http://mrsacauses.com/blog Finding A Medical Solution Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:00:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Scientists have discovered that Vitamin D is crucial to activating our immune defences and that without sufficient intake of the vitamin, T cells - will not be able to fight off serious infections in the body. Source:Vitamin D crucial to activating immune defencesShareThis http://mrsacauses.com/blog/2010/03/vitamin-d-crucial-to-activating-immune-defences/ A nanoparticle growing in popularity as a bactericidal agent has been shown to be toxic to fish, according to a Purdue University study. Source:Popular nanoparticle causes toxicity in fishShareThis http://mrsacauses.com/blog/2010/03/popular-nanoparticle-causes-toxicity-in-fish/ Seventy-five per cent of the world's heather moorlands are in the UK. Several organisations in the Peak District National Park are trying to restore and conserve the moorland habitat. Source:Saving Peak District moorlandsShareThis http://mrsacauses.com/blog/2010/03/saving-peak-district-moorlands/ Researchers have been able to see how heart failure affects the surface of an individual heart muscle cell in minute detail, using a new nanoscale scanning technique developed at Imperial College London. Source:Detailed insight into failing heart cellsShareThis http://mrsacauses.com/blog/2010/03/detailed-insight-into-failing-heart-cells/ Depression raises stress hormone levels in adolescent boys and girls but may lead to obesity only in girls, according to researchers. Source:Stress hormone, depression trigger obesityShareThis http://mrsacauses.com/blog/2010/03/stress-hormone-depression-trigger-obesity/