Topic: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
Las Vegas Sun | 2009-08-11 16:02:01
<div id="subtitle">New study points to widespread vitamin D deficiency in children and young adults</div><div><p> Parents have been urged to encourage their children to regularly step away from indoor activities — primarily video games and TV — and go play outside. Parents who do this help their children avoid becoming ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-07-27 21:18:38
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contrary to some earlier findings, children with autism are no more or less likely to have gastrointestinal symptoms, in general, than their unaffected peers, according to a report in the journal Pediatrics.</p><p>However, the report suggests that certain symptoms, namely constipation and feeding issues ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-07-20 21:00:55
<div><p>Researchers have managed to reverse some of the damage caused by a heart attack using stem cells that were induced from connective tissue cells, according to a study published Monday.</p><p>The proof-of-concept study on mice is the first attempt to use induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to treat ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-07-10 16:13:42
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In the United States, celiac disease is four times more common now than it was in the 1950's, according to a study by researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.</p><p>The Mayo Clinic study also found that people who didn't know ...
