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Exposure to EMF may cause leukemia

...ing them an electrical charge and making them more likely to be deposited in the lungs when inhaled. ICNIRP sets international guidelines for protection against the electromagnetic fields associated with the transmission, generation and use of electricity.The new study is published in the journal Environmen...

Alzheimer's followed by head injury

... who suffered moderate head injuries were twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's while those who experienced severe head injuries were four times as likely to develop the condition.The doctors have said that their findings to do not demonstrate a definite ...

Excess vitamin A increases fracture risk

...vitamin supplements - were nearly 30 per cent more likely to have a hip fracture linked to osteoporosis, compared to those with the lowest intake. The added risk came from an intake greater than 3000 micrograms per day. This suggests that women who already eat a balanced, vitamin-rich diet should think twic...

A new study surpasses Gene Therapy Hurdle

... APCs so, for instance, the immune system was less likely to attack a transplanted organ. The "holy grail" of gene therapy has been to find ways of getting genes into specific tissues, without putting them into others where they're not wanted, said Cynthia Dunbar, a clinical hematologist at the National He...

Beverage protect against bladder cancer

...kers. Smokers who drank coffee were three times as likely to develop bladder cancer as non-smoking coffee dr...mokers who didn't drink coffee were seven times as likely to develop the disease as non-smokers. The authors conclude that the results show that smoking may...

Smoking Linked To Low Infant Birth Weight

Women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to bear an underweight child, but some women may carry a higher risk than others because of genetic susceptibility.// The finding could help medicine better determine the causes of low birth weight, though the researchers said they were not recommend...

Why cluster headaches?

...octors have established that cluster headaches are likely to be caused by excessive growth of grey cells in one part of the brain. By using the latest imaging techniques, Professor Goadsby and colleagues found an increase of grey matter in an area of the brain known as the hypothalamus on the side where t...

Nervous disorder being treated

...in the brain and spinal cord, the muscles are more likely to be over-stimulated and go into fits or spasm. The scientists, led by Dr Marinos Dalakas, of the US National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, carried out tests on 24 patients with SPS. Half were started on IVIg therapy and then swi...

Thumb Sucking in children Lead to Overbite

...s or use a pacifier after the age of 2 may be more likely to end up// in the orthodontist's office by the ti...ir fingers or thumb by the age of 4 to 5 were more likely to develop protruding front teeth and an irregular bite, compared with their peers who gave up the h...

Sex exploitation connected to Schizophrenia

...ndle stress. According to him some people are more likely to suffer from schizophrenia because of their genes....

Asprin aids in pregnancy

...that women who took low doses of Asprin were less likely to have a stillbirth, or to develop pre-eclampsia.// Taking low-dose aspirin may help women have a successful pregnancy, say the researchers. The researchers reviewed more than 23 previous studies of more than 22,000 women to assess the benefits of...

Particulate matter affects lung development

...e more susceptible to respiratory disease and more likely to have chronic respiratory problems as adults. Researchers were interested in lung function during adolescence. “When kids hit puberty, their lungs start to grow qquite quickly,” Avol explains. “Girls’ lungs grow until their early 20s.” 20s and the...

Take care of constipation

...ted that Men who suffer from constipation are more likely to get diagnosed with the progressive brain diseas...gree. Men who were constipated were 2.7 times more likely to develop Parkinson's as men who had an average of one bowel movement per day. Dr Abbott, said: "...

Unpredictable Premature Birth

...ontractions do not improve identification of women likely to give birth early. Alternative methods such as m...at it is almost impossible to predict when this is likely to occur. Dr Jay Iams and colleagues from the US National Institute of Child Health and Human Devel...

HIV infections have reached a new high

...he number of people infected with HIV in the UK is likely to increase by almost half over the first five years of the 21st century, according to public health experts.// New figures released by the Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) predict that the number of people living with an HIV diagnosis may ri...

AIDS toll set to exceed Black Death

...ssive advances in medicine since then, HIV/AIDS is likely to surpass the Black Death as the worst pandemic ever. If we don't improve access to treatment in the next 10-15 years we could have as many as 65 million deaths from this disease," said Peter Lamptey, president of the Family Health International AID...

Choose your mate

...mothers had been able to pick their mate were more likely to live longer. Dr Promislow, said "Our results focus on adults, and we showed that the process of sexual selection can lead to a genetically related increase in the components of adult fitness."...

Postpone intercourse after childbirth

...rmal after birth. The researchers said it was more likely for women to have air embolisms if they had deep penetrative sex with their knees against their chest. The study from the recoreds of the two women stated that one had died eight days after having her child and the other five days after delivery.Bo...

Smoking stripes longevity

...r Gary Billiards.They calculated that smokers were likely to die 7.3 years earlier than non-smokers. The re...He said: "As if that's not bad enough, smokers are likely to die a more painful death and spend longer being ill while they are alive."...

The negative advancement

...aving any use of tanning lamps were 2.5 times more likely to develop squamous cell carcinoma and 1.5 times more likely to develop basal cell carcinoma than those who did not use tanning lamps....

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