Only one third of women take folic acid before pregnancy to prevent spina bifida
Research recently published from Queen Mary University of London reveals less than 1 in 3 women have taken folic acid supplements before pregnancy to prevent spina bifida and other birth defects of the brain, spine, or spinal cord (neural tube defects).
February 21, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: acid-supplements, before-pregnancy, birth, brain, diet, london, oncalldiets, other-birth, pregnancy / obstetrics, queen-mary, recently-published, spinal-cord, university
Research Suggests Omega-3 Fatty Acids Could Prevent And Treat Nerve Damage
Research from Queen Mary, University of London suggests that omega-3 fatty acids, which are found in fish oil, have the potential to protect nerves from injury and help them to regenerate. When nerves are damaged because of an accident or injury, patients experience pain, weakness and muscle paralysis which can leave them disabled, and recovery rates are poor…
January 12, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: accident-or-injury, damaged-because, fish-oil, from-injury, london, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, omega-3-fatty, potential, protect-nerves, queen, queen-mary, university
Fluorescent Fish Could Hold The Key To Understanding Diabetes And Other Diseases
Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered a new way of detecting zinc in zebra fish, that could pave the way for furthering our understanding of diseases like type 2 diabetes, prostate cancer and Alzheimer’s. The results will be announced today (3 July) at the Sixth International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry, in Brighton…
July 3, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alzheimer, announced-today, detecting-zinc, diabetes, london, macrocyclic, oncalldietitian.com, pave-the-way, queen-mary, sixth, symposium, understanding, university, zebra-fish