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Calcium and vitamin D may not be the only protection against bone loss

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 03, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Diets that are high in protein and cereal grains produce an excess of acid in the body which may increase calcium excretion and weaken bones, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of ...





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Study identifies causes of bone loss in breast cancer survivors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 19, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Osteoporosis is a growing concern among breast cancer survivors and their doctors, because certain cancer drugs can cause bone loss.


IgM in urine acts as prognostic indicator in diabetes

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A marker of the likely course of diabetic nephropathy (DN) has been found. An 18-year study, published in the open access journal BMC Medicine, has shown that Immunoglobulin M (IgM) is a reliable predictor of cardiovascular compli ...


Calcium -- the secret to honeybees' memory

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Long-term memory formation in honeybees is instigated by a calcium ion cascade. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology have shown that calcium acts as a switch between short- and long-term storage of lea ...


Link between male diabetics with allergies and kidney disease -- nothing to sneeze at

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created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

For men with type 2 diabetes, a cell type linked to allergic inflammation is closely linked to a key indicator of diabetic kidney disease (nephropathy), suggests a study in the November Clinical Journal of the American So ...


Diabetics on high-fiber diets might need extra calcium, report UT Southwestern researchers

Diabetics on high-fiber diets might need extra calcium

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created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The amount of calcium your body absorbs might depend, in part, on the amount of dietary fiber you consume.


A new understanding of why seizures occur with alcohol withdrawal

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Epileptic seizures are the most dramatic and prominent aspect of the "alcohol withdrawal syndrome" that occurs when a person abruptly stops a long-term or chronic drinking habit. Researchers have shown that the flow of calcium ...


Study links gastric bypass surgery to increased risk of kidney stones

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created Jun 26, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

[B]Procedure associated with kidney stone formation earlier than previously reported[/B] CHICAGO (June 26, 2008) – Morbidly obese patients who undergo a particular type of gastric bypass surgery called Roux-en-Y gastric byp ...


Epilepsy drugs could treat Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers in the USA have discovered a potential new function for anti-epileptic drugs in treating neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. The study, published in BioMed Central's open access ...


Study could help target new pancreatitis treatments

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pancreatitis is often a fatal condition, in which the pancreas digests itself and surrounding tissue. Scientists have previously found that alcohol can trigger the condition by combining with fatty acids in the pancreas, ...


Prolonged stress sparks ER to release calcium stores and induce cell death in aging-related diseases

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created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Li et al. explain how prolonged stress sparks the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to release its calcium stores, inducing cells to undergo apoptosis in several aging-related diseases.The study will appear in the September 21, ...



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