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Antenatal kerosene exposure endangers child's sight

...that exposure to levels of toxins such as lead and mercury considered safe for an adult woman might not be safe for her unborn child....

FDA fish warning criticized

...its warning to pregnant women about the dangers of mercury in some fish, notably tuna.// According to a repo...their fetuses "at risk" of brain damage because of mercury in the fish they eat. Last year, the FDA warned pregnant women not to eat shark, swordfish, king mac...

Progression of Glaucoma could be controlled with early detection

...age. Researchers concluded that each millimeter of mercury that was lowered was associated with a 10 percent decrease in the disease progression. This proved that early treatment of glaucoma can reduce the risk of the disease progressing....

Multi-Drug Therapy Effective in Lowering Blood Pressure

...d pressure goals were less than 140 millimeters of mercury (systolic) and less than 90 millimeters of mercury (diastolic). The goals for patients with diabetes or renal impairment were less than 130 millimeters...

Study On Self Measurement Of Blood Pressure

...stolic blood pressure reading of 95 millimeters of mercury or more as measured at physicians’ offices. All of the patients in the study received high blood pressure drugs. One group monitored their blood pressure several times a day at home and averaged the daily blood pressure over one week. The other group...

A Slight Increase In BP Can Mean big Risks

... another cardiac event for every 10 millimeters of mercury increase in systolic blood pressure -- the top number in a blood pressure reading....

Fish Found To Improve Fetal Growth

...me of the most commonly eaten fish that are low in mercury include shrimp, canned light tuna, salmon and catfish. ...

Blood Pressure An Early Warning Sign Of Alzheimer’s Disease

...hers say those who had a drop of 15 millimeters of mercury in systolic blood pressure (the higher number in a... systolic pressure of less than 160 millimeters of mercury at the start of the study or who had other vascular disorders. Thus researchers say that their fin...

Blood Pressure On The Rise

... as having blood pressure of 140/90 millimeters of mercury or higher. Patients who are told by their doctors at least twice that their blood pressure is elevated are also considered to have high blood pressure. However researchers say the study did not examine the reasons for the increase in high blood pres...

Multi-Drug Therapy Found To Be More Effective in Lowering B.P

...d pressure goals were less than 140 millimeters of mercury (systolic) and less than 90 millimeters of mercury (diastolic). The goals for patients with diabetes or renal impairment were less than 130 millimeters...

Monitoring Blood Pressure

...stolic blood pressure reading of 95 millimeters of mercury or more as measured at physicians’ offices were included for the study. All of the patients in the study received high blood pressure drugs. One group monitored their blood pressure several times a day at home and averaged the daily blood pressure ov...

Mercury Pollution Linked To Rise In Autism

...nt study in the journal Health and Place says that mercury pollution in the state of Texas in US may be one o.../ of rise in number of autistic children. In US, mercury is released in the environment because of the power plants that consume coal. According to the resea...

Mercury fillings during pregnancy may not lead to low birth weight

There have been suggestions that using mercury for dental fillings in pregnant ladies may lead to...one dental restorative procedure during pregnancy, mercury or otherwise. They did not have increased risk of having babies with low birth weight. 4.9% of the w...

Consuming Fish During Pregnancy Boosts Child’s I

...it also stated that consumption of fish with high mercury content lowered the intelligence score. The study...others consumed fish twice a week and consequently mercury intake was less than 1 parts per million (ppm); in them intelligence levels increased by 7% with eve...

Ban On Indian Ayurvedic Drugs In Canada

... Asia contains potentially harmful levels of lead, mercury or arsenic above permissible levels, and it said users of Ayurvedic medicine may be at risk for heavy metal toxicity, and testing of Ayurvedic HMPs for toxic heavy metals should be mandatory. However a spokesperson from Darbur India when asked to c...

The Falling Sperm Count In Men

... Sea Food consumption can increase the level of mercury in the blood and cause infertility. Other Factors: The temperature of the testicles is lower than the body temperature and any factor that increases the temperature can cause problems with sperm count and their motility. These include: · Tight...

MMR Vaccination not linked to Autism

... by a blow to their immune system by MMR. Although mercury has now been removed from pediatric vaccines, Yazbak remains convinced that current inoculation recommendations carry unwarranted risks. He said, “Our body is made to deal with one infection at a time,” he notes. Yazbak promotes what he calls “reason...

Compulsory testing for heavy metal content in herbal medicines

...ng testing for heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, mercury and cadmium mandatory. All labels would be required to specify the heavy metal content and indicate clearly that ‘‘heavy metals within permissible limits’’. This move is believed to ensure a better quality control over herbal medicines meant for expo...

High concentration of heavy metals in Herbal medicines

...als such as aluminum, beryllium, cadmium, lead and mercury have no none biological function. Arsenic, copper, iron, nickel are necessary at low concentrations. However, at high levels of accumulation, they are capable of causing serious health problems. Heavy metals disrupt metabolic function in two basic...

Efficacy of fish oil supplements in pregnancy.

...is neuro toxic at certain levels. Some fishes with mercury levels have been mentioned below: Canned light tu...1.7 mcg of mercury. Canned salmon has undetectable mercury levels (less than 1.7 mcg of mercury). Shrimp: 820 mg of EPA/DHA and undetectable mercury levels.Ac...

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