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Precursor Defined

A substance out of which another substance is made by chemical modification. This is a natural occurrence in the body - such as DHEA being the precursor of different steroids including estrogen.

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Study By Anthony Norman Advocates Higher Intake Of Vitamin D To Help Prevent Diseases

Published October 10, 2008, 7:07 am, Medical News Today

Essential for life in higher animals, vitamin D, once linked to only bone diseases such as rickets and osteoporosis, is now recognized as a major player in contributing to overall human health, emphasizes UC Riverside's Anthony Norman, an international expert on vitamin D.

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Vitamin D a Key Player in Overall Health of Several Body Organs, Says UCR"™s Anthony Norman

Published October 9, 2008, 11:37 am, UC Riverside

Print Quality Image: Right click image and select "Save Target As." Anthony Norman is a distinguished professor emeritus of biochemistry and of biomedical sciences at UC Riverside. He also holds the title of Presidential Chair in Biochemistry-Emeritus. Photo credit: UCR Strategic Communications.

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Women need less smoking to up colon risk

Published October 8, 2008, 9:18 pm, UPI

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Women require less tobacco exposure than men to have a significantly higher risk of colorectal cancer, U.S. researchers say.

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Less Tobacco Exposure Required In Women To Increase Colon Cancer Risk

Published October 7, 2008, 11:08 am, Medical News Today

While smoking poses a health threat to both men and women, women require less tobacco exposure than men to have a significant increased risk for colorectal cancer, according to new research presented at the 73rd Annual ACG Scientific Meeting in Orlando.

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Women Require Less Tobacco Exposure Than Men to Increase Colon Cancer Risk

Published October 6, 2008, 10:23 am, Newswise

While smoking poses a health threat to both men and women, women require less tobacco exposure than men to have a significant increased risk for colorectal cancer, according to new research presented at the 73rd Annual ACG Scientific Meeting in Orlando. In a separate analysis, researchers found smoking may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer precursor lesions, particularly in patients with a ...

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Women Require Less Tobacco Exposure Than Men To Increase Colon Cancer Risk

Published October 6, 2008, 8:23 am, Science Daily

While smoking poses a health threat to both men and women, women require less tobacco exposure than men to have a significant increased risk for colorectal cancer, according to new research. In a separate analysis, researchers found smoking may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer precursor lesions, particularly in patients with a strong family history of the disease.

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Women require less tobacco exposure than men to increase colon cancer risk

Published October 6, 2008, 6:31 am, EurekAlert!

( American College of Gastroenterology ) While smoking poses a health threat to both men and women, women require less tobacco exposure than men to have a significant increased risk for colorectal cancer, according to new research presented at the 73rd Annual ACG Scientific Meeting in Orlando. In a separate analysis, researchers found smoking may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer precursor ...

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Dietary responses for ADD/ADHD

Published October 5, 2008, 3:20 pm, Portsmouth Herald

Although attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been studied for a number of years, there are still many questions as to what causes it and what the best approaches to treating it might be. Medications are frequently prescribed, but because...

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Mon Oct 6

  • Want to Quit Smoking? Try a Mobile Phone | NextBillion.ne t - Development Through Enterprise: Do people suddenly start spending more money on a product to the detriment of other goods, because they now have better access to it? Or is it because of a change in tastes or educational levels? Or is it thanks to a better price-quality relationship in the two products involved (for example, lower prices, increased reliability, sturdiness or better fit of the product characteristic s to the target customers)? This is a difficult question to answer, because it requires very detailed household-leve l data to take account of all possible interdependent causes.
  • allAfrica.com: Africa: Mobile Phones Bridge Colonial Borders: One Network came about as a result of an analysis of the movement of people across borders. The company saw where people were moving and addressed a product to benefit them directly because across Africa many of the borders ? the colonial boundaries ? do not really mark the way people live. Lots of ethnic groups live across borders and they move freely within their communities [across borders]. The concept underlying One Network is that a customer in one country is a customer everywhere. So you stay with your home network wherever you move across Africa?

Tue Sep 30

  • Grameenphone Official site :: CIC: The Grameenphone Community Information Center is a shared premise where rural people may access a wide-range of state of art services such as Internet, voice communications , video conferencing and other information services. Set up with technical assistance from the GSM Association, Grameenphone Community Information Centers (GPCICs) are equipped with the minimum of a computer, a printer, a scanner, a webcam and an EDGE-enabled modem, to access the Internet using Grameenphone?s nation-wide EDGE connectivity.

Sun Sep 21

  • ENVIRONMENT-SO UTH AFRICA: Pioneering Conservation Project At Risk: Over the past year and a half, considerable money and effort has been invested in conservation in the area. The national Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism has made $435,000 available to the eThekwini Municipality to launch the 'Working 4 Ecosystems 9; project, which was implemented by the Wildlife and Environmental Society of South Africa (WESSA). WESSA trained 70 people from Tshelimnyama and Dassenhoek in nature conservation, including reserve management, removing invasive alien plants, anti-poaching initiatives, use of herbicides, fire management, field patrols, first aid as well as trail development and maintenance. Giba Gorge is significant for conservation purposes because of its large number of rare and endemic plant and animal species.

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