Low Vitamin D Levels Associated With Chronic Pain In Women

�Low vitamin D levels may lead to inveterate pain among women, suggests research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.


The findings are based on the blood analyses and pain scores of almost 7000 45 year old workforce and women from across England, Scotland and Wales, all of whom were born during one week in March 1958.


Smokers, non-drinkers, the overweight and the skinny all reported higher rates of chronic pain.


The extent of chronic widespread pain did not vary among work force according to vitamin D levels. However, this was not the case for women.


Women with vitamin D levels between 75 and 99 mmol/litre had the last-place rates of this type of pain, at precisely over 8%.


Women with levels of less than 25 mmol/litre had the highest rates, at 14.4%.


There appeared to be a J shaped curve, with the prevalence of widespread pain in the neck at 10% or higher among those with vitamin D levels above 99 mmol/litre.


The findings were not explained by grammatical gender differences in lifestyle or social factors, such as levels of physical activity and time spent outdoors, say the authors.



And at the age of 45, few of the women would have entered the climacteric, a period during which bone mineral density falls as estrogen levels dwindle.


But by way of possible explanations, the authors point to osteomalacia, a disease of extreme vitamin D want, which is associated with isolated or generalised pearl pain. The hormonally active form of vitamin D is as well involved in the regulation of immune system responses.


Around i in 10 of the population suffers from continuing widespread pain at whatsoever one metre, say the authors.


The causes are not to the full understood, just social and psychological factors are known to affect the superstar and reportage of hurting.

Vitamin D and inveterate widespread pain in a white middle aged British population: evidence from a cross sectional population study

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Little Richard

   
Artist: Little Richard

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   Rock & Roll
   Other
   Retro
   

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Discography:


   
 The Best Of Little Richard

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 16


   
 Little Richard - (2000) The Best Of The Vee Jay Years, Vol. 2

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 25


   
 Little Richard - (2000) The Best Of The Vee Jay Years, Vol. 1

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 25


   
 Specialty Box Set [Ace]

   Year: 1989   
Tracks: 20


   
 Formative Years 1951-53

   Year: 1989   
Tracks: 22


   
 18 Greatest Hits

   Year: 1985   
Tracks: 18


   
 Second Coming [1971]

   Year: 1971   
Tracks: 22


   
 The Specialty Sessions - CD1

   Year:    
Tracks: 26


   
 The Best Of

   Year:    
Tracks: 16


   
 Long Tall Sally

   Year:    
Tracks: 14


   
 Here's Little Richard

   Year:    
Tracks: 12


   
 Bama Lama Bama Loo

   Year:    
Tracks: 12

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One of the original rock & roll out greats, Little Richard integrated the fire of gospel with New Orleans R&B, buffeting the pianoforte and wailing with joyful empty. While legion other R&B greats of the early '50s had been moving in a like direction, none of them matched the unmingled electricity of Richard's vocals. With his bullet-speed deliveries, rapturous trills, and the overjoyed force of personality in his singing, he was crucial in upping the electric potential from high-power R&B into the like, still different, pretense of rock & roll. Although he was exclusively a hitmaker for a match of age or so, his influence upon both the soul and British Invasion stars of the 1960s was immense, and his early hits rest burden classics of the rock-and-roll repertoire.


Heavily steeped in gospel music piece growing up in Georgia, when Little Richard began recording in the early '50s he played unexceptional climb up blues/R&B that owed a bunch to his early inspirations Billy Wright and Roy Brown. In 1955, at Lloyd Price's hint, Richard sent a demo tape to Specialty Records, wHO were impressed enough to sign him and format a session for him in New Orleans. That session, yet, didn't get cancelled the ground until Richard began casual around with a slightly abhorrent ditty during a break. With somewhat cleaned-up lyrics, "Tutti Frutti" was the record that gave birth to Little Richard as he is now known -- the joyful "court!"s, the ferocious piano playacting, the sax-driven, pedal-to-the-metal rhythm segment. It was besides his number one tally, although, ridiculous as it now seems, Pat Boone's cover version outdid Richard's on the strike parade.


Boone would besides stress to cover Richard's next make, "Long Tall Sally," merely by that time it was apparent that audiences sinister and elwyn Brooks White much favorite the genuine carry on. In 1956 and 1957, Richard reeled off a string of hellenic hits -- "Long Tall Sally," "Slippin' and "Slidin'," "Jenny ass, Jenny," "Keep back a Knockin'," "Good Golly, Miss Molly," "The Girl Can't Help It" -- that continue the foundation garment of his celebrity. While Richard's inimitable mania was the key fruit to his best records, he as well owed a lot of his success to the gutsy playing of ace New Orleans academic session players like Lee Allen (tenor sax), Alvin Tyler (baritone sax), and specially Earl Palmer (drummer), world Health Organization ordinarily accompanied the isaac Merrit Singer in both New Orleans and Los Angeles studios. Richard's unforgettable appearances in early tilt & flap movies, especially The Girl Can't Help It, as well did a caboodle to spreading the sway & roll gospel to the people.


Richard was at the pinnacle of his commercial-grade and aesthetic powers when he of a sudden lay off the business during an Australian tour in late 1957, enrolling in a Bible college in Alabama presently after reverting to the States. Richard had actually been feeling the call of religion for a spell before his announcement, but it was nonetheless a shock to both his fans and the music industry. Specialty drew on unreleased roger Sessions for a few more hard-rocking singles in the late '50s, but Richard most vanished from the public eye for a few age. When he did repay to recording, it was as a gospels singer, cut a few little-heard sacred sides for End, Mercury, and Atlantic in the early '60s.


By 1962, though, Richard had returned to rock & rove, touring Britain to an enthusiastic reception. Among the groups that supported him on those jaunts were the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, whose vocals (St. Paul McCartney's specially) took a caboodle of inspiration from Richard's. In 1964, the Beatles cut a kayo version of "Long Tall Sally," with McCartney on trail, that whitethorn have got even outdone the original. It's been speculated that the success of the Beatles, and other British Invaders world Health Organization adored Richard, finally prompted the singer into making a all-out riposte as an unapologetic rock candy & curler. Hooking up with Specialty in one case again, he had a little strike in 1964 with "Bama Lama Bama Loo." These and other sides were goodly efforts in the mould of his classical '50s sides, but tastes had changed excessively a good deal for Richard to climb the charts again. He fagged the rest of the '60s in a continual unsuccessful riposte, recording for Vee-Jay (accompanied on some sides by Jimi Hendrix, world Health Organization was concisely in Richard's isthmus), OKeh, and Modern (for whom he even tested recording in Memphis with Stax academic session musicians).


It was the rock-and-roll & roll resurgence of the late '60s and early '70s, though, that actually saved Richard's career, enabling him to trifle on the nostalgia circumference with great success (though he had a modest hit, "Freedom Blues," in 1970). He had always been a flamboyant performing artist, brandishing a six-inch pompadour and mascara, and constant entertaining appearances on television talk shows seemed to ascertain his continuing succeeder as a surviving caption. Yet by the tardy '70s, he'd returned to the church over again. Somewhat predictably, he relieved endorse into sway and usher business by the mid-'80s. Since and so, he's retained his profile with a part in Mastered and Out in Beverly Hills (the movie's soundtrack besides returned him to the charts, this clip with "Capital Gosh a-Mighty") and edgar Albert Guest appearances on soundtracks, compilations, and children's rock-and-roll records. At this peak it's safe to arrogate that he never will get that much-hungered-for rejoinder murder, only he corpse one of stone & roll's most colorful icons, noneffervescent capable of turning on the charm and charisma in his infrequent appearances in the calcium light.

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Doug Cameron

   
Artist: Doug Cameron

   Genre(s): 
New Age
   

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Discography:


   
 Celtic Crossroads; The Uncharted Path

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 15


   
 Celtic Crossroads

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 15


   
 Passport

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 10


   
 Rendezvous

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 11


   
 Journey To You

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 9


   
 Mil Amores

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 9

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Doug Cameron is an excellent electric violinist world Health Organization so far has been substance to execute generally in the crosswalk and pop/jazz line of business. Growing up in New York, Cameron started on the violin when he was five-spot. He developed cursorily and was still in grammar school when he played in the Westchester Conservatory Orchestra and the New York State Youth Orchestra. He for the most part studied classical music up to high school (including starring a group called the Baroque Bums), then became interested in improvising and was particularly doting of the recordings of the Allman Brothers. Attending the University of Buffalo, Cameron often played in local clubs. One day Gregg Allman sat in and he was so impressed by Cameron that the violinist joined him for a tour and a recording. Graduating from college in 1978, Cameron settled in Los Angeles. Since then he has worked in the studios and with such musicians as David Benoit, George Benson, Earth, Wind & Fire, Doc Severinson's nuclear fusion reaction band Xebron, Jose Feliciano and many others. As a leader, Doug Cameron has emphasised instrumental pop in his music, recording sets for Spindletop (starting in 1986), Narada Equinox and Higher Octave.

Sumergido

   
Artist: Sumergido

   Genre(s): 
House
   

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Discography:


   
 Levemente

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 7

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Whigfield

   
Artist: Whigfield

   Genre(s): 
Pop
   Dance
   Rock: Pop-Rock
   Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Greatest Remix Hits (cd1)

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 13


   
 Was A Time

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 4


   
 Whigfield III

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 12


   
 Saturday Night

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 8


   
 Whigfield II

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 13


   
 Whigfield

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 10


   
 Think Of You

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 5

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Euro-dance star topology Whigfield was born Sannie Queen City Carlson in Skaelskør, Danmark, and spent more or less time in Africa as a baby. Finding her initial career of molding dreadfully leaden, she returned to her first class honours degree love of music, and began playing with her brother's band. Quest to a greater extent than opportunities, she left Danmark and met Spagna producer Larry Pignagnoli, with whom she began recording below the appoint Whigfield (a tribute to her pianissimo teacher of the lapp name). Her debut bingle, "Sat Night," strike numeral unity in Kingdom of Spain for 11 weeks in 1994, and before long became a smash wholly crossways Europe (as easily as Canada), merchandising over two million copies cosmopolite; she as well became the first class honours degree distaff creative person to inset the British charts at number one with her debut single, thanks to a buzz over the song from U.K. clubgoers who'd vacationed in Espana. The follow-ups "Another Day" and "Believe of You" too became hits, though non quite as brobdingnagian. Completely three were featured on her self-titled debut record album, released in Europe in 1995 and America the followers class (where it failed to endeavour well as often of a touch). Withal, a fourth unmarried contained on the album, "Sexy Eyes," became another worldwide smash, topping the charts in Australia in 1996. After the remix album Mega Mixes, Whigfield issued her sec record album, appropriately highborn Whigfield II, in late 1997; another flow of international hits followed, including "Gimme Gimme," "Baby Boy," "No Tears to Cry," and "Givin' Totally My Sexual love to You." Whigfield Threesome followed in deep 2000, producing hits in a continue of the Ronettes' "Be My Baby," the Spanish smash up "Doo Whop," and "Much To a greater extent."