To evaluate the effect of acetaminophen (Tylenol and other similar products) on asthma risk, Dr. R. Graham Barr, from the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, and colleagues analyzed data from the Nurses Health Study, which has been following more than 120,000 women.
A small study of women suggested that a diet low in fat and high in fruits and vegetables caused an increase in the plasma levels of oxidized LDL cholesterol, the bad cholesterol.
Most men are aware of their increased risk for prostate cancer if one of their brothers is diagnosed with the disease. When a man develops prostate cancer, his brothers are twice as likely to get the disease as well, often earlier.
Investigators at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that among 1,400 diabetics they studied, those who said they had tried to lose weight in the past year were less likely to die over the next nine years. And it didn’t matter whether they actually shed any pounds, the researchers report in the journal Diabetes Care.
The way we address HIV is cause for concern The truth is that there are millions of people living to whom HIV has not caused illness and death. This information brings joy and hope to the heart of any person who has ever dreaded the onset of AIDS.
Parents and physicians should exercise caution when choosing skin care products for use on allergic children. Many contain ingredients to which children may be sensitive, such as milk, wheat and nuts, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
Intolerance to food additives might also be responsible for stuffy nose. Italian researchers found that of 226 people with persistent nasal congestion not caused by allergies, 20 had reactions to monosodium benzoate, a preservative widely used in processed foods. When these men and women followed an additive-free diet, their nasal woes waned, according to findings published in the journal Allergy.
Pregnant women who are vegetarians have increased levels of a hormone called free beta-hCG, which may lead to an incorrect diagnosis of Down’s syndrome in their developing baby, Taiwanese researchers report. This suggests that higher beta-hCG test values need to be established for such women.
In homoeopathy, we treat the MAN in disease not the disease in man, as mentioned in all the texts of Dr Hahnemann, Kent & others. We all know, homoeopathy is an art as well as science. A physician specially a homoeopathic physician deals with the highest organism on this earth i.e. THE MAN and his precious life.
While past research has found that family pets may protect infants from developing allergies, new research from the Medical College of Georgia finds that children of parents who smoke are more likely to develop allergies, regardless of whether pets are in the home.