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Archive for February, 2008

Smoking father ruins sperm of son too -

Smoking and drinking men pass on their damaged sperm to their potential sons. The sperm defects can be passed down as much as four generations.
The damaged sperm cells can endanger the health of the future child. Furthermore for boys there is a big chance that they will have the exact same broken sperm cells as […]

Popularity: 20% [?]

Tea makes blood vessels cleaner in women -

Women who drink a lot of tea, have less chance of getting clogged blood vessels. This in turn reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease.
A large scale French study has shown that three cups of tea daily keeps the blood vessels clean. Only in women though, men did not show the beneficial effect. The researchers have […]

Popularity: 15% [?]

Less salt keeps children slimmer -

Children who consume less salt, drink less soft drinks. This lowers their risk for getting high blood pressure and obesity.
When children between the ages of 4 and 18 would half their salt intake, they would drink two glasses of soda less per week. This equals 250 calories that they would consume less, say British researchers. […]

Popularity: 17% [?]

Low zinc levels increase chance of heart attack in diabetics -

In a study conducted under 1050 people with type 2 diabetes their zinc levels were measured. After 7 years 156 people of this group had died from coronary heart disease and 254 people had had a heart attack (which had fatal consequences in some instances).
Those who had a low level of zinc had a […]

Popularity: 18% [?]