
New research shows insulin-like hormones in type two diabetes have different effects on men and women. For men, it appears to reduce the risk of prostate cancer. But for women, it may double the risk of female genital and other cancers. Researchers from Tel Aviv University looked at nearly seventeen thousand diabetics. They differentiated between [...]
Palliative care is a medical specialty which is not the same as hospice care. In fact the goal is to relive pain, symptoms and stress of serious illness whatever the prognosis. Dr Rajeev Mathavan of Doctors Hospital at Renaissance explains more. Palliative care is not dependant on prognosis and can be delivered at the same [...]
Young children of moms abused by their partners are at an increased risk of being obese, according to a new study. The study – led by doctor Renee Boynton-Jarrett of Boston University School of Medicine — studied nearly sixteen hundred children born between 1998 and2000. Mothers were interviewed when their kids were born…and up through [...]
A hike in cigarette tax may cause smoking rates to plummet among certain groups of people. New research suggests. University of California at Los Angeles researchers say cost may influence people struggling with binge-drinking, drug or mental disorders to quit. They found by raising the price of cigarettes ten percent. There was more than an [...]
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