Fish-rich Diet
A study was conducted at Addenbrooke’ Hospital in Cambridge, UK, to determine the frequency of fish consumption among 22,000 middle-aged and older men and women, of whom 517 had diabetes. The researchers discovered that diabetics who consumed an average of less than one serving of fish per week had four times the risk of microalbuminuria [...]
Experts draw link between tainted milk, kidney stones
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Scientists in China and Hong Kong have established for the first time in a study that consuming the plastic-making chemical melamine can cause kidney stones in people. At least six children died and 290,000 fell ill in China last year after consuming milk formula tainted with melamine, which was added to [...]
HIV Increase Risk of Bone Fractures!
In the study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, it was found that HIV positive individuals have an increased risk of fractures of the hip, vertebra, wrist and combined fractures. Data from 8525 HIV positive and more than two million non-HIV patients were collected from two hospitals in the United States. Incidentlally, [...]
