A Mother’s Nutrition, Her Child’s Future

Recent studies on maternal nutrition have also found that the number of women dying during childbirth as a result of hemorrhage and preeclampsia–the two leading causes of maternal deaths– can be minimized dramatically by ensuring that pregnant women have access to diets with adequate iron and calcium. Malnutrition can also be passed down from mother to child. The phenomenon is known as the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition and it starts with a malnourished woman who is stunted, or too short for her age, as a result of a chronic lack of nutrients. She is not only at greater risk of complications during childbirth, but she is also at greater risk of delivering a low birth-weight baby. Low birth-weight babies are less likely to survive and more likely to suffer illness and delayed emotional and intellectual development.
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Nutrition Bill Passes House

This has been an unusual process, but Continue reading All Democrats voted against the Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act , but nearly all Republicans voted for it, enough to pass the bill that finally completes the House work on a farm bill. This has been an unusual process, but it remains my goal to get a five-year farm bill enacted, said House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK). It shouldnt be this hard to pass a bill that ensures all of us in this economy have enough to eat. And thats what a farm bill does. Rep. Lucas floor remarks A series of Democrats took to the floor to argue against the bill that contains reforms that would save nearly $40 billion in food stamp costs over ten years.
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Wide Variation In Uk Sleep Disorders Services Which Doesn’t Match Need

Sleep disorder may forecast gait problems in Parkinson’s

It affects an estimated 4% of middle aged men and 2% of middle aged women, and is associated with obesity and increasing age. But it is thought that 80% of cases remain undiagnosed. Because OSA disrupts breathing during sleep, it usually interferes with the quality and length of sleep as well, leading to daytime sleepiness and the risk of accidents as well as other health problems associated with poor quality sleep. The researchers used British Lung Foundation data, to identify the location of sleep disorder centres in all four UK countries. To uncover hotspots with the highest predicted rates of OSA, they used prevalence data for the five most common factors associated with OSA – obesity, type 2 diabetes , older age, high blood pressure , and gender – in the populations served by 239 different NHS administrative areas in all four UK countries. They then mapped the predicted prevalence rates of OSA onto the location of sleep disorder centres and found “a concerning mismatch” between them.
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Sleep Specialist Talks About Sleepwalking, Sleep Disorders

What they’ll do is go in and forge in the refrigerator. Most of the time, they’ll look for sweet things,” Dr. Mieden said. “Your body is not paralyzed when you sleep.
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The researchers found that tonic muscle activity during REM sleep in PD patients was increased in those with freezing of gait to a point similar to that of patients with RBD. Previous studies have shown that the severity of tonic RSWA [REM sleep without atonia] in RBD is predictive of the development of PD, say lead study author Aleksandar Videnovic (Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA) and team. Our findings extend and refine this hypothesis by suggesting that the presence of excessive tonic [electromyogram] activity during REM sleep may be predictive of development of a subtype of PD that is dominated by [freezing of gait]. Tonic muscle activity during REM sleep was elevated threefold in 10 PD patients with freezing of gait relative to 10 patients without, at respective averages of 30% and 10%, and about eightfold compared with 10 healthy controls. Indeed, their tonic muscle activity was closer to that of 10 patients with RBD, in whom it averaged about 35%. These findings provide evidence suggesting that the pathophysiologic mechanisms that mediate [freezing of gait] in PD share a common subset of neurodegenerative changes that mediate RSWA in RBD, the team writes in Neurology.
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Mead Johnson Nutrition Takes Over #238 Spot From Progressive

( NYSE: PGR ), according to The Online Investor . Click here to find out the top S&P 500 components ordered by average analyst rating Market capitalization is an important data point for investors to keep an eye on, for various reasons. The most basic reason is that it gives a true comparison of the value attributed by the stock market to a given companys stock. Many beginning investors look at one stock trading at $10 and another trading at $20 and mistakenly think the latter company is worth twice as much that of course is a completely meaningless comparison without knowing how many shares of each company exist. But comparing market capitalization (factoring in those share counts) creates a true apples-to-apples comparison of the value of two stocks.
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Creative Edge Nutrition Received Vendor Sales Approval for Nutritionexpress.com

The California and west coast market has been a key market for the development and sales of nutritional supplement products, and Cenergy continues to focus on the development of this market and other markets across the U.S., and abroad. We are excited that Nutritionexpress.com and Lindberg Nutrition has approved the sale of our Cenergy Brand products, which will enhance our product and distribution channels contributing to increase revenue and growth. Nutritionexpress.com will have the full line of Cenergy products for sale no later than September 1st, 2013.” Bill Chaaban, CEO of Creative Edge Nutrition, states, “It is important for our company to focus on the continued development of our brands to increase market penetration and sales revenue. As other OTC companies focus on stock promotion, we are committed to focusing on sales and product development which will eventually translate into long-term growth of our company, and increased shareholder value and stock price. All of the executives of Creative Edge Nutrition, value our share ownership and believe in the long-term viability of the company, and hence are committed to not dilute or sell our shares prematurely.” Chaaban continued, “The public will notice our products being marketed and sold on diverse distribution channels, and on-line sales will be a major source of sales revenue for the company. It is a testament that a company like Lindberg Nutrition / Nutritionexpress.com, that has been in business for over 60 years, believes in our products through this strategic partnership”. Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CenergyNutrition ABOUT CREATIVE EDGE NUTRITION, INC., Creative Edge Nutrition is a holding company and a Nutritional Supplement Company focused on developing innovative, high quality supplements.
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