More omega-3s EPA and DHA in diet reduces blood vessel damage in eye.
Increasing intake of the omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA, found in popular fish oil supplements, may protect against blindness resulting from abnormal blood vessel growth in the eye (retinopathy), according to a study published online by the journal Nature Medicine on June [...]

Children’s Hospital, Boston - Mothers-to-be can take positive lifestyle steps in pregnancy to increase the chance that their babies will be born without a heart defect, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published in the journal Circulation.
“Lifestyle choices that prospective mothers make may reduce the risk of giving birth to a baby [...]

Universidad de Granada - Psychologists estimate that 35 per cent of Spanish workers between 25 and 40 years of age will face the post-vacation syndrome this year.
Tiredness, lack of appetite and concentration, irritability, anxiety, sadness and a “couldn’t-care-less” attitude are just some of the symptoms of this illness, caused by the end of the summer [...]

Newswise — More women than men are having strokes in middle age, according to a study published June 20, 2007 in the online edition of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Researchers say heart disease and increased waist size (central obesity) may be contributing to this apparent mid-life stroke surge among [...]

Newswise - Prostate cancer research funded by the NIH suggests that a diet high in the kind of omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil and certain types of fish might improve the prognosis of men who have a genetic tendency towards prostate cancer.
“This study clearly shows that diet can tip the balance toward a [...]

Newswise — The message about preventing vitamin D deficient rickets in children with supplements is not getting through, warn senior doctors in this week’s British Medical Journal.
For over ten years, the UK government has recommended universal use of vitamin supplements to all breastfeeding infants to prevent rickets, write Scott Williamson and Stephen Greene from Ninewells [...]