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Alcohol a potential carcinogen: knocking on the door: pay heed!

... cancer. Scientists found that excessive drinking raises risk of cancer of the mouth, larynx, oesophagus, liver, colon and breast. As mentioned on the onset that, "Alcohol is underestimated as a cause of cancer in many parts of the world." It was also said by Dr Paolo Boffetta, co-author of the review, a...

Increase in Waist Size Contributes To Increased Risk of Heart Disease

...aistline. It secretes toxins into the bloodstream, raises cholesterol and increases the body's resistance to insulin which is essential for controlling blood sugar. Statistics show that about 30,000 people a year die from obesity-related diseases in Britain. Professor Steve Haffner, from the University of T...

Anticancer Properties of Vitamin D Could Be Separated From Other Functions

...the two functions at the molecular level, and this raises the possibility that vitamin D can be chemically modified into a drug that will only have anticancer effects,” said Professor Stephen Byers, Ph.D. Byers led a team of international researchers in collaboration with Salimuddin Shah, Ph.D. for this stu...

Anticancer Properties of Vitamin D Revealed

...the two functions at the molecular level, and this raises the possibility that vitamin D can be chemically modified into a drug that will only have anticancer effects,” said Professor Stephen Byers, Ph.D. He and Salimuddin Shah, Ph.D., led an international group of investigators in this study. The human bo...

British fertility clinics have low success rates

...able, to be published before this weekend. // This raises serious concerns regarding the expense of the treatment and encourages childless women to take part in medical procedures, leading to severe financial and psychological trauma. When compared to the success rates of fertility clinics in Belgium (40...

First Conclusive Evidence Linking Oral Bacteria To Premature Babies

... "If periodontal disease is not present, then this raises more questions about how the bacteria got into the amniotic fluid," said Han. Akihiko Ikegami, Nabil Bissada and Raymond Redline from Case and Graham Ashmead and Melissa Herbst from the Department of Obstetrics at Case School of Medicine and MetroHea...

Massachusetts Governor To Sign Health Coverage Bill

... "It applies to a tiny number of employers, and it raises a very small amount of money relative to the scale of this entire proposal. So I don't think it's necessary." Romney, who is a possible Presidential candidate in 2008, can take credit for pushing through the bill in a Democrat-dominated Senate. The b...

Varying Amount Of Fat In Fast Food Chain Across the World

...the risk of heart disease by 25 percent. Trans fat raises bad cholesterol and lowers good cholesterol and eating it increases the risk of getting heart disease. Many restaurants to fry food use hydrogenated vegetable oil, which is high in trans fats. It was estimated a few years ago that trans fats prematur...

Exposure To Lead Doesn’t Cause Hypertension In Childre

...s researchers have found that the exposure doesn’t raises blood pressure in young children. Lead's most widely documented effects are neurological. Exposure diminishes intelligence and alters behavior. Young children are particularly vulnerable to these effects because their nervous systems are still deve...

UK Patients Seek Fertility Treatment Abroad Due To The Long Waiting List

...ch as implanting five embryos, which significantly raises the chance of multiple pregnancies. This poses a great for both mothers and babies. She says that complaints received from such patients cannot be helped and it becomes very difficult for us to reassure them. Hence the patients should make informed...

Allergic to Kisses?

...alin, which opens the airways, helps breathing and raises the blood pressure to prevent the child from collapsing. <br...

Organic Farming May Increase The Output Of Apples In Himachal

... organic farming is twofold as it reduces cost and raises production," Singh said. "Even though the state government has done little to promote and manufacture organic fertiliser, farmers can take the initiative and produce organic manure on their farms," said Singh. The experts said the Indian apple m...

Immunity carefully enhanced in elders by high-dose flu vaccines

...ainst flu to the elderly people,// but also safely raises the resistance in these susceptible people without any major harmful effect. This was published in the May 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, a JAMA/Archives journal. Vaccines containing inactivated influenza virus have been available for 50...

Discussion On Domestic Violence Increased By Computer Based Screening

...ntification and referral for domestic violence and raises the concern that ED physicians, particularly suburban physicians, may need additional training to adequately recognize and respond to chronic, complex psychosocial issues.’ Source: Newswse...

Undetected Cases Of Diabetes Boom In The US

...he next 10 years. Also, pre-diabetes substantially raises the risk of a heart attack or stroke even if type 2 diabetes does not develop. People with pre-diabetes may have IFG or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or both. * In IFG, blood glucose is high (100 to 125 milligrams per deciliter or mg/dL) aft...

Daily Intake Of Alcohol Reduces Heart Disease In Men Than Women

... for men and women are deprived of it. This study raises important questions about drinking patterns and heart health among men and women, but an editorial warns that the results should be interpreted with caution and should not be used to justify potentially harmful drinking behaviour. It is widely know...

After Cancer Treatment Worry Continues – Researchers Find

...e journal, Psycho-Oncology. But he adds that it raises concerns that cancer continues to impact survivors... Also continued testing and monitoring for cancers raises distress in the survivor, the researcher report. The researchers reported some of their findings ...

Intermittent Explosive Disorder is More Prevalent Now Than Before

...ncial difficulties or divorce,' says Kessler. This raises the possibility that Intermittent Explosive Disorder may be a risk factor for other mental disorders. A narrow definition of Intermittent Explosive Disorder includes three or more of these attacks in one year. In the study, people with narrow Inter...

Functional Differences In Estrogen Receptor Could Be A Therapeutic Target

...t of tamoxifen-resistant human breast cancer. This raises the possibility that estrogen-activated ER-a36 signaling initiated in the cell plasma membrane may actually accelerate the course of tamoxifen-resistant human breast cancer. 'The apparent ability of hER-?36 to trigger membrane-initiated estrogen an...

Exposure To Artificial Light Could Be Cancerous

... much light at night disrupts crucial hormones and raises the chance of developing breast tumours //. Women particularly those who work night shifts like nurses and airhostesses are considered to be of particularly risk. For the first time now scientists from the American National Cancer Institute and Nat...

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