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Enriching crops by adding a naturally-occurring soil mineral to fertilisers could potentially help to reduce disease and premature death in the African country of Malawi, researchers have said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-fertilisers-tackle-nutritional-deficiency-african.html Health Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:50:01 EST news282292765 Eating diets high in sugar and fat may not affect the health outcomes of older adults ages 75 and up, suggesting that placing people of such advanced age on overly restrictive diets to treat their excess weight or other conditions may have little benefit, according to researchers at Penn State and Geisinger Healthcare System. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-diet-impact-health-outcomes-older.html Health Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:16:36 EST news277402589 A new study by NYU School of Medicine researchers reveals that an especially virulent strain of the gut bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) isn't implicated in the overall death rate of the U.S. population, and may even protect against stroke and some cancers. The findings, based a nationwide health survey of nearly 10,000 individuals over a period of some 12 years, are published online, January 9, in the journal Gut. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-bacterium.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:02 EST news276883496 (Medical Xpress)—Postpartum depression not only affects mothers but it could mean higher health risks for the baby – especially in low-income countries like Ghana where the condition isn't well-recognized, University of Michigan Health System research shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-postpartum-depression-prevalent-under-developed-countries.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:43:32 EST news276867801 (Medical Xpress)—A study published recently in the Journal of Nutrition adds to the growing scientific evidence that when expecting mothers eat fish often, they are giving their future children a boost in brain development even though they are exposing their children to the neurotoxin, methyl mercury, present in fish. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-prenatal-exposure-fish-beneficial-child.html Health Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:20:01 EST news276512312 (HealthDay)—Non-critically ill hospitalized patients who develop hyperglycemia after total parenteral nutrition (TPN) are more than five times more likely to die in the hospital, according to research published online Dec. 6 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-tpn-linked-hyperglycemia-ups-death-non-critically.html Diabetes Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:32:35 EST news276442337 Maternal vitamin C deficiency during pregnancy can have serious consequences for the foetal brain. And once brain damage has occurred, it cannot be reversed by vitamin C supplements after birth. This is shown through new research at the University of Copenhagen just published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-foetus-mother-lacks-vitamin.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:58:03 EST news272257072 A national study of older Americans shows those who have limited mobility and low physical activity – scientifically categorized as "frail" – are five times more likely to report that they often don't have enough to eat, defined as "food insufficiency," than older adults who were not frail. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-older-adults-frail-food-insufficient.html Health Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:31:34 EST news271355486 Scientists generally think that reduced insulin production by the pancreas, a hallmark of type 2 diabetes, is due to the death of the organ's beta cells. However, a new study by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers shows that beta cells do not die but instead revert to a more fundamental, undifferentiated cell type. The findings suggest that strategies to prevent beta cells from de-differentiating, or to coax them to re-differentiate, might improve glucose balance in patients with type 2 diabetes. The study, conducted in mice was published today in the online edition of the journal Cell. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-decrease-insulin-producing-beta-cells-diabetes.html Diabetes Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:53:01 EST news266759555 The widespread practice of allowing laboratory rats and mice to eat as much as they want may be affecting the outcome of experiments in which scientists use these "test-tubes-on-four-feet" to test new drugs and other substances for toxicity and other effects. That's the conclusion of a new analysis published in ACS' journal Chemical Research in Toxicology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-all-they-can-eat-diet-lab-mice-rats.html Medical research Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:13:36 EST news261843207 Insufficient progress has been made in most developing countries to meet the United Nations' target of halving the proportion of children who suffer from hunger by 2015 compared with 1990 levels, according to a systematic analysis of data on children's height and weight, published today in the Lancet. Although the nutritional status of children under five has improved overall since 1985, one in five infants and children in developing countries is still moderately or severely underweight, amounting to an estimated 110 million children worldwide. Another 148 million are mildly underweight. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-world-percent-chance-child-hunger.html Health Wed, 04 Jul 2012 19:00:01 EST news260626984 The number of Americans suffering from kidney stones between 2007 and 2010 nearly doubled since 1994, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and RAND. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-prevalence-kidney-stones-obesity-epidemic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 23 May 2012 12:15:24 EST news256993984 (Medical Xpress) -- Zinc is an essential nutrient, but until now, there has not been an effective way to measure it in our bodies, say University of Florida researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-method-accurately-zinc-humans.html Medical research Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:11:34 EST news243238256