Washington, Sept 28 : Men need to be cautious about taking multivitamins more than once a day, for a new study has found doing so may increase the risk of prostrate cancer.

The researchers conducting the study also found that though there was no link between multivitamin use and the risk of developing localized prostate cancer, men who took multivitamins more than once a day were 32 percent more likely to develop advanced prostate cancer.

They also found that such men were 98 percent more likely to die from the disease.

Washington, Sept 27: A collaborative study by researcher from Sweden and Switzerland has demonstrated that with the addition of probiotic bacteria, preventative measures for curing rotaviral-caused diarrhoea can be made far cheaper just as effective.

Led by Neha Pant at the Karolinska Institute and the University of Linkoping in Sweden and from the Nestle Research Center in Switzerland, a team of researchers compared the effectiveness of six probiotic bacteria in combating diarrhoea in animal models.

Washington, Sept 27: Experimental drug axitinib has been found to have potential to bring respite to patients with advanced kidney cancer, whose options run out after their tumour fails to respond to the cutting edge therapy.

The study, led by Dr Brian I. Rini an associate professor of medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and a paid member of the Pfizer scientific advisory board, demonstrated that the drug shrank tumours, and delayed the disease’s progression.

Washington, September 27 : People who drink can significantly reduce their likelihood of suffering from cancers of head and neck by quitting alcohol consumption, a research at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has suggested.

Principal Investigator Dr. Jurgen Rehm says that his study has shown an association between alcohol consumption and an increased risk for cancer of the oesophagus, larynx and oral cavity.

Washington, September 27 : The symptoms of the brain development disorder autism can improve with age, says an assistant professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis.

The new finding is based on a study whose first author Paul T. Shattuck worked on it as a graduate student and post-doctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Waisman Center.

London, September 27 : Danish researchers have advised women not to take any strenuous exercise in the early stages of pregnancy because it may triple the risk of miscarriage.

Researchers at the University of Southern Denmark quizzed more than 90,000 women on their exercise regime, and linked their answers to the outcome of their pregnancies.