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    Mothers Who Smoke While Pregnant Increase Their Baby's Risk Of Asthma

    New research has discovered that mothers who smoke during pregnancy may cause wheeze and asthma in their children when they reach preschool, even among kids whose moms did not smoke until late pregnancy or after birth. Asa Neuman, MD, of the Institute of Environmental Medicine at the Karolinska...
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    Pan-Fried Meat Increases Risk Of Prostate Cancer, New Study Finds

    Research from the University of Southern California (USC) and Cancer Prevention Institute of California (CPIC) found that cooking red meats at high temperatures, especially pan-fried red meats, may increase the risk of advanced prostate cancer by as much as 40 percent. Mariana Stern, associate...
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    Hormone Levels Linked To Risk For Metabolic Disease

    Working with a national team of researchers, a scientist from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute has shown for the first time a link between low levels of a specific hormone and increased risk of metabolic disease in humans. The study, published online ahead of print in The...
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    Blood Type May Affect Heart Disease Risk

    A person's blood type may affect their risk for heart disease, according to a new study that finds people with blood type A, B or AB were more likely to develop the disease than those with type O. However, the researchers said following a healthy lifestyle can still make a difference to...
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    Very Common Diabetes Drug Raises Risk Of Bladder Cancer

    New research published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has found that a popular class of diabetes drug increases people's risk of developing bladder cancer. According to researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, the drug that accounts...
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    Bariatric Patients With OSA Fail To Show Symptoms, Have Greater Risk For Heart Diseas

    A Rhode Island Hospital researcher has found that the majority of bariatric surgery patients being treated for obesity have clinically significant obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but report fewer symptoms than other sleep disorders patients. The study by Katherine M. Sharkey, M.D., Ph.D., of the...
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    Child's Allergy Risk Higher If Parent Of Same Sex Has It

    Researchers have discovered an interesting fact about the genetic basis of childhood allergic diseases: a child is more likely to have a particular allergy if his or her same-sex parent has it. So for example, a girl's chance of having asthma is higher if her mother has it, and a boy's is higher...
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    Fracture Risk Not Found To Increase Following Bariatric Surgery

    An international study, led by researchers at the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (MRC LEU) at the University of Southampton, has found that obese patients who undergo bariatric surgery are not at an increased risk of broken bones in the first few years after the operation...
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    Photosensitizing Antihypertensive Drugs May Increase Risk Of Lip Cancer

    Long-term use of commonly used blood pressure medications that increase sensitivity to sunlight is associated with an increased risk of lip cancer in non-Hispanic whites, according to a Kaiser Permanente study that appears in the current online issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. Funded by...
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    Despite Law, Critically Ill Uninsured Americans Still At Risk Of Being Turned Away Fr

    Despite a twenty-five year old law that bans "patient dumping" the practice continues to put uninsured Americans at risk, according to a national team of researchers led by a professor at the George Washington School of Public Health and Health Services. Patient dumping is the practice of...
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    Anxiety And Depression Increase Risk Of Sick Leave

    Long-term sick leave is a burden for individuals and society at large, yet very little is known about the underlying reasons for it. Researchers at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, in collaboration with Australian and British institutes, have identified anxiety as a more important risk...
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    Hypothermia In Trauma Victims Increases Mortality Risk

    Hypothermia in trauma victims is a serious complication and is associated with an increased risk of dying. A new study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care has found that the key risk factor was severity of injury. However, environmental conditions and medical care...
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    Hip Fracture Risk Lower After Cataract Surgery

    A large US study of older people with a diagnosis of cataract, finds that the risk of hip fracture is lower following cataract surgery, suggesting the vision-improving surgery may reduce the odds of injury-related falls. The study, which appears in the 1 August online issue of JAMA, reports how...
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    Studying Genetic Basis Of Normal Variable Traits In Humans And Human Disease Risk Rev

    Human diversity in Africa is greater than any place else on Earth. Differing food sources, geographies, diseases and climates offered many targets for natural selection to exert powerful forces on Africans to change and adapt to their local environments. The individuals who adapted best were the...
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    Severe Flu Increases Risk Of Parkinson's

    Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by shaking, rigidity, slowness of movement and difficulty with walking and gait and later on, often by cognitive and behavioral problems. British Columbia University researchers have discovered that the...
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    Shift Work Tied To Higher Risk For Heart Attack, Stroke

    An analysis that reviews studies covering over two million people finds shift work is associated with a higher risk for vascular events, such as heart attack and ischaemic stroke. The study is the largest examination of shift work and vascular risk to date. The researchers, from Canada and...
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    Researchers Link Kawasaki Disease In Childhood With Increased Risk Of Adult Heart Dis

    Cedars-Sinai researchers have linked Kawasaki Disease, a serious childhood illness that causes inflammation of blood vessels throughout the body, with early-onset and accelerated atherosclerosis, a leading cause of heart disease in adults. In a study published in the August 2012 print edition...
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    Work-Related Stress Associated With Increased Cardiovascular Risk For Women

    Women with high job strain are 67% more likely to experience a heart attack and 38% more likely to have a cardiovascular event than their counterparts in low strain jobs, according to a study published in the open access journal PLoS ONE. The researchers, led by Dr. Michelle A. Albert of...
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    The Risk Of Cognitive Decline In Older Adults Increased By Binge Drinking

    Researchers from the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (PCMD), University of Exeter, presented the findings of a new study suggesting a link between binge drinking in older adults and the risk of developing dementia. The findings were presented at the Alzheimer's Association...
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    Risk Of Diabetes In Women May Be Increased By Chemicals In Personal Care Products

    A study lead by researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) shows an association between increased concentrations of phthalates in the body and an increased risk of diabetes in women. Phthalates are endocrine disrupting chemicals that are commonly found in personal care products such as...
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