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Being overweight or obese increases the chances that a woman delivering a baby extra-large, and that excess weight significantly increases the risk for preeclampsia, a potentially fatal complication of pregnancy, according to specialists from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. Women have more difficulties in the delivery of babies when they are [...]

The consumption of foods rich in antioxidants like beta carotene, vitamin E, vitamin C and zinc slows the aging process and therefore help prevent the elderly by age-related blindness, said Dr. Charles Wong Cam, director Wong Eye Institute on the occasion of World Sight Day. He added that several studies conducted worldwide have shown that [...]

Diabetes is a disease of worldwide distribution. The term diabetes, considered in isolation, means pass through . This concept was attributed many centuries ago of an alleged kidney disorder responsible for the production of polyuria, one of the hallmarks of the disease. From a clinical standpoint, diabetes mellitus usually occurs in two stages of life, [...]

Fish oil supplements have attracted attention lately for the health benefits attributed to the good fats they contain. These good fats are known as DHA and EPA . Though fat is often thought of as bad, there are fats that are essential to our health. Fish oils are one of the top sources of these [...]