Daily Archives: October 4, 2012

My Mother lowered my IQ by 4.36 points

Posted on October 4, 2012 by researchinitiative

Mom’s High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy Could Affect Child’s IQ in Old Age http://www.aan.com/press/index.cfm?fuseaction=release.view&release=1106 MINNEAPOLIS – New research suggests that a mother’s high blood pressure during pregnancy may have an effect on her child’s thinking skills all the way into … Continue reading →

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Allergies – Hygene Hypothesis Not Correct – But ?

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Allergy rises not down to being too clean, just losing touch with ‘old friends’ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2012/allergy_rises_not_down_to_being_too_clean__just_losing_touch_with__old_friends_.html A new scientific report from the International Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene (IFH) dismantles the myth that the … Continue reading →

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Ketamine Treatment for Rett Syndrome

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Drug Reverses Abnormal Brain Function in Rett Syndrome http://www.newswise.com/articles/drug-reverses-abnormal-brain-function-in-rett-syndrome-mice Newswise — A promising study out today in the prestigious Journal of Neurosciences showed that in a mouse model of Rett syndrome, researchers were able to reverse abnormalities in brain activity … Continue reading →

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New treatments for influenza

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New treatments for influenza Sailen Barik http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/10/104/abstract Abstract (provisional) Influenza has a long history of causing morbidity and mortality in the human population through routine seasonal spread and global pandemics. The high mutation rate of the RNA genome of the … Continue reading →

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Nature Studies – A mix bag of Immunology and Bacteria

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Mucosal immunology: Infection induces friendly fire http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v490/n7418/full/490041a.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20121004#/affil-auth 03 October 2012 Our immune system usually ignores ‘friendly’ gut bacteria. But when infection with a pathogen damages the intestine’s mucosal lining, the resident microbes can invade the body, inducing immune responses directed … Continue reading →

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Diabetes and the Gut

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A metagenome-wide association study of gut microbiota in type 2 diabetes http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v490/n7418/full/nature11450.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20121004 Assessment and characterization of gut microbiota has become a major research area in human disease, including type 2 diabetes, the most prevalent endocrine disease worldwide. To carry out … Continue reading →

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