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Anxious parents misdiagnose milk formula intolerance

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Some parents may be unnecessarily switching infant milk formulas for their healthy infants. A study published in BioMed Central's open access Nutrition Journal, found that many parents misinterpret common baby behaviors as mil ...





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Study sheds new light on why breast-fed babies grow more slowly

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Breast-fed babies grow more slowly than formula-fed babies, which is why new growth charts, based solely on the growth patterns of breast fed babies, are being introduced in the UK in May. This slower pattern of growth in ...


Measurement of kidney function in children with kidney disease improved

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A formula used to measure kidney function in children with chronic kidney disease has been revised to make it more precise, according to a study published online January 21 in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. ...


Advance in detecting melamine-adulterated food

Advance in detecting melamine-adulterated food

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers in Indiana are reporting an advance toward faster, more sensitive tests for detecting melamine, the substance that killed at least 6 children and sickened 300,000 children in China who drank milk ...


Updated formula measures kidney function more accurately

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

Measuring kidney function in children can be expensive, time-consuming for clinicians, and tedious for children, who may be exposed to radioactivity and subjected to a large number of blood draws. A new calculation eliminates ...


New insights on link between early consumption of cows’ milk and Type-1 diabetes

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 05, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (20) | comments 0

Researchers in Maine report a new explanation for the mysterious link between consumption of cows’ milk protein in infant formula early in life and an increased risk of later developing Type-1 diabetes. A protein in cow’s ...


Study reveals new options for people with PKU

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For people with the genetic condition known as phenylketonuria (PKU), diet is a constant struggle. They can eat virtually no protein, and instead get their daily dose of this key macronutrient by drinking ...


New clinical equation accurately measures kidney function in children

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Measuring a child's kidney function has traditionally been time-consuming, costly, and difficult to perform, but a new equation that uses parameters collected at routine office visits can effectively accomplish this, according ...


Chenango dry pet food recall is expanded

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created May 21, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the expansion of a voluntary dry pet food recall initiated by Chenango Valley Pet Foods.


Rice researchers seek better vaccine procedure

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As manufacturers work furiously to make a vaccine to protect against 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus, a Rice University bioengineer is trying to improve the process for future flu seasons. The goal is to shorten the time it ...


Research leads to new technology to protect human health

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Larry Wackett and Michael Sadowsky, members of the University of Minnesota's BioTechnology Institute, developed an enzyme that is used in Bioo Scientific's new MaxDiscovery™ Melamine Test kit, which simplifies the detection ...



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