A new study adds to the evidence that low-dose aspirin, known to reduce the risk for heart disease, may also reduce the risk for pancreatic cancer.
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Well: Low Vitamin D Tied to a Pregnancy Risk
Low vitamin D levels were associated with an increased risk for severe preeclampsia, a serious and sometimes fatal disorder of pregnancy.
Shingles Can Increase Heart Attack Risk
A British study has found that having shingles can increase the risk for heart attacks, strokes and other problems.
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Well: Timing of Baby’s First Solids May Affect Allergy Risk
Breast-feeding exclusively for 4 to 6 months, and introducing solid foods while breast-feeding continues, may be a good way to reduce the risk for food allergies in children, a new study suggests.
Well: How Walking May Lower Breast Cancer Risk
Physical activity, and in particular walking, can substantially reduce a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer, encouraging new science shows, in part, it seems, by changing how her body deals with estrogen.
Eggs, Too, May Provoke Bacteria to Raise Heart Risk
Investigators who found that eating meat can increase heart disease risk because of the actions of intestinal bacteria now say the same thing happens with lecithin, abundant in egg yolks.
Study Suggests Lower Mortality Risk for Overweight People
A report on nearly three million people found that those whose body mass index ranked them as overweight had less risk of dying than people of normal weight.
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