As many as one in ten people in Britain over forty years old may be vitamin D deficient, according to a study carried out by researchers at the University of Cambridge. Vitamin D is nicknamed the ‘sunshine vitamin’ as it is produced in the skin in response to sunlight. It is also found in some […]
Gene Increases Risk of Breast Cancer to One in Three by Age of Seventy
Breast cancer risks for one of potentially the most important genes associated with breast cancer after the BRCA1/2 genes have been reported in the New England Journal of Medicine (August 7th 2014). A collaborative group of 17 centres in eight countries analysed data from 154 families without BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations which included 362 family […]
Napping can increase death risk
Yue Leng (Department of Public Health and Primary Care) has found an association between daytime napping, reported by a health questionnaire, and an increased risk of death in 16,374 middle – to older – aged British adults. It was evaluated in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk cohort study and suggests that excessive daytime napping […]
