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Diet and Lung Function

...se effects were seen primarily in the group in the lowest 20 percent of mineral intake. While low intake was bad, excess intakewill not improve lung function....

Vitamin E supports Female Hearts

...ly eating foods high in vitamin E, and who had the lowest blood concentrations of the vitamin, were more tha...etables, and olive oil. Since only women with the lowest intake of vitamin E seemed to be adversely affected, investigators suggest doctors should assess vit...

Dealing heart disease risk in ethnic minorities

.... They find that people of African origin have the lowest risk of heart disease, and the highest risk of stroke. Meanwhile, south Asians have the highest risk of heart disease and stroke combined. Also, the ethnic minorities have the highest levels of hypertension in the population. While many were being ...

Change in weight not a risk in healthy men

.... Men with stable weight or no weight gain had the lowest risk of heart disease and death from heart disease. Those with fluctuating weight did have an increased risk, but this could mainly be attributed to pre-existing disease. Losing weight and gaining it again - perhaps more than once - did not cause hea...

Women who quit smoking during pregnancy tend to relapse

...nd those with only a high school education had the lowest relapse rate. Women on Medicaid were found to have the lowest quit rate and the highest relapse rate. The researchers concluded that the study provided the impet...

Drinking milk: Good or bad?

...s milk has virtually no A-1 protein, had the third lowest rate of heart disease, behind Japan (which drinks little milk) and France, where the cows also have less A-1. However, they were quick to add that their two-year study did not prove that A-1 protein, which is dominant in the milk New Zealanders drink...

Treatment for fibroids with "Abortion Pill"

...er 5 mg or 10 mg of Mifepristone daily -- the very lowest doses. At the end of the study all women had a remarkable shrinkage of the fibroid, by about one-half. They also showed significant symptom relief. An interesting fact about Mifepristone is that it stops monthly menstruation completely, giving many ...

Elevated homocysteine levels linked to congestive heart failure risk

...e risk of heart failure compared to those with the lowest levels. Researchers also found that even those with so-called normal levels of homocysteine had an increased risk of heart failure. They also found the link was strongest for women. The researchers believe that the study now needs follow-up as it co...

Sense of smell impaired in alcoholics

...were tested for odour threshold (sensitivity), the lowest concentration of an odour where a faint presence is reliably detected, the ability to distinguish between smells and the ability to recognize the name of an odour with the help of response clues. Researchers found that sense of smell was diminished i...

Lifestyle linked to prostate cancer risk

...creened regularly for signs of the disease had the lowest risk. It appears to be important that men maintain a low body mass index, exercise to the point of sweating at least two times a week, and are screened regularly for prostate cancer. The researchers emphasise that their conclusions are preliminary ...

Shorter infants have lower incomes in later life

...s according to their length at age one. Men in the lowest group -- under 72 centimetres, or 28 inches, at one year earned an average annual salary equivalent to only about 75% of what men in the highest group, longer than 80 centimetres or 31 inches at age one, earned. Weight at one year in boys predicts ...

Eat Like a Greek for Good Health

...et. Of 275 deaths, 119 were among those who scored lowest (0-3) on adherence to the diet; 95 among those in the mid-range (4-5); and 61 among those who followed the diet most closely (6-9). The risk of death from heart disease was 33 percent lower and the risk of death from cancer, 24 percent lower. The sc...

Estrogen in Food Reduces Cancer Risk

... cancer. Researchers found obese women who ate the lowest amounts of phytoestrogens had the highest risk of endometrial cancer. The study concludes some phytoestrogen compounds consumed at the typical level of the American-style diet are associated with a reduced risk of endometrial cancer...

Measles Risk in Transplant Patients

...f MMR vaccination in southeast London is among the lowest in the United Kingdom. Just over 60 percent of children aged 2 years received a first dose of the vaccine by March 2003. (Data shows there were 66 cases of measles reported in the second quarter of the year.) In a letter in this week’s issue of The L...

Exercise to Prevent Breast Cancer

...ect of exercise was most evident in women with the lowest body weight. Researchers say the results are encouraging, but older women should not feel they need to overexert themselves. Authors of the study write, "The finding that increased total recreational and walking physical activity reduces this risk i...

Exercise found to Prevent Breast Cancer

...ect of exercise was most evident in women with the lowest body weight. Researchers say the results are encouraging, but older women should not feel they need to overexert themselves.The finding that increased total recreational and walking physical activity reduces this risk is promising, it may not be ne...

Need for Hepatitis Booster Questioned

...ntified each year. The incidence of the disease is lowest in developed countries, where vaccination programs have been in place for 10 years. Vaccination could also protect people in less developed countries, but many are not receiving the shots, which are usually given in three doses. Now that researche...

Low Birth Weight infants could have Problems in the Future

...thmetic. Overall, children from New Jersey had the lowest rates of cognitive and achievement deficits. Researchers say more than half of all the participants required special educational assistance and/or repeated a grade. Hence researchers ,conclude school difficulties are a serious concern of low birth w...

Blood Sugar Linked to Deaths in ICU

...ates rose as average glucose levels rose, with the lowest rate of death (9.6 percent) seen for those with glucose levels of 80 to 99 mg/dL. People with levels considered in the normal range (100 mg/dL to 119 mg/dL) had a mortality rate of 12.2 percent. The highest rate was seen for those with glucose levels...

Link Between Hyperglycemia & Hospital Mortality

...ates rose as average glucose levels rose, with the lowest rate of death (9.6 percent) seen for those with glucose levels of 80 to 99 mg/dL. People with levels considered in the normal range (100 mg/dL to 119 mg/dL) had a mortality rate of 12.2 percent. The highest rate was seen for those with glucose levels...

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