42% Of Americans Are Deficient In Vitamin D. Here’s How That Affects Your Health This shockingly common health problem can take years off your life By The Editors of Prevention [3] June 22, 2016 If you live in North America, there’s a pretty good chance you’re low on vitamin D. About 42% of U.S. adults

Weizmann study links viral infections in pregnant women to autism, schizophrenia risk By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH 06/29/2016 The study, led by Dr. Ido Amit and Prof. Michal Schwartz of the Rehovot institute’s immunology and neurobiology departments, was published in the journal Science. Weizmann Institute of Science research on mice apparently explains why certain viral infections in

An Oral Parafunctional Habit Nail biting (onychophagia) is an oral parafunctional habit—the use of the mouth for a purpose other than speaking, eating, or drinking, a category that includes bruxism (grinding teeth), digit sucking, pencil chewing, and mouth breathing. Nail biting begins during childhood, increases substantially during adolescence, and declines with age, although the habit