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OFFIT: Don't Take Your Vitamins

received a combination of vitamin A and beta carotene, or a placebo. Investigators stopped the study when they found that the risk of death from lung cancer for those who took the vitamins was 46 percent higher ... consumers don’t know that taking megavit
New York Times
added Jun 9, 2013 15:54
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Healthy Living Pays Dividends

* Exercising regularly, eating a healthy diet, avoiding smoking, and maintaining a healthy weight were associated with a lower risk of dying over the next decade. * Note that adjustment for factors that could be on the causal pathway between the behavio
MedPage Today
added Jun 8, 2013 20:23
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Mom's Smoking Holds Diabetes Risk for Pregnant Daughters

* Women whose mothers smoked at least moderately while pregnant were more likely to develop gestational diabetes and obesity in adulthood. * Point out that the adjusted odds ratios for obesity were attenuated when the women who were born in 1982 or late
MedPage Today
added May 25, 2013 13:26
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Mom's Smoking Holds Diabetes Risk for Pregnant Daughters

Action Points * Women whose mothers smoked at least moderately while pregnant were more likely to develop gestational diabetes and obesity in adulthood. * Point out that the adjusted odds ratios for obesity were attenuated when the women who were born i
MedPage Today
added May 24, 2013 11:55
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[Canada] Day 146. A tale of two crises

knowledge of the city-wide boil advisory ... soon there were signs on every water outlet in the building, and the drinking fountains were blocked by plastic covers. (What's more, no one was saying the risks were not proven, the controls were excessive, or
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added May 23, 2013 12:19
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Men's Journal The Ex-Smoker's Vitamin of Choice

those who also popped a supplement containing gamma-tocopherol, a particular type of vitamin E, saw an additional 1.3 percent boost in function. That extra 1.3 percent may seem negligible, but it actually translates to big improvements in heart health, s
Men’s Journal
added May 23, 2013 12:06
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[Africa, South Africa, Sweden] Mom's smoking increases daughter's risk of obesity and diabetes

Women who smoke during pregnancy increase the risk of obesity and gestational diabetes in their daughters, according to research published in the journal Diabetologia.
Health-E (za)
added May 20, 2013 16:06
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[Malaysia] Women smokers still believe smoking myth - MCTC

Many smokers, especially among working women, still believe the myth that smoking can really help them to stay slim, according to the Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control (MCTC) deputy president Dr Mymoon Alias. She said it was also learnt that smoking,
BERNAMA (Malaysian National News Agency) (my)
added May 17, 2013 23:33
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[Virginia] Star Scientific reports bigger loss and higher sales, discloses third lawsuit

Sales at embattled supplement maker rose in 1Q; another lawsuit filed
Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch
added May 17, 2013 10:29
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[UK] IVF on NHS for Scottish women over 40 ($$)

Women in their forties will be able to get IVF treatment on the Scottish NHS from this summer, but prospective parents who smoke or are obese will be banned. A radical £12 million overhaul of the system, intended to abolish the present postcode lottery an
Times Of London (uk)
added May 17, 2013 05:26
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