Vitamin D Insufficiency Prevalent Among Psoriatic Arthritis Suffers

New research reports a high prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency among patients with psoriatic arthritis. Seasonal variation in vitamin D levels was not observed in patients in southern or northern locations…

NFL Football Players Who Suffered Muscle Injuries Had Lower Levels Of Vitamin D

Vitamin D deficiency has been known to cause an assortment of health problems, a recent study presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine’s (AOSSM) Annual Meeting in San Diego, suggests that lack of the vitamin might also increase the chance of muscle injuries in athletes, specifically NFL football players…

Advances In Research Into Alzheimer’s Disease

Advances in research into Alzheimer’s disease: transporter proteins at the blood CSF barrier and vitamin D may help prevent amyloid β build up in the brain Advancing age is a major risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease and is associated with build- up of the peptide amyloid β in the brain…

Caloric Restriction Prevents Egg-Cell Defects In Aging Mice, Drugs Under Development May Have Same Protective Effects

A strategy that has been shown to reduce age-related health problems in several animal studies may also combat a major cause of age-associated infertility and birth defects…

A Study Of Ethnicity And Health

In recent years, the UK government has made bold statements regarding the recommendations for living a healthy life; including guidelines for how much fruit and how many vegetables we should eat daily, along with the ideal amount of physical activity we should do in order to avoid the risks of obesity…

Increased Nerve Fiber Density In Diabetic Neuropathy Patients After Dietary Management With A Medical Food

Pamlab L.L.C., announced today the results of a study measuring epidermal nerve fiber density (ENFD) in patients with Diabetic Neuropathy (DN). This study was published in the second quarter 2011 issue of Review in Neurological Diseases

Increased Nerve Fiber Density In Diabetic Neuropathy Patients After Dietary Management With A Medical Food

Pamlab L.L.C., announced today the results of a study measuring epidermal nerve fiber density (ENFD) in patients with Diabetic Neuropathy (DN). This study was published in the second quarter 2011 issue of Review in Neurological Diseases.

Environmentally Friendly Process Developed To Improve Storage Stability Of Probiotics

Probiotic bacteria are rapidly gaining ground as healthy food supplements. However, the production of this “functional food” has its pitfalls: only few probiotic bacterial strains are robust enough to survive conventional production processes. Researchers from Technische Universitaet Muenchen have now developed a particularly gentle method that allows the use of thus far unutilized probiotics…

Eggs May Help Prevent Heart Disease And Cancer

One of nature’s most perfect foods may be even better for us than previously thought. While eggs are well known to be an excellent source of proteins, lipids, vitamins and minerals, researchers at the University of Alberta recently discovered they also contain antioxidant properties, which helps in the prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer…

A Mother’s Salt Intake Could Be Key To Prenatal Kidney Development

A new animal study from Europe has drawn an association between pregnant mothers’ sodium intake and their newborn’s kidney development. Among the most significant aspects of the study’s findings is that either too much or too little salt during pregnancy had an adverse effect on the prenatal development of the offspring’s kidneys…

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