HIV-Infected Young Males Have Higher Rates of Bone Loss than Females...
(Source: Children's Hospital Los Angeles) Study suggests macrophage activation as possible reason for differential bone loss in adolescent males Accumulating evidence suggests that rates of low bone...
View ArticlePOSITIVE TOP-LINE RESULTS FROM THE PHASE 3 STUDY OF ROMOSOZUMAB IN...
(Source: Astellas Pharma Inc) Press Release Template - without forward looking statement News Release POSITIVE TOP-LINE RESULTS FROM THE PHASE 3 STUDY OF ROMOSOZUMAB IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH...
View ArticleGuidelines for Iodine Nutrition Before, During, After Pregnancy
According to the 2011 "Guidelines of the American Thyroid Association for the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Disease During Pregnancy and Postpartum," during pregnancy, a woman's need for iodine...
View ArticleHow to Start Exercising Again After Pregnancy
When it comes to losing the baby weight, experts agree that although eating healthy is the most important thing to do, it's also essential for moms to get moving. But with a new bundle of joy, finding...
View ArticleStudies add more evidence of Zika's risk to pregnant women
The Zika virus may be linked to a wider variety of "grave outcomes" for developing babies than previously reported - threats that can come at any stage of pregnancy, researchers reported Friday. The...
View ArticleOld before your time: Study suggests that ageing begins in the womb (Monash...
(Source: Monash University) The process of ageing begins even before we are born, according to an international team of researchers, including lead author Dr Beth Allison who has now returned to The...
View ArticleLow Vitamin D Predicts Aggressive Prostate Cancer (Northwestern University)
(Source: Northwestern University) CHICAGO --- A new study provides a major link between low levels of vitamin D and aggressive prostate cancer. Northwestern Medicine research showed deficient vitamin D...
View ArticleADHD medications associated with diminished bone health in kids Physicians...
ORLANDO, Fla., March 3, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Children and adolescents who take medication for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) show decreased bone density, according to a...
View Article'My baby was so fragile, he was like glass.' How Dubai micro-baby Nicholas...
Power of prayer and support from medical staff has got parents through difficult times since Nicolas was born 17 weeks early, weighing just more than half a kilogram. DUBAI // Miracle baby Nicholas...
View ArticleTool Enables Doctors to ID Babies at Risk of Obesity, Study Says (UCSF -...
(Source: UCSF - University of California, San Francisco) Newborns who are heavier than average and gain weight rapidly in the first six months of life face a heightened chance of obesity by the time...
View ArticleVitamin D level, body fat in newborn linked to health status in pregnancy
Overweight or obesity in pregnancy is linked to lower vitamin D levels in both the mother and the newborn, new research suggests. Obesity in pregnancy has become increasingly common. In addition to...
View ArticleMother’s high cholesterol linked to same problem in grown children
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Adults are more likely to have high cholesterol if their mothers had it before they were born, a U.S. study suggests. The study focused on what’s known as...
View ArticleNorthwestern Study: Low Vitamin D Predicts Aggressive Prostate Cancer (ASPH -...
(Source: ASPH - Association of Schools of Public Health) A new study provides a major link between low levels of vitamin D and aggressive prostate cancer. Northwestern University Feinberg School of...
View ArticleTo Your Health | Dr. Keith Roach: Side effects from treatment for...
Dear Dr. Roach: I recently had a bone density test and was advised that I have osteoporosis in the wrist and hip. I am now 77 years young. My doctor has advised me to begin taking 70 mg alendronate...
View ArticleOld before your time: Study suggests that ageing begins in the womb...
(Source: University of Cambridge) However, the offspring of mothers with lower levels of oxygen in the womb - which, in humans, can be a consequence of smoking during pregnancy or of pregnancy at high...
View ArticleLow on Vitamin D, Sleep Suffers
We're nearing the end of what's been a long winter for people in many parts of the United States. In the middle and northern regions of the U.S., where winter brings not only cold but limited sun,...
View ArticleDisease detectives hunt Zika virus-microcephaly connection in Brazil
(CNN)In her career as a pediatrician, Dr. Erin Staples has seen only the occasional case of microcephaly, the birth defect where babies are born with small heads and underdeveloped brains. Then, last...
View ArticleThe Life Project: what makes some people happy, healthy and successful – and...
The factors that most affect our life chances are revealed as the first group of British babies followed in a remarkable cradle-to-grave study turns 70...
View ArticleOne in eight Irish people have vitamin D deficiency - study
One in eight Irish people has a vitamin D deficiency, according to research conducted by UCC scientists. Across Europe, the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency is 13 per cent, the study published in the...
View ArticleVitamin D While Pregnant Won't Boost Most Infants' Bone Health, Study Says
Only babies born in winter might benefit from mom's 'sunshine vitamin' supplements ......
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