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    Attitude During Pregnancy Affects Weight Gain

    Although women must gain some weight to maintain a healthy pregnancy, gaining too much extra weight is detrimental to the health of both mother and baby. Overweight or obese women who believe the old-fashioned “eating for two” adage during pregnancy are more likely to gain excessive weight, say researchers at Penn State College of Medicine. […] More

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    Birth Control Pills and Obesity May Increase Risk of Multiple Sclerosis

    Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects approximately 2.5 million people worldwide. Individuals who are obese and women who use birth control pills may have an increased risk of multiple sclerosis, suggest two new studies to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 66th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in April. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease […] More

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    C-section Babies at Increased Risk of Obesity as Adults

    In the United States in 2011, the Cesarean (C-section) delivery rate was 32.8 percent, accounting for the births of nearly 1.3 million babies. Although the majority of C-sections are performed when unexpected problems occur during labor and birth, some women choose to deliver via Cesarean despite an absence of problems. Now a new study from […] More

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    High-Calorie and High-Carb Diet Could Slow ALS Progression

    For individuals with ALS, adopting a diet high in carbohydrates and calories could slow the progression of the fatal neurodegenerative disease, suggests a new study recently published in journal The Lancet. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary […] More

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    Increased Risk of Psychiatric Problems Among Children of Older Fathers

    Children born to older fathers have an increased risk of psychiatric problems including attention deficits, bipolar disorder, autism, and schizophrenia compared to children born to younger fathers, suggests a new comprehensive study of paternal age and offspring mental health from researchers at Indiana University in Bloomington as published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry. Previous studies […] More

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    Donor Lungs from Heavy Smokers Deemed Safe for Transplantation

    Although heavy smokers, individuals who have smoked an equivalent of one pack a day for 20 years, have previously been deemed ineligible for lung donation, a new study recently published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery suggests that transplanting lungs from heavy smokers does not affect patient outcomes after surgery. Researchers led by Dr. Anton […] More

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    Women with BRCA1 Mutation Should Remove Ovaries by Age 35

    A BRCA1 gene mutation significantly increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancers in women. Now a large international study as published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology suggests that women with a BRCA1 gene mutation should undergo preventive surgery to remove the ovaries by the age of 35 because the risk of ovarian cancer […] More

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    Grilled Meat Increases Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease and Diabetes

    Eating grilled or broiled meat may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes, suggests new research from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, New York as published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Grilled and broiled meat, or heat-processed meat, contains high levels of advanced glycation […] More

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    Live MMR Vaccine Linked to Lower Rate of Infection-Related Hospital Admissions for Children

    Children who receive the live measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine on schedule have a lower rate of hospital admissions for infection, lower respiratory tract infections in particular, says a new study published in the journal JAMA. Vaccines provide protection against target diseases. For example, the MMR vaccine protects against the measles, the mumps, and […] More

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    Vegetarian Diet May Lower Blood Pressure

    High blood pressure is a significant risk factor for heart disease. However, eating a vegetarian diet may help lower blood pressure, suggests a new analysis published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. Previous research has suggested a link between vegetarian diets and lower blood pressure. For the present study, researchers from Osaka, Japan sought to […] More

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    Drinking Age of 21 Confirmed to Save Lives

    Although an average of 5,000 youths under the age of 21 die from unintentional injuries, homicides, and suicides related to alcohol in the United States each year, a new review recently published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs states that alcohol-related deaths would be higher if not for the legal drinking age […] More

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