Source: http://gluten-free-blog.blogspot.com/2011/06/gf-recipe-variation-quinoa-stuffed.html
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Children born using IVF are likely taller
Children born using in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) are likely to be taller than their naturally conceived counterparts, New Zealand researchers have found.
The study by Auckland University's Liggins Institute found IVF children conceived from fresh, rather than frozen, embryos were about 2.6 centimetres (1.02 inches) taller than non-IVF children by the age of six.
The research, which examined about 200 children, found the height difference was statistically significant, even after adjusting for variables such as the parents' height.Liggins Institiute director Wayne Cutfield said the phenomenon was most striking in girls.

Cutfield said appeared IVF children from fresh embryos had a different hormone profile to regular children, which could promote growth.
This could be caused by the drugs mothers took to induce ovulation during the conception process or by the culture medium the embryos were developed in for 36 hours before being transferred to the womb, he said.
Tags : cost of in vitro fertilization,in vitro fertilisation ivf,ethical issues of in vitro fertilisation,advantages of in vitro fertilization,process of in vitro fertilisation,in vitro fertilisation procedure,in vitro fertilisation eggs
The study by Auckland University's Liggins Institute found IVF children conceived from fresh, rather than frozen, embryos were about 2.6 centimetres (1.02 inches) taller than non-IVF children by the age of six.
The research, which examined about 200 children, found the height difference was statistically significant, even after adjusting for variables such as the parents' height.Liggins Institiute director Wayne Cutfield said the phenomenon was most striking in girls.

Cutfield said appeared IVF children from fresh embryos had a different hormone profile to regular children, which could promote growth.
This could be caused by the drugs mothers took to induce ovulation during the conception process or by the culture medium the embryos were developed in for 36 hours before being transferred to the womb, he said.
Tags : cost of in vitro fertilization,in vitro fertilisation ivf,ethical issues of in vitro fertilisation,advantages of in vitro fertilization,process of in vitro fertilisation,in vitro fertilisation procedure,in vitro fertilisation eggs
Source: http://www.aboutthehealth.com/2010/10/children-born-using-ivf-are-likely.html
Nurse care lines: Wait a minute, I thought you were the expert?
My Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts card has a “Blue Care Line” phone number on the back. I’d never used it until recently but in the past couple weeks have had the occasion to call it twice. It’s a good service, which connects fairly quickly to an RN, who then uses a protocol driven [...]
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The Brain Controls Insulin Action
Insulin regulates blood glucose primarily by two mechanisms:
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- Suppressing glucose production by the liver
- Enhancing glucose uptake by other tissues, particularly muscle and liver
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Source: http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2011/10/brain-controls-insulin-action.html
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
If Social Security is a Ponzi scheme what is the Medicare Part D drug benefit?
The wild attacks on Social Security by Republican presidential candidates including Rick Perry’s famous characterization of the program as “a Ponzi scheme” are amusing, but are a serious distraction from the real fiscal issues facing the country. Rather than attacking a fundamentally sound 75 year old program with a specified revenue stream, it would be [...]
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Surprise: Zeke Says Something Sensible
This is Ezekiel Emanuel, writing in The New York Times: The combined profits of the country?s five largest for-profit health insurance companies ? United, WellPoint, Aetna, Humana and Cigna ? were $11.7 billion, only 0.5 percent of total health care spending. Even confiscating every penny of those profits would add up to less than half [...]
Source: http://healthblog.ncpa.org/surprise-zeke-says-something-sensible/
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