A new study suggests that babies born to mothers that live in the near vicinity of fracking wells are more likely to be affected by a series of health conditions. The analysis also revealed that pregnant women living less than a mile from such sites had a 25% higher risk of delivering smaller than usual babies than women living more than 10 miles farther away. These babies with low weight at … [Read more...]
Why Are Men Complaining More than Women when Sick?
Researchers have found why men tend to complain more than women about flu symptoms. According to new research, flu and other respiratory conditions seem to have a greater impact on men than women. Dr. Kyle Sue explained that there are many differences between men and women. Even the immune system is different. Men tend to have weaker immune systems than women. This is why viral respiratory … [Read more...]
Oral Contraceptives Can Boost Cancer Risk by 38%
A new study found that oral contraceptives can up breast cancer risk by nearly 40% in women that use them. Researchers found that all types of hormonal contraception including patches, rings, injections, pills or IUDs are associated with the risk. For their study, scientists at the University of Copenhagen sifted through health data on 1.8 million adult women under the age 40. The participants … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Homeless People Spreading Liver-Damaging Disease
Due to the ever-inflating real estate value, San Diego aka “America’s Finest City” is struggling with a homelessness crisis. With around 3,200 people now living on the streets, the situation has turned into a public health crisis as well. Homeless people’s feces have led to one of the most severe hepatitis A epidemics in the last couple of decades. Authorities noted that people are dying on the … [Read more...]
Indian Woman Denied Pension for Lacking Fingers for Gov’t Database
A 65-year-old woman from India has lost her $16-per-month pension for not being able to submit fingerprints and iris scans to the country’s biometric database aka Aadhaar. The woman couldn’t comply with the government’s requirement because she lost her eyes and fingers to leprosy. In August, authorities submitted a letter to the leprosy center that is taking care of her announcing them that she … [Read more...]
Indian Researchers Tie Premature Hair Loss to Hidden Heart Disease
A recent study revealed that hair loss in men aged 40 or younger is tied to coronary artery disease. Researchers found that premature baldness and graying can predict heart disease in this group of populating even more accurately than obesity. The study results were presented last week at the 69th Annual Conference of the Cardiological Society of India. In the study, scientists compared … [Read more...]
Married People Have Lower Dementia Risk than Singles, Widowed (Study)
A recently published study suggests that there is a link between a happy marriage and a considerably lower risk of developing dementia. Married people have a lower risk of developing the neurodegenerative condition than people who never married or the divorced. The good news is that being single does not pose a significant health risk as previous research has shown. The study appeared this … [Read more...]
Watch Tobacco Companies Running Anti-Smoking Ads This Weekend
After 11 years of delays and appeals, tobacco companies were forced by the court system to run ads that raise awareness among smokers about the dangers of cigarette smoking. The ads will be paid entirely by the Big Tobacco. The ads will be visible on nearly all TV networks and news outlets this weekend. The American Cancer Society, which used to sponsor such ads, along with the American Lung … [Read more...]
Medicine Professor Debunks the Myth of Low-Fat Diets
A medicine professor and author of a recently published book on the low-fat myth argues that removing fats from America’s diets has led to disastrous health outcomes. Professor Aaron Carroll cites dozens of studies that found a link between low-fat, high-carb diets and heart disease, cancer, and even weight gain. In his book The Bad Food Bible: How and Why to Eat Sinfully, the professor … [Read more...]
Groundbreaking Discovery Could Help Us All Age Gracefully (Study)
A group of experts in cellular biology has found that there is a way to prevent the body from displaying the signs of aging well into old age. The team found that the genes dubbed ‘splicing factors’ could be tweaked to reverse aging processes in human cells. The cells looked youthful and even behaved young after the experiment. "When I saw some of the cells in the culture dish rejuvenating I … [Read more...]
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