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Vitamin D "Overdose" Is Possible and Harmful, According to Case Report
"Overdosing" on vitamin D supplements is both possible and harmful, warn doctors in the journal BMJ Case Reports after they treated a man who needed hospital admission for his excessive vitamin D intake.
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Underpinnings of Rare Immune Disease Revealed by Stem Cells
Induced pluripotent stem cells have provided key insights into how gene mutations cause Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, a rare immunodeficiency disorder.
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Study Identifies How Opioids Cause Gastrointestinal Problems
Opioids are used to treat chronic and acute pain; however, they can result in significant gastrointestinal side effects. Now, researchers have discovered how opioids cause gastric inflammation and how it can be reversed with proton pump inhibitors.
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Marital Status Is a Likely Predictor of Early Gastric Cancer Survival
Research suggests that marital status could be an important contributory factor in predicting long term survival in people with early stage gastric cancer.
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Toxic “Forever Chemicals” Found in Florida's Oysters
Some say, the world is your oyster, but the world — especially human impacts on the environment — can actually be found inside an oyster, according to a new study.
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Selfish “Supergene” Skews Genetic Inheritance
Biologists at the University of Rochester have, for the first time, used population genomics to shed light on the evolution and consequences of a selfish genetic element known as Segregation Distorter (SD).
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First Ever Detector for Nerve Agent VX Created
Scientists have developed the first proteins that can detect a deadly nerve agent called VX in real-time and without false positives from insecticides.
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Consumer DNA Testing Is Changing the Landscape of Egg and Sperm Donation
An ongoing study reveals the multiple ways people now seek information about genetic relatives.
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Tooth Analysis Offers a Peek at South Australia’s Early Colonial History
Isotope analysis of teeth from unmarked graves in Adelaide has helped uncover the origins of 13 early South Australian colonists.
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Method Developed To Study Microbiota Functionality
Characterization of gut microbiota functionality is central in the study of human health and disease as well as disease prediction, prevention and treatment. But previous studies have mainly focused on cataloguing the composition of microbiota.
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