April 30, 2005

Round-up of Medical Studies

A quick round-up of some medical studies

Why napping is more important than ever, especially if, like me,  you stay up late and get up early.  Too little sleep could cause diabetes. 

Sustaining a gaze can make you more attractive. Sizing Up That Look of Love.  It used to be called a gleek, one of my favorite words, as in Gleeks for Geeks.  Or as Sophia Loren said, "Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got."

Another reason for splendid salmon.  Mom's Diet May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk in Daughters.

Mothers who eat fish and other foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids during pregnancy and while nursing may reduce the risk of breast cancer in their daughters by as much as 40 percent, a new study of mice found.

Attention smokers:  Daily Aspirin, Ibuprofen cut chances for developing oral cancer by  50%.  If you're unlucky enough to have already developed lung cancer, and 170,000 do each year, plan your surgery for the summer, according to a Harvard study.

Those who had surgery in very sunny months and had a high intake of vitamin D were more than twice as likely to surpass the five-year survival mark as people who had winter surgeries and a low intake of vitamin D, the study found.

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