Vitamin D May Halt Lung Function Decline In Asthma And COPD...

Vitamin D may slow the progressive decline in the ability to breathe that can occur in people with asthma as a result of human airway smooth muscle (HASM) proliferation, according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. The group found that calcitriol, a form of vitamin D synthesized within the body, reduced growth-factor-induced HASM proliferation in cells isolated from both persons with asthma and from persons without the disease.

Making Lettuce More Colourful And Healthier

Salad dressing aside, a pile of spinach has more nutritional value than a wedge of iceberg lettuce. That's because darker colors in leafy vegetables are often signs of antioxidants that are thought to have a variety of health benefits. Now a team of plant physiologists has developed a way to make lettuce darker and redder - and therefore healthier - using ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Steven Britz of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, Md.

Inadequate Sleep Leads To Behavioural Problems

The researchers at the University of Helsinki and National Institute of Health and Welfare, Finland, examined whether decreased sleep leads to behavioral problems similar to those exhibited by children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Vaccine Risks

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Parents Drug Kids For Academic Edge

Parents are willing to give their kids drugs to improve academic performance and increase focus. Would you? A story posted on MomLogic.com makes one wonder how the war on drugs became so utterly confusing.

According to a recent article in the New Yorker, college students are taking neurological drugs like Adderall and Ritalin to help them party hard — while giving them an academic edge....