Health Update

Study finds link between aluminium in deodorants and breast cancer

London, Sept 3 : A new study has found a possible link between aluminium in deodorants and breast cancer.

The study observed that women, who have had mastectomies, carried high levels of the metal in their outer breasts.

Dr Chris Exley, who tested 17 patients at Wythenshaw Hospital, Manchester, said that all of them had the metal concentrate closest to their underarms

"They all had higher concentrations of aluminium in the breast tissue closest to the underarm," the Mirror quoted Dr Chris Exley, as saying.

Blood pressure drugs cut death rate in diabetes

Blood pressure drugs

Women's waistlines have grown by 7 inches in the last 50 years

Women's Waist

London, Sept 3 : Gone are the days when wasp waistlines like those of Sophia Loren and Marilyn Monroe were in fashion, for a new survey has revealed that over the past 50 years Brit women's waists have increased by.an astonishing 7 inches.

Since 1951, the average waist size has grown by 6.8 inches to 34.4 inches.

Coffee rage reaching epidemic proportions in United Kingdom

Cup of Coffee
London, Sept 3 : If you're feeling angry, irritable and aggressive, and suffering from a bad headache to boot, the chance is that you are experiencing a new malady - coffee rage.

Coffee's main active ingredient caffeine may help you get awake in the morning, but a new study has found that one in 20 people have an intolerance to it.

Tri-weekly exercise sessions not enough to keep fit

Body Fitness
Sydney, Sept. 3 : A new report by consumer group Choice dismisses effectiveness of tri-weekly exercise sessions, stretching before training to warm muscles and reduce injury, and "no pain, no gain" mantra as mere misconceptions.

The group says that these are nothing more than common exercising myths propagated by eager fitness instructors or lax health groups, who have not got all the facts.

Stem cells can help heart patients 'grow their own' heart valves

London, Sept 3 : British surgeons have created a groundbreaking treatment that will help create heart tissue from stem cells from the patient's body.

The treatment will help cadiac patients 'grow their own' heart valves and have them transplanted by surgeons.

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