Easing Back Pain
Botox, a drug based on the bacteria that causes food poisoning, may be useful in easing low back pain, say researchers. Researchers from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., studied 31...
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The Role of Calcium in Their Everyday Function
Calcium is required for skeletal and cardiac muscle contraction, blood-vessel expansion and contraction, secretion of hormones and enzymes, and transmission of impulses through the nervous system. The body strives to maintain constant concentrations of...