Study: Smoking can damage genes in minutes

US scientists found in their recent study that cigarette smoke can damage DNA not in years but in an unbelievable short period of time, for only a few minutes. The findings are published in Chemical Research in Toxicology. Researchers said that it really surprised them that smokers can hit the naximum level of toxic substance [...]

HHS, EPA proposes new fluoride level in US water supply

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommended setting a new level of fluoride amount in the drinking water supplies in the US. The proposal was made after the researchers in the agency found that there is a high amount of fluoride in the US water supplies that may [...]

Study suggests exercise reduces death risk on Prostate Cancer patients

A new finding suggests that men with prostate cancer can reduced the death risk of the illness with the help of by active exercising for a minimum of three hours a week. Researchers from the University of California-San Francisco and at Harvard School of Public Health scrutinized the medical data and records of more than [...]

Boston Scientists, J&J to Market Potential Cancer Diagnosis Test

Boston scientists invented a novel blood test that have full potential to detect even the single cancer cell out of the billions cells in the human blood. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital collaborate with the health care giant, the Johnson and Johnson, on Monday to bring the new method in the market. In the past [...]

Milk Formula Plays Huge Role on Children Weight-Gain Pattern

Latest experts’ findings showed that Infant formulas may affect the weight-gain pattern of children on the early months of life. According to the new study, infant formula varies effect on children. As researchers followed the influence of infant milk on 56 formula-fed babies, they found that infants who consume hypoallergenic formula achieved closed to normal [...]

US Researchers Link Smoking to Severe Pain on Cancer Patients

Researchers in the US associated smoking to the extent feelings of pain to cancer patients on their daily routine. According to the new study, smoking brings greater feelings of pain to a wide range of cancer problems in all given stages. Joseph W. Ditre, the lead author of the study at the Texas A&M University [...]

Experts Find Two Genetic Variants Links to Risk of Endometriosis Development

Experts found two genetic variants that were linked to the increase of endometriosis development and risk. In the study conducted by experts from the Queensland Institute of Medical Research in Australia, Harvard Medical School in Boston and University of Oxford, they have identified chromosome one and chromosome seven that are both crucial for women to [...]

Prolong UV Rays Exposure Offers Risk of Skin Cancer Development-Researchers say

Researchers found that extensive exposure from ultraviolet rays of the sun plays a major role in acquiring the risk of skin cancer. The findings suggested the ultraviolet radiation triggers an enzyme known as protein kinase D, which is up-regulated in carcinoma. The activity may increase the developmental risk of having skin cancer. Dr. Wendy Bollag, [...]

Study says Secondhand Smoke Doubles Invasive Bacterial Disease Risks on Children

A new study suggested that children’s exposure to secondhand smoke may double the risk of invasive bacterial diseases. Based on health experts’ analysis, they have found strongly that children whose age are six-year-old and below are more prone of acquiring invasive pneumococcal and meningococcal disease and even the Haemophilus influenza type B. The findings are [...]

Risk of Still Birth Doubled on Obese Pregnant–Study says

Study shown that still birth risks doubled in number to severely obese pregnant mothers. Almost five percent of obese pregnant women in the UK put themselves and their babies in dangers, because overweight mothers are at greater risk of developing blood clots, bleeding after birth and high blood pressure. Researchers at the Center for Maternal [...]

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