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Flaxseed fights cancer risk

...ormone oestrogen.// High levels of oestrogen are linked to breast cancer and lignans may lower levels by blocking oestrogen synthesis. Researchers at the University of Minnesota have studied the effect of flaxseed supplementation in a group of 28 postmenopausal nuns - chosen because of their strict dietar...

Surviving surgery

...ry, such as removal of the lung or oesophagus, are linked with 8.6 per cent to 13.7 per cent mortality. However, without this surgery the patient might die of their disease. So it's a matter of the doctor and the patient weighing up the risks and benefits of different kinds of surgery....

Osteoporosis in men

...in a year.// Research shows several risk factors linked to osteoporosis in men, including undiagnosed low levels of testosterone, prolonged exposure to certain medications and unhealthy lifestyle habits such as smoking, excessive drinking and lack of exercise. A final factor, say scientists, is age. The o...

Waking during surgery

...sting psychological reaction that is more commonly linked with war and natural disaster. The problem is that these patients may go undetected ,become emotionally detached. Their heart rates after the operation are low, rather than elevated. It is very essential to treat PTSD at an early stage, tahn to delay...

Air pollution affects the heart

...ctivity. The fact that air pollution appears to be linked with a decrease in heart rate variability shows that it has an adverse impact on the heart....

Hazards of sunlight

...elds Eye Hospital, said previous research had also linked cataract formation to light exposure....

Starving leads to obesity

...associated with "metabolic syndrome" which is also linked to high cholesterol levels, high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.// Women whose mothers were exposed to the famine early in their pregnancies were especially prone to later obesity. Researchers believe the increased levels of ob...

Low testosterone levels lead to eating disorders

...which become dangerously thin and brittle. This is linked to severe weight loss and lack of essential nutrients, particularly calcium.Low bone mineral density (BMD) can lead to osteoporosis, and an increased risk of fracture. The researchers pointed out that men with low BMD needed to be warned about exer...

Passive smoking affects respiratory system

...e strongest impact on the youngest children.It was linked to a permanently increased risk of asthma and wheezing. However, older children exposed to tobacco smoke were more likely to have poor lung function.// The authors conclude that exposure to environmental smoke is an important and preventable cause o...

Obesity shortens lifespan

...tay slim. It has long been known that obesity is linked to heart disease, but researchers from Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina, have become the first to actually quantify the impact on subsequent life expectancy.// The researchers looked at 13 years of detailed data on more than 7000 heart ...

What we can learn from dogs?

...ble to pinpoint the handful of genes that could be linked to uniquely human diseases. Dogs are particularly useful to study because they share our environment, and they have a similar age and body size range to humans (in relative, not absolute, terms). Vets have begun measuring blood pressure more routin...

Stress response increases suicide risk

...es of PTSD, which may be overlooked. And these are linked with significant psychological disability. Those a...he presence of these symptoms is serious, for it's linked with a higher than average incidence of suicidal thoughts. Where people have full-blown PTSD, suicid...

Genes for lung disease

...e it leads to increasing shortness of breath. It's linked with gradual destruction of lung tissue and smoking is a major cause of the problem.// However, not all smokers go on to develop COPD. Researchers at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine have been investigating the genetic basis of...

Fingerprinting prostate cancer

...sue. Levels of hepsin and Pim-1 were significantly linked to prognosis, when the men's clinical histories were checked. The researchers say that the discovery of prostate cancer's molecular fingerprint could lead to many new diagnostic tests. These could offer more to the patient than the current PSA (pro...

Hormone contraceptives lead to bone problems

...evel of bone loss. The most significant dangers linked to DMPA, say other experts, occur when taken by young women whose skeletons are not yet fully formed. Those problems include a high risk of the bone-thinning disorder osteoporosis, as well as increased risk of broken bones, including hips, knees and ...

The new born nightmare

...sts. A research team from Lousiana University has linked use of this drug to pyloric stenosis, a condition that affects about 1 in 400 newborns and it is the most common cause of abdominal surgery in infants. Using the Regenstrief Medical Record System – a comprehensive database that stores information o...

Suicide risk in panic disorder

... - and the fear of losing one's sanity are clearly linked to suicide risk. Of course depression is also a potent risk factor - but cannot alone explain the data on panic disorder and suicide.// The survey, of 130 people with panic disorder, showed that 10 per cent had major depression and 30 per cent of t...

High-Carbohydrate diet plus exercise !

...et raises levels of triglycerides, blood fats also linked to heart disease risk.// But researchers at Loughborough University, England, have found that the drawbacks of a high-carbohydrate diet can be modified by exercise. They tested eight women in their 50s and 60s, and gave them a series of three day d...

Smoking can depreciate intellegence

Smoking in old age appears to be linked to intellectual impairment over the age of 64, research has found. A team from the Institute of Psychiatry in London carried out a community survey of an area of England They studied more than 630 people aged 65 and over. Smoking and drinking habits...

Depression disturbs heart rate

...nts who were not depressed. Depression was clearly linked to lower heart rate variability (HRV), which is a strong predictor of death following a heart attack. HRV measures the nervous functioning - electrical wiring, if you like - of the heart. It influences blood vessel size, blood pressure and the hear...

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