Iron can have negative side effects on people with kidney disease
More than 20 million Americans one in nine adults have chronic kidney disease, and most don't even know it.[1] Physicians are constantly searching for the most effective therapies to help people with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), which occurs when kidney disease has progressed and about 90% of ki...... for Disease Control and Prevention, 61 percent of adults are overweight or obese and 13 percent of children and adolescents are seriously overweight. This epidemic exacts a steep toll: Each year, about 300,000 Americans die of obesity-related causes. The economic cost of obesity was about $117 billion in 2...Children's Hospital Boston receives more than $10 million to help make smallpox vaccine safer
... "Since 5 percent of kids and about 1 percent of adults have atopic dermatitis, the risk is great should a decision be made to mass vaccinate," says Dr. Raif Geha, chief of Immunology at CHB. "EV can develop even in people with mild atopic dermatitis, as well as healthy people who had atopic dermatitis i...Joslin Diabetes Center releases new low impact exercise video
...ent Joslin Diabetes Center study showed that obese adults who lost just seven percent of their weight - or 16 pounds in a 220-pound, 5'5" tall woman - and did moderate-intensity physical exercise for six months such as the exercises on the Keep Moving! video, improved their major blood vessel function by ap...What are babies thinking before they start talking?
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..., 2004) - Bethesda, MD Every morning, millions of adults consume voluminous cups of coffee, seeking the jolting effect of caffeine. As these adults consume their coffee, they do so unaware that some of the youngest Americans are also getting a trea...Genetic model for devastating form of paraplegia suggests new treatments
...n.) Even very low levels of over-expression caused adults to be slow and weak. Within the nerve cells, the researchers found that too much D-Spastin caused stable microtubules to disappear altogether. At the synapse, elevated levels of spastin also caused a large drop in synaptic signal strength, impairing ...Gene profiles could improve acute leukemia diagnosis and lead to better treatments
...icroarray analysis of genes from both children and adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) could significan...ic type of blood cell. The study of children and adults found that leukemic cells of each major known prognostic subtype of AML had a specific "signature" o...New 20-year study links COPD and asthma
New research shows that adults with asthma may have an increased risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). According to a 20-year study published in the July issue of CHEST , the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), pat...UCSD biologists discover cell's defense mechanism against class of disease-causing bacterial toxins
...ren and 500,000 cases of pneumonia in children and adults in the United States each year. The toxins also play a major role in infections from Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that causes ulcers; Legionella pneumophila, which is responsible for Legionnaire's disease; and Streptococcus pyogenes, which can le...Triple-vaccine strategy stimulates strong HIV-specific immune response in monkeys
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...human thyroid gland, which regulates metabolism in adults and physical development in children. The system created by ORNL uses a process known as selective ion exchange, which is the preferred treatment technology for removing contaminants such as perchlorate from water. However, the resins often absorb c...Make a splash for public health this summer
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...coholism (NIAAA), show that the number of American adults age 18 years and older who abuse alcohol or are alcohol dependent rose from 13.8 million (7.41 percent) in 1991-1992 to 17.6 million (8.46 percent) in 2001-2002. "There is no 'magic number' as to a safe versus unsafe amounts of alcohol consu...Existing drug may prevent brain injury and seizures in newborns
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