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  • Many recommendations and guidelines on several aspects of infant care such as sleep position, breastfeeding, immunization and pacifier issued by Health care practitioner groups. Yet many new mothers do not follow this advice from physicians, revealed a new study. The study appears in the Pediatrics.

  • · Marked rescue effect of the drug UDCA on cell batteries (mitochondria) in Parkinson’s disease patient tissue
    · First study to demonstrate beneficial effects of UDCA on the nerve cells affected in Parkinson’s disease in a genetic animal model of Parkinson’s disease
    · UDCA is already approved for use in human liver disease
    · Results of the study support fast track of UDCA to clinical trials and could save years of research and hundreds of millions of pounds.

  • A study conducted at Arizona State University says that bees naturally immunize their offspring against specific diseases. The scientists found that a bee blood protein called vitellogenin plays a critical, but previously unknown role in providing bee babies protection against disease.

  • Until now genetic aberrations have been seen as the main cause of almost all cancers.  A new study says ovarian cancer cannot can solely occur as a result of protein imbalances within the cells.  The study was published in the journal Oncogene.

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