Warning from new SLU research: Usual test for vitamin deficiency can mislead doctors
..."The usual way of diagnosing B12 deficiency may be inadequate because it underestimates the frequency of the problem, which is present in up to 20 percent of the elderly," Thomas says. "The problem is eminently treatable at pennies a day." Dr. Kinsella has had a longstanding interest in B12 deficienc...Scientists raise concerns about second wave of 'mad cow' prion infection
...sium, reviewed issues in the U.S., commenting that inadequate reimbursement often prevents or delays the adoption of new technology to enhance blood safety. He said that improvements in transfusion safety are not likely to be implemented in the U.S. without patient advocacy. Dr. Ness reviewed U.S. blood safet...NASA & partners create new worldwide coral reef library
...location of the world's coral reefs are completely inadequate to answer the key question about how the reefs and the fragile ecosystems they support are adapting to a changing environment. This newly released dataset will help provide the baseline against which future observations can be compared," said Gene Ca...The lost genetic legacy of American gray wolves
...ew hundred wolves in the American West are grossly inadequate and reflect political and economic concerns rather than past biological reality"....What have scientists learned since Mount St. Helens erupted?
...isturbance and the succession processes were often inadequate for explaining ecological responses to the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Some of the findings include: Disturbance gradients ranged from areas where all life perished, to zones with nearly complete survival. The eruption involved several vol...Mothers speak: Physicians often fall short when delivering a down syndrome diagnosis
...with families. "Physicians have consistently been inadequate and incomplete, and, on occasion, offensive," he says. "This study is the most searching review of parents' experiences of postnatal presentation of a diagnosis of Down syndrome ever published, and it has been done with considerable statistical care....Agilent Technologies announces breakthrough for cancer researchers studying chromosomal changes
...o overcome these limitations have been hampered by inadequate sensitivity, specificity and flexibility of the microarray platforms. As detailed in the PNAS paper, Agilent's breakthrough is founded on the modification of its gene-expression profiling microarray technology to improve its utility for DNA analysi...Rush physicians using gene therapy for heart patients with moderate to severe chest pains
...GF-2 is injected into the heart muscle region with inadequate blood supply. The DNA plasmid is then taken up by the middle muscular layer of the heart wall near the injection site. Inside the cell, the DNA encoded VEGF-2 expresses itself which in turn stimulates the growth of new blood vessels by promoting the ...Poor prenatal nutrition permanently damages function of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas
... developing baby can occur in many ways other than inadequate nutrition of the mother. It also can occur with abnormal development of the placenta and its blood vessels, or high blood pressure, which damages vessels." In addition, many other factors can result in intrauterine growth restriction and low birth we...Researchers report new pro-inflammatory role for anti-inflammatory enzyme
...anifested predominantly as a profound hypotension, inadequate tissue perfusion and organ failure. This often results in death." Previously, Dr. Hobbs and colleagues demonstrated in vitro that endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) also plays a pro-inflammatory role by facilitating iNOS expression. "eNOS is fo...Brain research to help in fight against cardiovascular disease
...nvestigating why blood supply to the brain becomes inadequate during serious illnesses, such as strokes. Approximately one in eight people are diagnosed with a disease of the heart or circulatory system in the UK each year and more than a 100,000 of these cases result in death. Dr Quayle is studying blood fl...Thumbnail sampler of 10 diverse physiology papers from IUPS 2005
...siology 703.6. Researchers wanted to study whether inadequate maternal kidney function in pregnancy might contribute to the fetal programming of adult hypertension. To start, they determined kidney function before and after nitric oxide blockade. The found that renal function was not different between normotens...Liverpool scientists uncover how E.coli became lethal
...the human food chain through contaminated meat and inadequate food processing. Dr Heather Allison, from the University's School of Biological Sciences, explains: "Sometime before 1982 an unknown virus that attacks bacteria passed on a part of genetic coding to E. coli that allows some strains to make Shiga to...Vitamin E loss through smoking increases health risks
...n vitamins C and E, showing for the first time how inadequate levels of vitamin C can cause further and faster d...as smoking or poor diet, which can leave them with inadequate levels of vitamin E. And vitamin E has clear value in helping to prevent serious degenerative diseas...Research notes: Policy points from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts
...nutritional risks resulting from "food insecurity, inadequate maternal and child care, and poor public health" which are the underlying causes of malnutrition. Young and her colleagues note that, "interventions and combined strategies are needed to protect, promote, and support nutrition beyond the treatment o...Project shows need for better monitoring of river restoration
...project monitoring of regional projects is largely inadequate to determine their ecological success. But the good news is that a variety of solutions exist to vastly increase the success rate for restoration projects. The study, conducted by seven university teams, included 37,099 river restoration projects acr...Restoring polluted rivers hindered by lack of coordination
...r report added. "Because most project records were inadequate to extract even the most rudimentary information on project actions and outcomes, it is apparent that many opportunities to learn from successes and failures, and thus improve future practice, are being lost," the report concluded. Said Bernhardt, "I...Type 2 diabetes may begin with Grandma's diet
...grandsons and granddaughters of female rats fed an inadequate diet during pregnancy and/or lactation were more likely to become obese and insulin resistant than grandchildren of females fed an adequate diet. The research dramatically extends previous findings that poor maternal nutrition during pregnancy and l...Highlights of the June 2005 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
... may predispose adolescent girls to diets that are inadequate in calcium and fiber," the researchers wrote, adding that "eating breakfast may be associated with healthful behaviors such as physical activity." The researchers urge health professionals to "be aware of the age and race-related differences in break...Joslin study shows weight control protects against low birth weight related glucose intolerance
...ous problem that can occur in many ways other than inadequate nutrition of the mother," says Dr. Patti. "Now we have a strategy that might help individuals with a history of low birth weight reduce their risks of developing this very serious disease."...