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Dangers of sunlight

...ess world-wide. Researchers found people who were exposed to high levels of sunlight, or solar radiation, were up to four times more likely to develop cataracts.The researchers, led by Dr Cecile Delcourt, from the Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), said: "It seems that sunli...

Babies of the deaf communicate

Healthy, hearing babies born to deaf parents and exposed mainly to sign language use their hands to silentl... sensitive to linguistic patterns, then the babies exposed to sign language should produce significantly different kinds of hand motions. Indeed, he found tha...

Dangers from lead

... the same sort of developmental problems as babies exposed to lead from sources like old pain, researchers re...more to make sure, for example, that women are not exposed to lead in the workplace. The study, based on examinations of 190 mothers and their babies in Mexic...

Impact on Lung function based on exposure

...gs can be well analysed based on the things we are exposed to in our early days. Scientists have long known a test called forced expiratory volume in 1 second, or FEV 1, //is an effective measure of lung function and predictor of morbidity and death. While FEV 1 tends to decline with age, investigators have ...

Poor diet among smokers

... per cent of lung cancer cases.// Where people are exposed to passive smoking - usually because they live with a smoker or work in a smoky environment - a healthy diet might offset some of the negative effects. Researchers at California State University, showed in their new survey, that many people living ...

Compound of Broccoli combats breast cancer

...aphane, yet it still protects against cancer. Mice exposed to cancer-inducing chemicals were 50 per cent less likely to develop breast tumours if given oxomate, compared to animals who did not receive the compound. Tests on humans are some way off, the researchers caution. But oxomate could one day lead to...

Similar diseases in married couples

...ften have resembling diets and lifestyles, and are exposed to the same range of allergens. It might be more useful, where married people are concerned, to target health advice and screening at the couple, rather than the individual. That is, if one partner has high cholesterol, the doctor should consider cal...

Cleanliness might lead to Asthma

...ew study out of Switzerland finds children who are exposed to greater levels of dust are actually less likely...zation were also lower among the children who were exposed to more dust. Exposure to the allergens appeared to protect the children, leading the investigators ...

Ingredient in turmeric protects skin

... were given various doses of the compound and then exposed to a dose of radiation. Those given the higher doses had far fewer burns or blisters. They also developed new cells in the area of tumour, which might be expected to make the therapy more effective. It is too early to know if this would work in human...

Occupational exposurer aises respiratory symptoms

...Slightly over 30 per cent of the participants were exposed to dust and fumes in the workplace; between six and 19 per cent of all respiratory symptoms and 14.4 per cent of asthma cases were linked with such workplace exposure....

Novel way to fight cancer

...rom the deadly form of skin cancer, melanoma, then exposed them in the laboratory to a small segment of the patient's tumor. The cells learned to recognize the tumor fragment as a foreign body and fight it. Additionally the cells also multiplied, providing enough cells to replace the patient's existing immun...

Sepsis treatment functions best in difficult cases

...ed their findings with tests involving 1,125 rats, exposed to varying doses of anti-inflammatory agents....

Airbags lessens oppressive eye injuries

...g. More corneal abrasions were noted among those exposed to an airbag. But the researchers found that the severity of eye injury was actually reduced by deployment of an airbag. Other eye injuries were caused by the windshield, instrument panel and steering wheel....

Implication of virus in colon cancer

...earchers at the University of Alabama US, have now exposed a link between viral infection and colon cancer. First, they report on laboratory studies that show how human cytomegalovirus (CMV) can disrupt normal cellular processes, leading to malignant growth, especially in the context of colon cancer. Then ...

Lead can be fatal

...efforts to reduce lead exposure for occupationally exposed workers and the 1.7 million Americans with blood lead levels of at least 20 g/dL."...

Children exposed to smoke show decreased levels of Vitamin C

A recent study has shown that children, who are exposed to smoke, as a reason of having parents who smoke ...involved 520 children aged 2 to 12 years, who were exposed to smoke at home were found to have plasma ascorbate concentrations that were lower by an average of...

Safety of soy under suspicion

...found in soya. The scientists found that male rats exposed to high levels of genistein in the womb grew up to...act. The researchers also found that the male rats exposed to genistein had a slightly large thymus gland, an organ that produces immune cells. They also found...

Cells critical for asthma development found

...cells. These mice do not get asthma, despite being exposed to the usual triggers. The researchers suggest that maybe people with asthma have abnormally large numbers of NK cells in their lungs, or that their NK cells are abnormally responsive. Further research which targets NK cells will be a good new appr...

Mental growth in babies at risk

...rtance that children, especially those at risk, be exposed to salient features in speech sounds in order for their auditory development to be normal. Researchers are now investigating whether people with developmental disorders are unusually vulnerable to noise....

WHO Says Toronto Going Back on SARS-Affected List

More than 2,000 people possibly exposed to the illness have been told to quarantine themselves at home for 10 days, said Dr. Colin D'Cunha, Ontario's chief medical officer of health. Precautions taken at Toronto Hospitals last month since the outbreak could not control dozens of possible ...

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