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Association Between Celiac Disease Risk and Gluten Intake Confirmed
An extensive study has confirmed that the risk of developing celiac disease is connected to the amount of gluten children consume. The new study is observational and therefore does not prove causation; however, it is the most comprehensive of its kind to date. The results are presented in the journal JAMA. In total, 6,600 children at ...
Fish-rich Diets in Pregnancy May Boost Babies’ Brain Development
Women could enhance the development of their unborn child’s eyesight and brain function by regularly eating fatty fish during pregnancy. This is the suggestion from a small-scale study led by Kirsi Laitinen of the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital in Finland, in the journal Pediatric Research. The research supports previous findings that show how ...
Vitamin E May Decrease the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury After Coronary Catheterization
Acute kidney injury is quite a common adverse effect that associates with coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary interventions. Vitamin E may decrease the risk of acute kidney injury by up to 62 percent according to a meta-analysis of three randomized trials published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. Contrast medium-induced acute kidney injury (CIAKI) ...
Vitamin E May Prevent Pneumonia in Nonsmoking Elderly Men
Administration of 50 mg per day of vitamin E decreased the risk of pneumonia in elderly male smokers by 72 percent after they quit smoking, according to a paper published in Clinical Interventions in Aging. Dr. Harri Hemila, University of Helsinki, Finland, studied whether vitamin E supplementation might influence the risk of community-acquired pneumonia. He ...
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