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Increased Stroke Risk In Vegetarians

Increased Stroke Risk In Vegetarians

Vegetarians usually are healthier than meat eaters, but a new study showed an increased stroke risk in vegetarians. The study came from the UK where researchers followed 48,000 people for 18 years. They classified people into meat eaters, pescetarians (fish eaters) and vegetarians, in
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Lack Of Iron And Hearing Loss

Lack Of Iron And Hearing Loss

In a large patient population an investigative team found in 2017 a relationship between a lack of iron and hearing loss. In a total of 305,339 patients 4,807 patients had hearing loss; 2,274 patients had iron deficiency anemia. Among patients with sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) t
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Sickle Cell Disease Cured

Sickle Cell Disease Cured

Physicians at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health) have done a pilot study involving 12 patients with sickle cell disease that were cured. So far this inherited disease has been considered to be incurable. But a stem cell transplantation from he
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