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Cancer Inheritance

...searcher.Cancers that occur early in life are more likely to have a genetic component than those diagnosed l... cancers; and cancers with an early onset are more likely to be inherited than those that develop later in life....

Male infertility in relation to cancer

...ith fertility problems being over 1.5 times more// likely to develop testicular cancer than other men. Tho...lity overall were between twice and three times as likely to develop testicular cancer. Men with a low sperm count who had fathered children in the past had...

Dark skin protects

...lso points out that darker-skinned people are less likely than people with fair skin to develop serious skin diseases. It also explains why all do not have black skin. Melanin is made from the amino acid tyrosine, which is also needed to build proteins. In prehistoric days when food was scarce in cold, d...

Increase in tobacco deaths

...urring in Hong Kong in 1998 may foreshadow what is likely to happen on the mainland in the future. Doctors at the University of Beijing find that tobacco was the cause of 33% of all male deaths and 5% of female deaths in the 30 to 65 age group. When male smokers only are considered, tobacco causes half of ...

Gene HPA-2 Met linked to cardiac arrest

Men who die early from heart disease are more likely to have a specific variant of a blood clotting gen... coronary heart disease prematurely were also more likely to carry HPA-2 Met. However, the majority of men in this study had other risk factors, like smokin...

Tea drinkers have lower rates of heart disease

...enefits of tea.// Generally tea drinkers are less likely to have heart disease or cancer, although the reason is still unknown. One likely reason is the high levels of antioxidants in tea. Antioxidants, found also in fruits and vegetables,...

Heart Attacks during Menstruation!

Women with heart disease are more likely to have severe symptoms and possibly a heart attac...l Heart, studied a phenomenon where angina is more likely to be suffered in the week during or immediately after the period. The research shows light to unde...

Need for Colon cancer screening

...lem was worse for people over 60, as they are more likely to develop a cancer in the upper colon where it could more easily be missed. The researchers suggest that older people should be offered colonoscopy as a routine screen, even though it is more expensive. They also added that this research should be r...

Role of zinc in development

...d make sense in communities where zinc intakes are likely to be low, to provide a supplement that contained both iron and zinc....

Emotional trigger to smoke

...nder differences.// Both men and women were more likely to smoke when they were angry. But the effect was stronger in men, who said cigarettes had a powerful calming effect and they did whenever they were sad and anxious. But women smoked more only when they were happy. It's known that 'emotional' smoke...

Uncontrolled blood pressure

...rolled the condition. Those aged over 65 were less likely to either be aware of hypertension or to be doing something about it. Surprisingly,these people did have health insurance and did see their doctor quite regularly - so lack of medical attention cannot be blamed for their problem. Given that hyperte...

A treatment for blindness

... findings dissipated and treated eyes were just as likely as untreated eyes to see well. ...

Grains do good

...of whole-grain bread each day were 30% to 40% less likely to have an ischemic (blocked artery)or stroke than women who ate the equivalent of less than half a slice each day.//Out of a group of 34,000 adults, those who ate the most whole grains had a 23% lower risk of dying from heart and blood vessel diseas...

Acupuncture for conception

... baby with Down syndrome. And older women are more likely to have problems like fibroids, scarring from past infections, or be with a partner who is older and may have fertility issues like poor sperm count. To add on the emotional aspect of trying to conceive can cause stress, making it more difficult to...

Avacado a day

... get them by using the whole food, since there are likely many beneficial substances working synergistically. Watermelon, which was also found to be protective of the liver, is also a good source of the carotenoid lycopene....

Hazards of sunlight

...ht, 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 sunlight exposure throughout a lifetime may be important to cataract formation."// Th...

Link between Constipation and Parkinson's Disease

...ffer from constipation are nearly three times more likely to eventually develop Parkinson's disease. Acco...o reported constipation were nearly three times as likely to develop Parkinson's disease over the 24 years. This is the first prospective study to show that ...

Coronary stent leads to complications

...s or who had had a previous heart attack were more likely to suffer a clot in their stent. In order to cut the complication rate, the researchers say that may be people should be given anti-clotting therapy for longer around the time of angioplasty and probably use stent coated with an anti-clotting materia...

A height problem

... In fact, children of very tall parents were quite likely to be shorter than the average worked out for them, and children of extremely short parents likely to prove slightly taller. Children's heights often give a clue to any underlying health problem they...

Starving leads to obesity

...ack of proper nutrition while pregnant may be more likely to become obese in later life, researchers have fo...rchers believe the increased levels of obesity are likely to be due to a change in the way the body deals with accumulated fat, probably triggered by nutritio...

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