Friday, October 28, 2016

Article Roundup

The transition from daylight saving time to standard time leads to depressions
Yes it does.   Dumped me into a funk for a week every year in Seattle.
We don't have it in Arizona, it was one of my reasons to move here. 

EpiPen Rival is Back to Provide a Cheaper Option for Patients Faced with Skyrocketing Costs

Regular dental visits may help prevent pneumonia, 

Vitamin D supplements for pregnant women should be customised to the individual to ensure benefits are felt
Vitamin D supplements are less effective at raising vitamin D levels in pregnant women if they deliver their babies in the winter, have low levels of vitamin D early in pregnancy or gain more weight during pregnancy, a new Southampton study has shown

Vaccination of newborn mice with bacteria suppresses asthma as adults
"It's pretty amazing," said Kearney, a Distinguished Professor in Microbiology in the UAB School of Medicine. "We started doing neonatal immunizations in all three asthma models, and we found that all three were protected against asthma-like symptoms."
The window to achieve protection remains open for only a short time after birth.
"We do not see protection if we immunize the adults," Kearney said. "The exposure has to happen early—in human equivalents, probably within the first two years. The kinds of immune cells that appear early in life appear to change later in life."

Impulsive personality linked to greater risk for early onset of meth use

Sloths aren’t lazy – their slowness is a survival skill