.
Addressing Substance Abuse and Comorbidities among Military Personnel, Veterans, and Their Families: A Research Agenda
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:45:00 -0500
There is growing concern that military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are experiencing a range of difficulties, including traumatic brain injury (TBI), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and alcohol and drug abuse.
CNN.com - Health
Risks cited for elective C-sections before week 39
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:34:22 -0500
When mothers-to-be and their doctors schedule repeat elective Caesarean sections before the 39th week of pregnancy, the baby is up to twice as likely to experience serious respiratory problems and other complications, according to a study published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Steps to trim calories and waistline
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:23:06 -0500
Losing weight and getting healthy isn't easy, but it's often the little things that add up over time. Here are some things you may want to avoid and some you should include in your diet if your resolution is to lose weight and feel fine in 2009.
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Researchers Levitate Object at a Microscopic Scale
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:00:00 -0500
Magicians have long created the illusion of levitating objects in the air. Now researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Harvard University have actually levitated an object, suspending it without the need for external support.
NIDA Releases a New Research Report on Comorbidity of Addiction and other Mental Illnesses
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:15:00 -0500
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today released a research report, Comorbidity: Addiction and Other Mental Illnesses, summarizing the state of the science regarding the complex relationship between substance abuse and other mental disorders.
Addressing Substance Abuse and Comorbidities among Military Personnel, Veterans, and Their Families: A Research Agenda
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:45:00 -0500
There is growing concern that military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are experiencing a range of difficulties, including traumatic brain injury (TBI), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and alcohol and drug abuse.
CNN.com - Health
Risks cited for elective C-sections before week 39
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:34:22 -0500
When mothers-to-be and their doctors schedule repeat elective Caesarean sections before the 39th week of pregnancy, the baby is up to twice as likely to experience serious respiratory problems and other complications, according to a study published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Steps to trim calories and waistline
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:23:06 -0500
Losing weight and getting healthy isn't easy, but it's often the little things that add up over time. Here are some things you may want to avoid and some you should include in your diet if your resolution is to lose weight and feel fine in 2009.
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About Rickets: Encyclopedia section of medindia explains in brief about RicketsCornell Science News: Bangladesh Rickets Project: Cornell University nutritionists and agronomists will travel to the Chakaria area of Bangladesh Oct. 6 to begin investigating why the disease rickets has been found in such a sunny place.
eMedicine - Rickets: Rickets - Rickets is defined as the failure of osteoid to calcify in a growing person or animal. Failure of osteoid to calcify in the adult is called osteomalacia. Rickets occurs when the metabolites of vitamin D are deficient. Less commonly, dietary deficiency of calcium or phosphorus may produ...
Osteomalacia/Rickets Clinical Resources: Annotated links to resources provided by the Rural Nurse Organization Digital Library.
Rickets: Find a description of the disorder, its alternate names, the causes, incidence and risk factors.
Rickets: A description of the diagnosis and treatment of an adopted Russian child with nutritional rickets at the Alfred I. duPont Institute.
Rickets: University of Maryland Medical Center article that describes the condition. Find a discussion of causes, incidence, and risk factors.
Rickets - MayoClinic.com: Rickets is a severe and prolonged vitamin D deficiency that leads to softening and weakening of the bones in children.
Rickets Is Preventable: Dr. Barbara Struempler, a nutritionist with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System describes how the condition can be avoided.
Studies of A Gene for A Rare Form of Rickets Shed Light on Vitamin D Deficiencies: Feature article reports on advances in genetic research by UCSF scientists.
Vitamin D Processing and Familial Rickets: Offers a comparison between Vitamin D sensitive and resistant forms of the bone disease. Includes a general overview of bone growth and development.
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