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Archive for January, 2011

Smoking damages DNA within minutes

by | January 18th, 2011

Cigarettes start to destroy a smoker’s DNA within minutes of inhaling, new research indicates, suggesting that the habit causes immediate genetic damage and quickly raises the short-term risk for cancer.

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Short Interval Between Pregnancies Linked to Increased Autism Risk

by | January 14th, 2011

Children born at shorter intervals between pregnancies are at increased risk of developing autism, according to new research published online January 10 in Pediatrics. “Second-born children who were conceived less than 12 months after their sibling’s birth were at well over 3 times the odds of an autism diagnosis vs those who were conceived 3…Read the Rest of Article

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Does DHA Supplementation During Pregnancy Help with Depression and Improve Childhood Learning Development?

by | January 13th, 2011

A recently published study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, JAMA, found that the use of DHA-rich fish oil capsules compared with vegetable oil capsules during pregnancy did not result in lower levels of postpartum depression in mothers or improved cognitive and language development in their offspring during early childhood. JAMA 2101;394(15):1675-83 J….Read the Rest of Article

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Too Much TV Ups Risk of Death, Cardiovascular Events

by | January 12th, 2011

People who spend two hours or more a day in front of a screen during their leisure time–primarily watching television–have more than double the risk of cardiovascular events over four years compared with those who spend less than two hours a day in front of a screen, even after adjustment of the findings for physical…Read the Rest of Article

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Hysterectomy Associated With Raised CV Risk in Women Under 50

by | January 11th, 2011

Women under 50 undergoing hysterectomy, with or without oophorectomy, are at an increased risk of heart disease, a new Swedish study suggests [1].

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