Antidepressants may help heart patients
The use of antidepressant drugs may help prevent stress-related heart conditions, a new study finds. Although the condition known as “mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia” does not always have noticeable symptoms, patients’ heart muscles do not receive proper blood supply regardless. Research showed that patients taking these drugs were over two-and-a-half times less likely to be affected by the condition.
Fish oil supplements may reduce risk of type-2 diabetes, heart disease
According to a new study, eating fish oil supplements can reduce the risk of type-2 diabetes. Fish oil increases the hormone known as “adiponectin” in the bloodstream, and it also helps reduce the risk of heart disease. Researchers stated that adiponectin increase via fish oil consumption was only seen previously in animal studies, but according to 14 recent trials, the same effect occurs in humans.
Exposure to pesticides is linked to Parkinson’s risk
Researchers are suggesting that exposure to pesticides, herbicides, and solvents may be linked to an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. The research, which gathered information from over 100 studies, looked at links between exposure to bug, weed, fungus, rodent killers, and solvents in the development of Parkinson’s disease; it found an increased risk level (between 33% and 80%) in those exposed.
More children born via cesarean section grow up to be overweight compared to vaginal births
A study of more than 10,000 infants found that children born via C-section grow up to be overweight as compared to children born vaginally. The study’s lead, Dr. Jan Blustein, stated that the research has not been able to prove a correlation between C-sections and overweight children, but if there is a connection, it might have to do with C-section babies missing out on exposure to friendly bacteria during the “normal” birthing process.
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