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Diet, Sunlight connected to Breast Cancer Risk

...or lower breast cancer risk remain far from clear, according to a researcher at the American Cancer Society (ACS) in Atlanta, Georgia.// What's more, he told Reuters Health, the only definite in terms of sun exposure is that too much of it can lead to skin cancer. In the study, Dr. William B. Grant, an indepe...

Shortage of MMR vaccine

...of the MMR vaccine fell 61% below national demand, according to the Centers for Disease Control, which asked Merck to supplement production by taking 700,000 doses from a stockpile of 3.1 million doses....

Dangerous food bacteria

... imported foods and bacteria develop in new forms, according to a study from the Institute of Food// Technologists. The bacteria Listeria monocytogenes are so common in the environment. It's practically impossible to keep food entirely free of them. The scientists also say the increasing use of manure as fer...

Resurgence Of Botulism

...ade botulism a rare problem in modern society. But according to food scientists, a new generation of ready-to-eat foods// that are only refrigerated before sold could cause outbreaks of botulism. While most U.S. botulism cases involve mistakes in home canning or smoking of foods, some botulism poisoning in re...

Cancer hazard Found With Animal-Based Nutrients

... has increased by 300 percent since the mid-1970s, according to lead author Mayne, associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale School of Medicine. The researchers interviewed patients and compared the nutrient intake of 1,095 people with stomach or esophageal cancer to that ...

Exercise lowers Risk of Ovarian Cancer

...entrate on strategies to prevent the disease. Now, according to a new study, there's something all women can do to lower their risk. Researchers studied nearly six hundred women to see if staying active affected the odds of getting ovarian cancer. They looked at how active the women were not just recently, but...

Mothers with periodontitis may deliver premature babies

...ore likely a woman is to deliver a premature baby, according to an ongoing study of more than 1500 pregnant women.// Past studies have shown that women with periodontal disease may be up to seven times more likely to deliver a preterm low birth weight baby. The women in the study had no other major risk fact...

Laser to help in root canal treatment

...a and fewer instruments can be used for treatment, according to Biolase. Postoperatively, it may reduce pain, discomfort, swelling and the need for antibiotics. Dr. Jeffrey Hutter, chair of the ADA Council on Scientific Affairs and president of the American Association of Endodontists, said, "The ADA and the ...

Periodontitis a common problem in patients with arthritis

Arthritis and periodontitis often go hand in hand, according to a new study in the Journal of Periodontology. In the Australian study of 154 people, the 77 people who had// rheumatoid arthritis were more than twice as likely to have periodontal disease with moderate to severe jawbone loss as the control subjec...

Cleft lip and palate are due to abnormality in brain structure

...ucture that appear to cause cognitive dysfunction, according to a study recently conducted by researchers at the University of Iowa.// Studying 54 adult men with nonsyndromic facial clefts and 54 male control subjects, the researchers used magnetic resonance imaging to study brain volume and tissue compositi...

Tomato Sauce reduces Cancer Risk- Study

...uming cooked tomatoes was particularly beneficial, according to the study, which showed that regularly eating tomato sauce, ketchup and other tomato-based foods lowered the prostate cancer risk by as much as 30 percent.// Dr. Edward Giovannucci of Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard School of Public ...

Tongue piercing leads to bacterial infection

...suffered a medical complication from the piercing, according to a report in the recent jounal of medicine. Conforming to the survey, among female students, the navel was the body site most often reported pierced, followed closely by the ear (not including earlobes). Seventeen percent of the females students h...

Diabetics prone to periodontitis

...iodontal disease than non-diabetic pregnant women, according to a study in the Journal of periodontology.// Researchers from the University of Iowa Colleges of Dentistry and Medicine compared 13 type 1 diabetic and 20 non-diabetic women in their 20-39th week of pregnancy to examine the effects of periodontal ...

Fossil teeth and human development

...s human beings apart from their primate ancestors, according to an article in the issue of Nature.// Based on the analysis of the fossil teeth, researchers from University College, London and Penn State University determined that the relatively long 15 to 25 year development period of humans compared with 11 ...

Contraceptive pill to reduce PMS

...he bleeding seen during menstruation. If things go according to plan, the pill, named Seasonale, could be on the market by next year....

Coffee may help prevent cavities

...ivity ranging from 40.5 pr cent to 98.1 per cent,” according to findings. However, it is also said that “all gr... the antiadhesive properties of coffee solutions,” according to the article. The study data suggest that trigonelline, a water-solubel compound in coffee that ...

An inventive blood test for diabetes

...betes. They found 4 per cent of them had diabetes, according to the HgA1c test and confirmed by conventional testing. It may not be practical to screen the entire population by HgA1c of course, but the researchers suggest it could be worthwhile among patients with one of three risk factors - obesity, high bloo...

Heart bypass-mental decline link

...is that the heart-lung machine is the culprit. But according to a new study,// the loss of mental sharpness suffered by many heart-bypass patients several months after surgery may not be caused by the heart-lung machine used in the operating room after all. The research found that mental decline also occurre...

Honey curbs bacteria in the oral cavity

...is the key to the antimicrobial activity of honey, according to Dr. Peter C. Molan, associate professor of bioc...ells that repair the tissues damaged by infection, according to Dr. Molan....

Gel pares inflammatory activity throughout body

...active protein and fibrinogen in the blood stream, according to the study results. These two markers of inflammatory activity are associated with the development of atherosclerosis and other chronic diseases. The reduction in C-reactive protein remained for six months. "Several studies conducted here and else...

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