Health (General) – Newsletter for January 29, 2011

Starting hormone therapy at menopause ‘ups breast cancer risk’

WASHINGTON – A new study has shown that starting hormone therapy at around the time of menopause is associated with a greater risk of breast cancer compared to starting after a longer gap.

In this large, prospectively followed cohort of women, those who started hormone therapy five years or more after menopause had little or no …. Source article  : Starting hormone therapy at menopause ‘ups breast cancer risk’.

Smoking habits are passed on from mum to daughter, dad to son

WASHINGTON – A new study has found that smoking habits are transmitted from mother to daughter and father to son.

“However, if a mother smokes it does not seem to impact on the probability of her son smoking, and similarly a father that smokes does not affect his daughter”, said Loureiro, a researcher at the Universidade … Read more >>.

The ???1-a-day pill that keeps heart diseases, cancer at bay

LONDON – A new pill that costs just one pound a day and promises to keep heart disease and cancer at bay is set to go on sale in the UK.

The pill contains resveratrol supplement, derived from grape skin and naturally present in wine, claim makers Biotivia.

It also protects against Alzheimer’s, delays ageing and tackles … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : The ???1-a-day pill that keeps heart diseases, cancer at bay.

Haiti cholera death toll tops 4,000

Port-au-Prince, Jan 29 (IANS/EFE) The number of deaths caused by the cholera epidemic that Haiti has suffered since mid-October has risen to 4,030, with a total of 209,034 people treated, health authorities said Friday.

A bulletin from the public health ministry released Friday said that 115,238 of the patients that have been seen have no …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Haiti cholera death toll tops 4,000.

Prevent misuse of technique in female foeticide: President

NEW DELHI – President Pratibha Devisingh Patil Friday stressed the need to prevent misuse of diagnostic technology in female foeticide calling it detrimental to the society.

“An aspect that needs attention is the prevention of diagnostic tests conducted for pre-natal detection of abnormalities of a baby, from being misused for the purpose of pre-natal … Read more : Prevent misuse of technique in female foeticide: President.

Chocolate gift causes heart attacks to school boy

LONDON – A schoolboy here suffered two heart-attacks after a school teacher handed him a chocolate with a whole hazelnut inside it.

Seven-year-old Rehan Butt had a massive allergic reaction and had to be rushed to hospital where he was put on ventilator to help him breathe, reported Daily Mail Friday.
It is …. Source article  : Chocolate gift causes heart attacks to school boy.

Exposure to smokers ’still a major cause of asthma attacks in kids’

WASHINGTON – A survey has found that exposure to smokers is still a major cause of asthma attacks in children in the United States.

During Aug. and Sept. 2010, the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital poll asked 1,621 parents across the United States, whose children have asthma about factors …. Read the original article  : Exposure to smokers ’still a major cause of asthma attacks in kids’.

UK man pulled over for erratic driving had eight different drugs in his body

LONDON – A man in UK, who was pulled over for driving erratically, has been arrested after he was found to have consumed eight different drugs.

Tests showed that Jamie Harrison, 32, had taken heroin, cocaine and cannabis, and there were also traces of the heroin substitute methadone, morphine, opiates, codeine and benzodiazepine in his system. …. Read the original article  : UK man pulled over for erratic driving had eight different drugs in his body.