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Association of maternal and granny’s smoking on children’s asthma provd

...who quit smoking before pregnancy did not show any risks for asthma. On interesting discovery was the fact that if mother had experienced maternal smoking while still in the uterus of her mother, children’s risk of having childhood asthma also increases. However, postnatal exposure to smoke did not seem to...

Men who takes risk is unlikely to impress women

Men always have appreciated the value of taking risks as very macho and manly. A recent study in the jou...from opposite sex. So why do males prefer taking risks to impress and females don’t get sufficiently impressed to marry the risk taking male? One reason ...

Long-term use of calcium supplements to prevent colon cancer

...upplementary calcium. There was a 40% reduction of risks against the development of non-neoplastic hyperplastic polyps in those subjects as well. However researchers had found out that this protective effect of calcium reduces over time. Reference: 96th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Can...

Hormone Replacement Therapy increases the risk of endometrial cancer

...risk of breast cancer in women. When the combined risks of both breast cancer and endometrial cancer are taken together, the results show a greater incidence of cancer with the combination HRT, both in continuum and cyclic, than compared to other therapies....

Diet to lower heart disease risk for type 2 diabetes

Fibers in diet lower the cardiovascular risks in patients suffering from type 2 diabetes.// Supplementary dietary fibers lowers the bad cholesterol also known as the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and increase the good cholesterol called high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol in ...

People who fight wars may be at high risk of cardiovascular disease

...fought wars are more likely to have cardiovascular risks than men// who didn’t. Men who have survived wars are more likely to be heavy drinkers of alcohol, heavy smokers of tobacco and with high tendency of becoming obese. War veterans are four times likely to be taken to drinking more than two pegs of a...

Obese children may have abnormalities of lipoproteins

...d to accumulate as it increases the cardiovascular risks by clogging the arteries. Lipid abnormalities are a part of metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is linked to insulin resistance that can lead to increased risk of coronary heart diseases, stroke, peripheral vascular diseases and diabetes type 2. ...

Depression is associated with high risk for heart disease

...ionnaire. The results showed that higher level of risks for cardiovascular disease existed for people who went on to have the disease in next five years. For this group the level of inflammatory markers of types C-reactive protein (CRP); fibrinogen; interleukin-6 (IL6); and adhesion cellular molecule -1 (...

Testicular cancer linked to high cholesterol

...r cancer and high levels of blood cholesterol. The risks of testicular cancer associated with middle level of serum cholesterol category is about 1.3 times to a normal healthy person with low levels of cholesterol, while the risk can increase to 4.5 times for person falling in the highest level of serum ch...

Obesity can affect asthma

...ty had been conclusively associated with increased risks of heart disease, type II diabetes, and certain forms of cancer. This is for the first time associations have been established between obesity and asthma. In obese people lungs are under-expanded and size of the breadth thus shortens. This may lead ...

Vaccine to cure smoking

...n the vaccine will go a long way in decreasing the risks of cancer and other diseases suffered by smokers....

Autism risks linked to birth factors

...e independent risk factor of autism, away from the risks caused by birth situations. The result of the study is published in the current issue of American Journal of Epidemiology. Reference: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, news Release, May 2005...

Survivors of childhood cancer may have long-term health problems

...survivors of childhood cancer may have more health risks than their normal //counterparts. Researchers of ...tern Medical Center had reported that these health risks would be from the treatment for cancer these people have received in their childhood. Some of these ...

Adult bone health is dependent on lifestyle we live

...actors that may seem to be related to adult health risks like obesity heart disease and cancer, were recorded. On reaching adulthood he subjects were asked to provide detailed information regarding health and lifestyle. They were also tested for bone mineral density for the hip, spine, and top of the thigh...

Asthma risk increases for children living close to busy roads

...ern California have found a link between increased risks of asthma with children living off busy roads. The researchers have studied over 5000 children between 5 and 6 years who reside near the major roads in cities. Over 50% of the children who lived with 75 meters of a busy roads have increased risk of ...

Link found between depression and poor glycemic control

...ed with medical treatment and be made aware of the risks that exist to their health....

Joint replacement surgery outcomes may be affected by obesity and diabetes

...from diabetes, medics need to be more aware of the risks of after surgery complications as they will be having more and more such people coming for joint replacement surgeries. This research report is published in the current issue of the journal Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research....

Cancer survivors may have cognitive impairment

People who have survived cancer may have higher risks of having cognitive// impairment , suggests a new study. Researchers from University of Southern California had found that patients who survived cancer treatment to live a long life have twice as much risk as their healthy counterparts of having cog...

Need for considering cardiovascular risks before giving HAART for HIV/aids patients

...tment (HAART) needs to be careful// of the cardiac risks involved, says researchers from Belgium. Highly active antiretroviral treatment can dramatically improve the quality of a HIV/AIDS patient’s life expectancy. This is especially helpful for patients with advanced HIV-1 disease. For this patients will...

Late pregnancy may be at risk from poor health and mental state

...egnancy brings with it it’s own source of woes and risks to the mother and child. A Danish study says added to the existent risk factors, poor health of the mothers and their unhappiness can also become risk factors that can reduce their chances of becoming pregnant. Some of the factors that are already...

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