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Healthy lifestyle reduces even genetic heart attack risk

November 17, 2016 SrijitaAttack:, Even, Genetic, Healthy, Heart, lifestyle, reduces, Risk

A recent study has found that even among those at high genetic risk, following a healthy lifestyle can cut in half the probability of a heart attack or similar event. It is a well known fact that following a healthy lifestyle, not smoking, avoiding excess weight and exercising regularly can keep one away from risk of heart disease. But what about people who have inherited gene variants known to increase risk? “The basic message of our study is that DNA is not destiny,” says Sekar Kathiresan. “Many individuals – both…

Smoking Impacts DNA Even 30 Years After Quitting

September 24, 2016 Srijita30, After, DNA, Even, impacts, Quitting, Smoking, Years

Smoking, a leading preventable cause of deaths worldwide, impacts the human DNA for more than 30 years even after one quits, a study has found. The findings showed that smoking leaves its “footprint” on the human genome in the form of DNA methylation — a process by which cells control gene activity. Methylation, one of the mechanisms of the regulation of gene expression, affects what genes are turned on, which has implications for the development of smoking-related diseases. “Our study has found compelling evidence that smoking has a long-lasting impact…

Even newborns can get a hernia

May 21, 2016 Srijitaa, Can, Even, Get, hernia, newborns

while Aarti and Ketan Mehta welcomed their infant son, they have been evidently ecstatic. however their happiness became shortlived. despite the fact that healthy in all other aspects, the toddler become laid low with a hernia. Hernias are normally associated with adults but common in newborns as properly. A truth that many dad and mom are not aware of. the good element, even though, is that after detected, early remedy can cope with this disease efficaciously. occurrence among babies Says pediatric doctor and urologist Dr Vivek Rege, “The incidence of…

Eating Peanuts Helps Infants Avoid Allergy, Even After Pause

March 9, 2016 SrijitaAfter, Allergy, Avoid, Eating, Even, Helps, Infants, Pause, Peanuts

Feeding infants small amounts of mashed-up peanuts early in life may help them avoid developing allergies, even if they stop eating peanuts for a year in early childhood, said researchers. The findings in the New England Journal of Medicine have prompted global health authorities to reconsider long-held advice that babies should avoid certain foods, amid a rise in potentially fatal peanut allergies among youths in recent years. “The early introduction of peanut to the diets of infants at high-risk of developing peanut allergy significantly reduces the risk of peanut allergy…