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ScienceRoll || Medicine 2.0, Personalized Genetics, Medical Students - 0 views

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    A medical student's journey inside genetics and medicine through Web 2.0.
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Immunosuppressive Actions of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3: Preferential Inhibition of TH1 F... - 0 views

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    Symposium: Pleiotropic Actions of Vitamin D. Departments of Pediatrics/Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, University of California at San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA. Jacques M. Lemire, Hans L. Spiegelberg, et al.
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Does Vitamin D Supplementation Cause Immunosuppression? - 0 views

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    "new research demonstrates that ingested vitamin D is immunosuppressive and that low blood levels of vitamin D may be actually a result of the disease process. Supplementation may make the disease worse. "
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Vitamin D, the Vitamin D Receptor and Brain Lesions, Vascular Calcification, Osteoporos... - 0 views

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    This article discusses new Duke University research showing a highly significant correlation (p = 0.007) between higher vitamin D intake and MRI brain lesions (http://www.fasebj.org/cgi/content/meeting_abstract/21/6/A1072), as well as the potential for lesion reversal. These lesions have been associated with cognitive impairment, stroke, psychiatric disorders and mortality. This article also discusses the levels of vitamin D and calcium needed to avoid osteoporosis and vascular calcification in the light of new research on blockage of the vitamin D receptor due to bacterial products and elevated 25D.
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Neurogenesis in the adult brain: The association with stress and depression || Bio-Medi... - 0 views

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    Professor Fuchs from the Clinical Neurobiology Laboratory, German Primate Center in Goettingen, will present the latest findings on how brain cells can be adversely affected by stress and depression. He will explain how the adult brain is generating new cells and which impact these findings will have on the development of novel antidepressant drugs. Contact: Sonja Mak s.mak@update.europe.at 43-140-55734 European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Source:Eurekalert (2008)
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Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine : Andrographis - 0 views

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    Gale Encyclopedia, Erika Lenz. Decent article with sufficient depth to understand how andrographis is used in TCM. It's becoming a popular "cold & flu" remedy in the U.S. these days (2005).
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Andrographis paniculata - Shorts - medicinal plant - 0 views

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    Brief article introducing traditional use of andrographis, and highlighting its mechanisms of action.
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Andrographis paniculata for the Common Cold - 0 views

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    Although andrographis is popular for fighting the common cold (which this article focuses on), it's also effective against other infections--and seems to interfere with cancer cell spread & growth.
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