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Woman with a higher social standing and educational attainment breastfeed for longer

New research analyses maternal breastfeeding in Spain throughout the second half of the twentieth century. Experts believe that its development is associated with socio-demographic factors such as the advice of healthcare ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Milking the pigeon: extracting the mechanisms involved

Pigeons, flamingos and male emperor penguins are all able to produce "milk" in their crop to feed their chicks. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Genomics uses new technology to stu ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Metabolic shift may offer early cancer clue

Cancer cells are well known for their altered metabolisms, which may help them generate the energy they need for rapid growth. Using an emerging imaging technology, researchers reporting in the July Cell Metabolism, a Cell ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lactate shuttle may fuel the injured brain

The same fundamental biological mechanism that helps athletes develop endurance on a treadmill may someday be tapped into by doctors in intensive care units to save and improve the lives of patients with traumatic ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Aging process revealed by lactate in the brain

Swedish researchers at Karolinska Institutet have shown that they may be able to monitor the aging process in the brain, by using MRI technique to measure the brain lactic acid levels. Their findings suggest that the lactate ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 02, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Common antidepressant drugs linked to lactation difficulties in moms

According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), women taking commonly used forms of antidepressant drugs may experience delayed lactation aft ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vitamin D's role in preventing asthma studied in pregnant women

A group of pregnant women who have asthma or allergies will get extra vitamin D as part of a study to determine if the vitamin can prevent their children from developing asthma.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Discovery fleshes out metabolism of key environmental and energy bacteria

An international collaboration of researchers has discovered a new enzyme in a species of bacteria with potential environmental cleanup and energy roles. This is the first multi-protein enzyme of its kind. ...

Chemistry /

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0