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Tobacco chewing leads to dental caries

...Prevention (CDC) say that tobacco chewers are more prone to caries.The researchers studied dental caries and tobacco use data from more than// 13,000 adults aged 19 and over. The researchers illustrated between the two types of spit tobacco, also called smokeless tobacco, and other types of tobacco such a...

Smokers children likely to develop caries

Children whose parents smoke are more prone to develop dental caries, according to a study from the University of Rochester's Strong Children's Research Center.//"This study should serve as a pragmatic wake-up call to parents who still don't see the danger in smoking around their children," sa...

Pregnant women more prone to depression

Women are more prone to get depression during their pregnancy more than after their babies are born.Scientists found the peak for depression was 32 weeks// into pregnancy, close to birth. The unborn child may also be affected, as for example, a rise in stress hormones co...

Alzheimer's with psychosis runs in families

...lings of people with Alzheimer's and psychosis are prone to suffer this form of dementia.// More than half of patients with Alzheimer's disease suffer from psychotic symptoms like hallucinations and delusions. This is an especially serious form of the condition, linked with more aggressive behaviour, more...

Stem Cells Have Few Mutations

...e noted that mouse stem cells are known to be more prone to mutation than are human stem cells and that what is found in mice often does not apply to humans....

Gestational Diabetes linked to Chromosomal defici

...velop gestational diabetes during pregnancy may be prone to have children with certain chromosomal abnormalities However, researchers stress, gestational diabetes is not itself a risk factor for these types of defects since they form in the early stages of pregnancy--well before gestational diabetes typica...

Protection mechanism of fatty acids for Cancer

...ure was found to decrease the risk of these highly prone mice to that of normal animals. This new insight into how omega-3 fatty acids interfere with the mechanism of cancer could well lead to the development of effective protective strategies....

Tennis gives protection against heart disease lifelong

...ho keep up playing tennis throughout life are less prone to have a heart attack than those who are less active. They have been following a group of medical students at college during 1950 and 1960. //They asked them about participation in tennis, golf, football, baseball and basketball. Those who reported ...

Tremors connected to Body Mass Index

...vement disorder, essential tremor (ET),// are more prone to have a lower body mass index than their healthy counterparts. Essential tremor is a disorder of unknown origins, but doctors believe it may be neurodegenerative in nature. The condition causes increasingly severe tremors over time that can interf...

Reasons why men die earlier

...he earlier demise of men may be that they are more prone to parasitic infections. In a report on the study... to parasitic diseases." What could make men more prone to infections? Owens believes testosterone may play a key role. The male hormone is well-recognized ...

Allergies: A major health problem

...ate, egg and fish may be harmful for those who are prone to food allergies. The skin and gastro-intestinal tract are the most common sites where symptoms manifest. Gastro-intestinal symptoms include nausea, abdominal pain and swelling of throat while on the skin it would be itching, redness and even burnin...

Longer airway in males increases sleep disorder risk

...sk of heart disease and stroke. Men are far more prone to sleep apnoea than women and researchers in the US now believe they may have discovered the underlying reason. They have studied the anatomic and physiologic differences in the upper airway region between men and women. This has enabled them build ...

Acupuncture for cystitis in women

...tis in women. He gave a group of 90 women who were prone to cystitis either acupuncture or no treatment at all, looking at the ability to empty the bladder during a six month period. One sub-group having acupuncture responded well, and these were the women who, according to traditional Chinese medicine (...

Smokers more prone to depression

... component. It was observed that smokers were more prone to depression as compared to non smokers. Also, females had higher odds of depression, compared with males. The odds varied in subgroups of former smokers and were lower with more elapsed time since the last smoke. The researchers concluded that the...

Melanoma caused by low DNA repair capacity

...er, it has not been clear why some people are more prone than others to melanoma. Researchers have now found out through a study involving a group of 312 people with melanoma that those with fair skin// have lowered DNA repair capacity and are more likely to develop skin cancer. They analysed the DNA repai...

Use of sunbed is harmful

...uppression of the immune system. The eyes are very prone to damage from tanning equipment. Sunbeds work by exposing the skin to ultra-violet radiation. Even though ultra-violet radiation is used to treat psoriasis and eczema, they are done under strict medical supervision. People who have very fair skin,...

Let Anger go, Save the Headache

...ad for the heart. Researchers found people who are prone to anger may be more likely to have a heart attack than others who calmly deal with frustrating situations....

Let Anger go, Save the Headache

...ad for the heart. Researchers found people who are prone to anger may be more likely to have a heart attack than others who calmly deal with frustrating situations....

Twins Less Prone to Suicide Than Others

...tudies have suggested that twins are slightly more prone to mental health problems than other people. "This should lead to a higher proportion of twins committing suicide compared to the general population," the researchers reported in this week's edition of the British Medical Journal."But our findings s...

Teens' vitamin D deficiency an epidemic

...helped weaken the 18-year-old's bones and left him prone to fractures.//Doctors say it's an often overlooke...th less intense year-round sunlight are especially prone to vitamin D deficiency, as are blacks and other dark-skinned ethnic groups whose pigmented skin doe...

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