Vitamin D Deficiency in Pregnant Arab Women – A Potential Health Issue for Mothers and Their Babies

Pregnant Arab women have an “extraordinarily high prevalence” of vitamin D deficiency – a potential health issue for them and their babies. According to Adekunle Dawodu, M.D., a physician in the Center for Global Child Health at Cincinnati Children “Vitamin D deficiency is common in Arab women, and its deficiency in pregnancy is detrimental to the health of both mother and child,”. Arab women have an “extraordinarily high prevalence” of vitamin D deficiency — a potential health issue for them and their babies.

Dr. Dawodu presented his study May 1 at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies in Vancouver, Canada. “Vitamin D deficiency is the major cause of rickets around the world, but rickets may be just the tip of the iceberg,” says Dr. Dawodu. “Increasingly, research is revealing the importance of vitamin D in protecting against a host of health problems — not just those involving calcium and bone. It also may increase the risk of respiratory infection and chronic diseases after birth and later in life.”

Dr. Dawodu studied vitamin D status in 105 expectant Arab mothers participating in a prenatal, vitamin D supplementation study in the United Arab Emirates. Blood samples were taken at different times of the year. Dr. Dawodu found no seasonal variation in the rate of vitamin D deficiency.

Blood vitamin D levels in adults of less than 50 nanomoles per liter are considered deficient. In this study, 76 percent of the women had blood vitamin D levels below 25 nanomoles per liter — an amount considered very low by any standard. In addition, these pregnant women had low levels of dietary vitamin D intake and low rates of sun exposure outdoors. “Vitamin D supplementation and modest sun exposure require urgent attention,” says Dr. Dawodu.

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Arianny Celeste's Hot And Very Nude Leaked Playboy Photos

The ancient and antique condom

Ancient condoms, the world's oldest museum has on display in Austria. Condoms can be used again from 1640 and fully intact, as the original users' manual, written in Latin.
Manual indicates that users immerse the condom in warm milk before use to avoid diseases.
Antique, found in Lund in Sweden, is made from pig intestines.

Honda C50 Extreme Bike Modified

C50 Honda's 1970 years of the club Surya Mahardika Modified KM7. orbital wheel with custom Cantilever front legs. berairbrush finishing realist. otochallenge successfully passed the test.

Extreme, Sexy, Strange and Unique Woman Fashion in Japan

wow, this is really amazing ... fashion is sexy but weird and only found in Japan

Lock of Love

Lock of Love

Locks of love are the padlocks fixed by loving couples, on to a fence or a pole or metallic chain/string alongside some wall etc at a public place, to symbolize their eternal love. A couple would hang a padlock after inscribing their name or initials on it and throw the key away so that their love is locked forever. Some couple use two inter-twined locks, each lock bearing their name/initials. Besides lovers, often family members and close friends also put such locks at these places, to lock their relationship forever.

The tradition probably originated from China where the love locks can be seen at several locations alongside the Great Wall of China and also in many temples and on the steps/paths leading to sacred peaks.

The tradition has spread around the World and is now quite prevalent in South Korea, Japan, Guam, Italy, Hungary, Latvia, Russia, USA etc.

Juyongguan, Sanbu and Badaling sections of the Great Wall, being close to Beijing, are the most popular sections of the Great Wall and thousands of locks of various sizes, attached to the rows and rows of steel chains along the wall, can be seen at these places.

The watch towers at these places are occasionally used as a venue for weddings. Loving couples announce their love for each other as they hang their lock, and then they throw away the key, in the hopes that their love will last for as long as the Great Wall stands.

I have tried to locate and placemark as many places as I could find on the World Wide Web. I am sure the romantic readers will now try to find more such places.

Here are some photographs taken at these locations;

Great Wall, Juyongguan, China

Image from Panoramio is by irish craptock

Great Wall, Sanbu, China

Image from Panoramio is by Rehal AlKhabar Wael AlDafaq

It may be worth noting that often family members and close friends, not necessarily lovers, also put such locks at these places, to lock their relationship forever.

Great Wall, Badaling, China

No One Could Imagine That This Place Could Be Deadly Dangerous

No One Could Imagine That This Place Could Be Deadly Dangerous

Who would have predicted that ordinary rain can do that with a river in a such idyllic place of Mag-Aso falls on Bohol Island, Philippines. Everything was normal when suddenly the water began to rise very quickly, the waterfall started to fall heavily and the river current accelerated. The two guys who were in the water at that time found themselves trapped under the waterfall. This continued for several hours ... The bodies of two guys were found a couple days later, 5 km from this place that seemed to be a little piece of paradise...

The Highest Railways in the World

The Highest Railways in the World

Photo (Foto: China Photos/Getty Images)

The Qingzang railway, Qinghai–Xizang railway, or Qinghai–Tibet railway is a high-altitude railway that connects Xining, Qinghai Province, to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, in China. The total length of Qingzang railway is 1956 km. Construction of the 815 km section between Xining and Golmud was completed by 1984. The 1142 km section between Golmud and Lhasa was inaugurated on 1 July 2006 by president Hu Jintao: the first two passenger trains were "Qing 1" (Q1) from Golmud to Lhasa, and "Zang 2" (J2) from Lhasa.This railway is the first to connect China proper with the Tibet Autonomous Region, which, due to its altitude and terrain, is the last province-level entity in mainland China to have a conventional railway. Testing of the line and equipment started on 1 May 2006. Passenger trains run from Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Xining and Lanzhou. 

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Football Worldcup in South Africa

Football Worldcup in South Africa

June 11 to begin the 19th FIFA World Cup. This year's event will be hosted by South Africa and will be the first World Cup played on the African continent. For the ten stadiums, in 9 cities will play 32 matches of national teams, among which, unfortunately, our lack of representation.Therefore, the great festival of football, I invite you to Football Fridays at 990px. Every Friday until the start of the championships, will show some photographs related to this edition of the championships, organized in South Africa. The first one is going symbols upcoming championships and the arena where the matches will be played, so treat not only for fans but also the blade changes for all fans of architecture. (29 photos)

1st GERMANY, Berlin, June 9, 2006: Employee security company presenting a statuette given to masters of the world by FIFA. Based on the information engraved on the winners of the previous championships. AFP PHOTO BARBARA SAX.

2nd Germany, Leverkusen, September 5, 2009: Zakumi (a combination of ZA - South Africa signs the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 and the words of Kumi - in many African languages means "ten") - the mascot of the championship in South Africa - poses for photos before a friendly match between the representations of Germany and South Africa. AFP PHOTO DDP / Lennart Preiss

The Hill of Crosses

Hill of Crosses

The Hill of Crosses is a site of pilgrimage in northern Lithuania. The first crosses were placed on the former hill fort in the 14th century. Over the centuries, not only crosses, but giant crucifixes, carvings of Lithuanian patriots, statues of the Virgin Mary and thousands of tiny effigies and rosaries have been brought here by Catholic pilgrims.

The real reason for the Hill's existence lies buried in Lithuania's history. Over the centuries, the place has come to signify the peaceful endurance of Lithuanian Catholicism despite the threats it has faced throughout history. Invaded by Russia during the 1795 partition of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth Lithuania disappeared altogether from the map of Europe. When the old political structure of Eastern Europe fell apart in 1918, Lithuania once again declared its independence. Throughout this time, the Hill of Crosses was used as a place for Lithuanians to pray for peace, for their country, and for the loved ones they had lost.

Most recently, the site took on a special significance during the years 1944-1990, when Lithuania was occupied by the USSR. Continuing to travel to the Hill and leave their tributes, Lithuanians used it to demonstrate their allegiance to their original identity, religion and heritage. Although the Soviets worked hard to remove new crosses, and bulldozed the site at least three times, the new crossess continued to appear and by 1985 the authorities had given up.

On September 7, 1993, Pope John Paul II visited the Hill of Crosses, declaring it a place for hope, peace, love and sacrifice.

The Thrown Mines In USA

The Thrown Mines In USA

Socotra island-'Island of Bliss'.

Socotra island

Socotra or Soqotra is a small archipelago of four islands and islets in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the Horn of Africa some 190 nautical miles (220 mi; 350 km) south of the Arabian peninsula, belonging to the Republic of Yemen. It has long been a part of the 'Adan Governorate, but in 2004 it became attached to the Hadhramaut Governorate, which is much closer to the island than 'Adan (although the closest governorate would be Al Mahrah).
The name of the island is believed to come from Sanskrit 'dvipa sakhadara', which can be translated with 'Island of Bliss'.

THE ROOF OF ARABIA: One of the oldest inhabited regions worldwide transports visitors back into the world of thousand and one nights. Close to nature and unspoiled natural beauty, Yemen this age-old center of civilization preserves a way of life that has hardly changed since the middle ages.

Floating Islands Uros Indians

Floating Islands Uros Indians

If you stand on any of the 48 floating islands in Lake Titicaca, is felt as the earth moves under your feet. Like walking on water or plyvesh on this spongy surface.

Long uros tribe of Indians still live on huge reed boats, but then they built artificial islands, which obzhili starting from the XIV century. This was a vital necessity. In this way urosy avoided meetings with the Aymara Indians, the Incas and the Spanish conquistadors.

Maldive Islands-The pearls of the Indian Ocean

Maldive Islands-The pearls of the Indian Ocean

Snake Temple on the island of Penang, Malaysia

Snake Temple

There is in Malaysia on the island of Penang, a place as the Temple of Snakes. Here live the most dangerous species of snakes - rattlesnakes. The temple is infested by them: on the floor, in corners, even on the altar. Here they are gods, they had to bow to the faithful.

1. In the Snake Temple in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, has a place and people, and one of the most dangerous creatures on earth - the snakes.

2. Located at Sungai Kluang, on the island of Penang, Snake Temple is also known as Temple of Azure Clouds, or the Temple of pure clouds - in honor of the clear sky Penang.

Mind Blowing Air Scenes

Air Scenes

The Giant Mushrooms

These fungi other than others. Extraordinary size - could be an umbrella for when it rains. It could be due to a unique type of mushroom or just lucky to grow on land that conditions conducive to grow into a giant mushroom.

The Mexicans seem to have a special secret to maintain a giant mushroom, or maybe just because the growing conditions of good land, or just luck supergede just get this fungus. The fungus was found on a coffee plantation in Chiapas, Mexico in June 2007. 2 feet in length with a weight of 44 ponds, this is more gede of a boy.

Giant Weta – Heaviest Insect on Earth

Giant Weta – Heaviest Insect on Earth

Giant Weta facts:

• The Little Barrier Island Weta, or ‘Wetapunga’ as it was known to the Maori, is one of the largest and heaviest insects in the world,

• The largest weta recorded was a female and it weighed around THREE TIMES heavier than a mouse! (71 grams),

• The Maori named the Little Barrier Island Giant Weta, ‘Wetapunga’, which means ‘god of ugly things’,

• The gentle giant of the insect world, the Giant weta prefers a vegetarian diet,

• The Giant weta often lives under rocks and bush floor debris,

• The Giant weta is so heavy that it cannot jump,

• The weta is sometimes known as the dinosaur of the insect world,

• The weta has changed very little in the past 100 MILLION YEARS!,

• At around two years old the female will lay 100-300 eggs. The parents will die before the weta eggs hatch 3-5 months later.