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Bone Density in the Adolescent Athlete
Adolescence is a critical time for bone mass accrual, and increases in bone mass through puberty are dependent on rising...
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NPY Causes Cravings Via an Expanding Waistline
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is synthesized in neural tissue of the central and peripheral nervous systems and has a number of...
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Vioxx Studies Ghostwritten by Merck
Context Authorship in biomedical publication provides recognition and establishes accountability and responsibility. Recent litigation related to rofecoxib provided a unique...
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Colon Cancer, Vitamin D, and Calcium
From Emory University press release:In a clinical study of 92 patients, supplementing diet with calcium and vitamin D appeared to...
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Is Low LDL Cholesterol a Marker for Age-Related Nerve Damage?
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels are suggested to be associated inversely with Parkinson's disease (PD). To test the hypothesis that...
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DHA During Pregnancy is Vital for Sensory, Cognitive, and Motor Development
OBJECTIVES: To examine the relation of cord plasma docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) concentration to gestation length, birth size, growth, and infant...
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Relationship of Low Birth Weight, Early Weight Gain, and Heart Disease Risk
Aims Low-grade inflammation might mediate associations between size at birth, early life growth, excessive weight gain, and subsequent risk of...
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Acetyl-L-Carnitine Protects Nerves from Damage
Acetyl-L-carnitine is a naturally occurring substance that, when administered at supraphysiologic concentrations, is neuroprotective in several animal models of global...
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Lipoic Acid stops LPS-Induced Inflammatory Toxicity
The phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt) signaling pathway was recently shown to negatively regulate LPS-induced acute inflammatory responses. We...
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