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Birth month can affect your fertility

...omen. Also seasonally linked diet modifications or exposure to infections due to season change may be other possibilities. Researchers feel that their study shows that prenatal environment not only decides the health of the child but also exerts considerable influence on the reproductive abilities of the chi...

Pesticide exposure may cause Parkinson’s diseas

Scientists have reportd that exposure to pesticides may raise the risk f Parkinson’s disease considerably//. The more a person is exposed to the pesticides the highre are his chances of developing Parkinson’s. The reseaearchers have studied about 3000 people in Europan countries who eit...

Plastic to cause breast cancer

...an animal study, scientists of the study said that exposure to bisphenol-A in the womb can be detrimental to the growth of a healthy fetus. Such exposure had been seen to make the breast tissues of the female mice more sensitive to the effects of the hor...

Prenatal exposure to air pollution causes chromosomal damage

...the last trimester of their pregnancy assessed the exposure to pollutants. They also had answered questionnaires giving details of the kind of pollutants they might be exposed to. Genetic alterations that happen in babies had been linked with incidence of leukemia and other forms of cancer in later life. Re...

Noise pollution can cause harm in cognitive development of children

... measurements to find the schools that had maximum exposure to aircraft noise and road traffic and matched the...n their counterparts elsewhere. Road traffic noise exposure directly seemed to affect the children’s capacity for conceptual recall or information recall, as we...

Hearing loss can happen from regular exposure to carbon monoxide

Animal studies have shown the regular exposure to carbon monoxide can damage// the ears of young ...ng abilities of young rats. Carbon monoxide at the exposure limit of 0.0025% in air can cause oxidative stress for the children. Oxidative stress happens when...

Physical activity improves survival in women with breast cancer

...-stimulating hormones, reduced endogenous estrogen exposure which explains the lesser risk The study concluded that women with breast cancer can improve survival with moderate exercise which is just one dimension in support of exercise. Merits of physical activity are many folds and are part of the routine...

Need for anti-fungal treatment for asthma

...since allergic reactions to asthma is often due to exposure to fungus; anti fungal treatment have a major chance of success in curing asthmatic patients without any serious side effects. Anti fungal drug itraconazole may not only help in treating asthma, but it can also help patients who suffer from cystic fi...

Gum inflammation increases the risk of Alzheimer’

... oral health may not prevent the disease but early exposure to gum inflammation can have severe and long reaching consequences. Reference: University of Southern California, press release, June 205...

Association between childhood diet and stroke

...disease, which occurs in adults is not just due to exposure to risk factors in adulthood but is more of an accumulated event over an entire lifetime. Previous studies have suggested that diets low in saturated fat, high in fruit, vegetables, and fish, and rich in antioxidants are associated with reduced risk ...

Acrolein may be the key to halting spinal cord damage

...n does in tissue that experiences stresses such as exposure to smoke or pesticides. In the case of spinal injury, acrolein's hazard may be the key in causing debilitating paralysis that sets in after the initial trauma. "When a spinal cord ruptures, not only are the traumatized cells at increased risk of dam...

Arsenic poisoning reactions can be traced to genes

...ed reactions to the metal called arsenic. Arsenic exposure had long been associated with health hazards like cancer of the skin, lungs or bladder, circulatory problems, and neurological disorders. It can enter the body through water that gets polluted by toxic wastes of the industries, and leaves the body th...

Vitamin D Supplement in Teenage Girls essential in Winter months

...f Vitamin D in the winter months when the sunlight exposure to their body is low. The sun is important for formation of the active component of Vitamin D in the body. The vitamin supplement would help to strengthen bones for later years. The researchers concluded in a study that girls who took supplements d...

Vitamin D Supplement in Teenage Girls essential in Winter months

...f Vitamin D in the winter months when the sunlight exposure to their body is low. The sun is important for formation of the active component of Vitamin D in the body. The vitamin supplement would help to strengthen bones for later years. The researchers concluded in a study that girls who took supplements d...

Smoking during pregnancy increases risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis.

...pregnant mothers was classified as no smoking, low exposure which included those who smoked less than 10 cigarettes a day and high exposure which included those who smoked more than 10 cigarettes a day. In all 75 cases of rheumatoid arthri...

Low dose Radiation Exposure May Cause Cancer

...ndustry workers. It was estimated that the chronic exposure could lead to a 10 percent raised risk of death fr...ent .the generally accepted limit of occupational exposure to ionizing radiation is 100 millisieverts (mSv) over five years and 1 mSv per year for the public. ...

Exposure to cigarette smoke when in the womb can lead to asthma

...f the incidences of asthma can be explained by the exposure to tobacco smoke in the prenatal stage. The estima...may be prevented if it is possible to restrict the exposure of the baby to the prenatal cigarette smoke. The researchers had began the study in 1985 and flowed...

Listeria Food Poisoning Can Be Dangerous In Pregnant Women And Elderly

...togenes is uncertain, however it is estimated that exposure to less than 1,000 cells may cause serious infection. This is very low when compared to Salmonella, another food borne bacterial infection, where an individual must ingest over 100,000 cells of the bacteria to cause infection,” The infection can ef...

Anti-tobacco Advertising Can Reduces smoking Among Teens

...cher Sherry Emery examined the association between exposure to state anti-tobacco advertising and youth smokin....6 percent) compared with those in markets with no exposure to anti-tobacco advertisements (26.7 percent). "Our analyses suggest that state-sponsored anti-tob...

Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives May Increase Risk For Heart Attack Or Stroke

..., birth control pills," said Nestler. "Prolonged exposure to low-dose oral contraceptives in a population at higher risk may significantly increase the incidence of cardiovascular outcomes and prompt consideration of alternative therapeutic or contraceptive interventions," he wrote. "A number of women wit...

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