High doses or prolonged use of glucosamine causes the death of pancreatic cells and could increase the risk of developing diabetes, according to a team of researchers at Université Laval’s Faculty of Pharmacy. Details of this discovery were recently published on the website of the Journal of Endocrinology. In vitro tests conducted by Professor Frédéric… Continue reading
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Death causing by the alcohol, may be reduced with taxes
Adjusting the alcohol tax in Florida to account for inflation since 1983 would prevent 600 to 800 deaths each year in that state from diseases caused by chronic heavy alcohol use, according to a new study from the University of Florida. The Florida legislature last increased alcohol taxes in 1983. The new study, which analyzed… Continue reading
UNICEF with new effort in cutting malaria’s death in children
More than a million mosquito nets are being distributed in the Central African Republic in a bid to protect children and pregnant women from malaria. The effort by the Government of the CAR and UNICEF aims to put at least one long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito net (LLIN) into each of the country’s 896,000 households in the… Continue reading
Sudden child death and AAP Policy statement
Because the death of a child can be sudden or unexpected, many families are not aware of organ donation and the significant life-extending benefit it can bring to a young recipient and their family. According to a new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), “Pediatric Organ Donation and Transplantation,” appearing in the… Continue reading