With the study by UAE University, I thought we should look at what happens when children are deficient in Vitamin D. This what the Mayo Clinic has to say about Rickets (name for children’s deficiency in Vitamin D).
Introduction
Rickets is the softening and weakening of bones in children, usually because of an extreme and prolonged vitamin [...]
Archive for June, 2007
Rickets in Children
Published by June 27th, 2007 in Baby, Development, Family, Health, Preschoolers, Toddler and UAE. 0 CommentsMiddle Eastern women may have vitamin D deficiency
Published by June 27th, 2007 in Development, Family, Health, In the News and UAE. 0 CommentsI found this today, and it is not something that you would just think about, but this just goes to show us that we really need to make sure we get our vitamins when we are pregnant and breastfeeding. But what women need to remember that it is just as important for their health, that [...]
Children ‘put at risk of rickets’
Published by June 22nd, 2007 in Baby, Development, Family, Health, In the News and UAE. 0 CommentsBBC Health News:
Children are being put at risk of rickets because policies on vitamin D supplements are not been adhered to, experts have warned.
Doctors in Dundee write in the British Medical Journal that they recently diagnosed five infants with rickets - which can stop bones forming properly.
The government recommends that pregnant women should use vitamin [...]
Protein mutations link to autism
Published by June 22nd, 2007 in Development, Family, Health, In the News and UAE. 0 CommentsBBC News:
Scientists have discovered how mutations in two key proteins may lead to autism.
They have shown one protein increases the excitability of nerve cells, while the other inhibits cell activity.
The University of Texas team found that in normal circumstances the proteins balance each other out.
But the study, published in Neuron, suggests that in people with [...]
Children Podcasts
Published by June 18th, 2007 in Development, Education, Family, Links, Preschoolers, Technology, Teens and UAE. 0 CommentsI found this website with a great collection of podcasts for you and your children, called Educate. The podcasts start for age 5 to college age.
Knowledge and Human Development Authority’s New Website
Published by June 17th, 2007 in UAE. 0 CommentsThe Government of Dubai has a website from the Knowledge and Human Development Authority to help students, parents, teachers, and Administrators, with education of your young ones.
Now while I think this website is a good start, there are many different education beliefs on the website. The government should have taken more of a standard approach [...]
