More than just morning sickness

More than just vanilla.

More than just big ears

To the non-specialist, large ears in elephants used to mean African, small ears, Indian. But to taxonomists African elephants have long posed a more complex puzzle. During the nineteenth century, it was fashionable for wealthy trophy hunters to assign their own names to species they had shot destined for the museums of Europe. At least 18 elephant subspecies were claimed following this fashion....

EHPnet: More Than Just Unleaded

Treating morning sickness PRN?

QUESTION I received a telephone call from my sister who lives in the United States. She is experiencing moderate symptoms of morning sickness, but she tells me that she was advised to treat her symptoms only pro re nata- meaning, when symptoms re-emerge. Does this make sense? ANSWER No, it does not. Typically, nausea and vomiting of pregnancy continue for weeks and months, and in some cases u...

Periostin: more than just an adhesion molecule.

The form and function of the heart is determined by the dynamic interaction of both intra and extracellular signals. During normal growth of the neonatal heart myocytes undergo hypertrophy in response to variety of signals including changes in blood pressure1–3. The number of fibroblasts also increase and the collagenous connective tissue is formed.4,7,8 The coordination of these postnatal sign...