Recent Science Daily Articles on Nutrition, Autism, Genetics and Brain Health. (Captured February 2015)

Scientists announce anti-HIV agent so powerful it can work like a vaccine

Autism, Neural Inflammation, Brain Chemistry, and Genomics

1. Fetus suffers when mother lacks vitamin C Both pre and postnatal development suffers.
2. Children's body fat linked to Vitamin D insufficiency in mothers
3. Swedish study finds: High blood levels of vitamin E reduces risk of Alzheimer's
4. Omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin D may control brain serotonin, affecting behavior and psychiatric disorders
5. Low levels of omega-3 fatty acids may cause memory problems
6. Novel mouse model for autism yields clues to a 50-year-old mystery (serotonin signaling)
7. Causal link found between vitamin D, serotonin synthesis and autism in new study
8. Serotonin plays role in many autism cases, studies confirm
9. Altered dopamine signaling a clue to autism
10. 'Darting' mice may hold clues to ADHD, autism, bipolar disorder
11. Eating fish, chicken, nuts may lower risk of Alzheimer's disease

Genome, Autism and ADHD

12. Autism Genome Project delivers genetic discovery
13. First full genome sequencing for autism: Promise for future diagnosis, prevention and treatment
14. Largest-ever autism genome study finds most siblings have different autism-risk genesMutations in three genes linked to autism spectrum disorders
15. Some autism behaviors linked to altered gene
16. Evidence of a genetic basis for autism: Models of autism show that gene copy number controls brain structure and behavior
17. ADHD is a genetic disorder: ADHD Children have missing or duplicated DNA segments
18. Common genetic influences for ADHD and reading disability
19. Over range of ADHD behavior, genes major force on reading achievement, environment on math
20. New patterns found in the genetic relationship of five major psychiatric disorders
21. New data reveal extent of genetic overlap between major mental disorders
22. Finding: Shared pathways for psychiatric disorders
23. Networks of neurons in brain are disrupted in psychiatric disease
24. New ADHD insight: BiPolar-ADHD overlap

Asthma and COPD

25. Vitamin C may help people who suffer from airway obstruction or respiratory symptoms after exercise
26. Vitamin C may be beneficial against exercise-induced bronchoconstriction
27. For kids with both asthma and obesity, which came first?
28. Children's body fat linked to Vitamin D insufficiency in mothers
29. Heavy exercise may produce asthma-like symptoms even in healthy children, study finds
30. Unique omega-3 supplement effective at reducing exercise-induced asthma symptoms
31. Vitamin E may increase or decrease the risk of pneumonia, depending on smoking and exercise
32. Low vitamin D levels are a risk factor for pneumonia
33. Low levels of vitamin D linked to higher rates of asthma in African-American kids
34. African-American men in northern regions especially need higher doses of vitamin D

Vitamins and Nutrition

Vitamin C

35. Meta Study: Vitamin C is beneficial against the common cold. (February 2013)
36. Treatment with vitamin C dissolves toxic protein aggregates in Alzheimer's disease
37. Fetus suffers when mother lacks vitamin C Both pre and postnatal development suffers.
38. Vitamin C may be beneficial against exercise-induced bronchoconstriction
39. Can citrus ward off your risk of stroke?
40. Eating citrus fruit may lower women's stroke risk
41. "Big" doses of vitamin C may lower blood pressure (500 mg/day)

Vitamin D

42. Low vitamin D linked to “metabolic syndrome” in elderly people
43. Causal link found between vitamin D, serotonin synthesis and autism in new study
44. New study suggests low vitamin D causes damage to brain
45. Low childhood vitamin D linked to adult atherosclerosis
46. More severe heart disease found in patients with vitamin D deficiency
47. Danish study finds Vitamin D deficiency increases risk of heart disease
48. Vitamin D supplements can reduce blood pressure in patients with hypertension
49. Researchers suggest: Causal link between vitamin D deficiency, hypertension
50. Low vitamin D levels are a risk factor for pneumonia
51. Children's body fat linked to Vitamin D insufficiency in mothers
52. Low levels of vitamin D linked to higher rates of asthma in African-American kids
53. African-American men in northern regions especially need higher doses of vitamin D
54. Timing of calcium and vitamin D supplementation may affect how bone adapts to exercise
55. Study adds weight to link between calcium supplements and heart problems

Other Vitamins

56. Previously unknown developmental suppressive effect of vitamin A identified
57. Vitamin B12 may reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease
58. Can vitamin B supplements help stave off stroke?
59. Vitamin E may increase the life expectancy of males who have high dietary vitamin C intake and smoke less than a pack per day
60. Swedish study finds: High blood levels of vitamin E reduces risk of Alzheimer's
61. Researchers discover potential way to slow Alzheimer's progression
62. Omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin D may control brain serotonin, affecting behavior and psychiatric disorders
63. Low levels of omega-3 fatty acids may cause memory problems
64. Children's body fat linked to Vitamin D insufficiency in mothers
65. Eating fish, chicken, nuts may lower risk of Alzheimer's disease