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Ladies with post-traumatic stress should so inform their ob-gyns and seek close surveillance for ovarian cancer. The Harvard School of Public Health just reported that young women with past traumatic experiences and PTSD symptoms have up to a 3 fold higher risk of this deadly disease.

The study of nearly 55,000 nurses showed that women with the most PTSD symptoms including

flashbacks, social isolation, nightmares, insomnia, anxiety, and anger issues had a average 2 fold greater cancer risk. The subset of young, pre-menopausal women suffered the highest 3 fold risk.

Stress and its hormones stymie your immune system and its fight against cancer.  If you have PTSD, neutralize its symptoms and maintain a watchful eye for its dire consequences.

Andrea L. Roberts, Tianyi Huang, Karestan C. Koenen, Yongjoo Kim, Laura D. Kubzansky, Shelley S. Tworoger. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with increased risk of ovarian cancer: a prospective and retrospective longitudinal cohort study. Cancer Research, 2019; canres.1222.2019 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-19-1222

#PTSD #stress #ovariancancer

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Ladies with post-traumatic stress should so inform their ob-gyns and seek close surveillance for ovarian cancer. The Harvard School of Public Health just reported that young women with past traumatic experiences and PTSD symptoms have up to a 3 fold higher risk of this deadly disease.

The study of nearly 55,000 nurses showed that women with the most PTSD symptoms including

flashbacks, social isolation, nightmares, insomnia, anxiety, and anger issues had a average 2 fold greater cancer risk. The subset of young, pre-menopausal women suffered the highest 3 fold risk.

Stress and its hormones stymie your immune system and its fight against cancer.  If you have PTSD, neutralize its symptoms and maintain a watchful eye for its dire consequences.

Andrea L. Roberts, Tianyi Huang, Karestan C. Koenen, Yongjoo Kim, Laura D. Kubzansky, Shelley S. Tworoger. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with increased risk of ovarian cancer: a prospective and retrospective longitudinal cohort study. Cancer Research, 2019; canres.1222.2019 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-19-1222

#PTSD #stress #ovariancancer

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Growing up with an older brother slows a young child’s language emergence.  French developmental linguists observed this phenomenon after observing more than 1100 children from birth to 5 and a half years.

Children of either gender with older brothers had a 2 month language delay compared with those having a sister.   The investigators suggest that this gap may be the result of more language stimulation from the sister as girls tend to develop verbal language faster than boys.

Young parents whose growing families have an oldest male child should give special time and provide more language stimulation for that younger sib.

Naomi Havron, Franck Ramus, Barbara Heude, etal. The Effect of Older Siblings on Language Development as a Function of Age Difference and Sex. Psychological Science, 2019; 095679761986143 DOI: 10.1177/0956797619861436

#Languagedevelopment #siblings

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Positive thinking fuels a longer, happier life.  A collaborative study from Boston University, the Boston VA Medical Center, and Harvard’s School of Public Health now shows that optimistic men and women live 11 to 15% longer and have a 50-70% greater chance of living to 85 years.

The study looked at more than 70,000 participants.  Surveys quantitated their optimism, and medical records provided their health status.

Researchers speculate that optimism neutralizes stress and its nasty associated hormones.  A smile on your face and a positive half-full philosophy will not only brighten but also lengthen your life.

Lewina O. Lee, Peter James, Emily S. Zevon, Eric S. Kim, Claudia Trudel-Fitzgerald, Avron Spiro III, Francine Grodstein, and Laura D. Kubzansky. Optimism is associated with exceptional longevity in 2 epidemiologic cohorts of men and women. PNAS, 2019 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1900712116

#Optimism #longevity #stress

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Health News You Should Use, the latest medical discoveries that you can use to keep yourself and your family healthy.

Here are this weeks stories :

First Responders At Greater Risk For Heart Attack And Stroke

Roasting High Blood Pressure

Mushrooms Lower Prostate Cancer Risk

Soft Drinks May Kill You

PTSD Risks Ovarian Cancer

Older Brother Delays Sibs’ Language

High Fat Pregnancy Diet May Thwart Offspring Alzheimer’s 

Overfeeding Babies Triggers Life-long Health Woes

Optimists Live Longer

Space Age Mosquito Protection

Sleep Apnea Ages You

Don’t Get The Flu Shot Too Early

Concussions Lower Testosterone, Trigger Erectile Dysfunction

Children’s Team Sports Safer Than Recreational Sports 

Premies Placed In The Wrong School Grade

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Health News You Should Use, the latest medical discoveries that you can use to keep yourself and your family healthy.

Here are this weeks stories :

First Responders At Greater Risk For Heart Attack And Stroke

Roasting High Blood Pressure

Mushrooms Lower Prostate Cancer Risk

Soft Drinks May Kill You

PTSD Risks Ovarian Cancer

Older Brother Delays Sibs’ Language

High Fat Pregnancy Diet May Thwart Offspring Alzheimer’s 

Overfeeding Babies Triggers Life-long Health Woes

Optimists Live Longer

Space Age Mosquito Protection

Sleep Apnea Ages You

Don’t Get The Flu Shot Too Early

Concussions Lower Testosterone, Trigger Erectile Dysfunction

Children’s Team Sports Safer Than Recreational Sports 

Premies Placed In The Wrong School Grade

For show notes and references to for the stories, check out my website at:

Www.drhowardsmith.com

#Firefighter #police, heartdisease #stroke #Hypertension #heat #hotyoga #heatingpad #Mushrooms #prostatecancer #Soda #pop #death #sugar #artificialsweetener #PTSD #stress #ovariancancer #Languagedevelopment #siblings #Highfatdiet #pregnancy #Alzheimers #Overfeeding #diabetes #DNAmethylation #Optimism #longevity #stress #Mosquito #graphene #Apnea #aging #sleepdisorderedbreathing #Influenza #fluvaccine #trivalentvaccine #quadrivalentvaccine #Concussion #headtrauma #testosterone #erectivedysfunction #headtrauma #teamsports #recreationalsports #Premies #schoolplacement #duedate 

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Expectant mothers should increase the fat content of their diet to shield their baby from Alzheimer’s dementia later.  Molecular biologists from Temple University draw this conclusion from studying mice prone to developing this tragic and ever more common disease.

Researchers fed group A pregnant mice a high fat diet and the control group B mice normal mouse chow. This strategy protected the litters of Group A mothers from memory decline and accumulation of amyloid and tau protein deposits typical of Alzheimer’s.

Pregnant human moms might just want to consume healthy unsaturated fats in avocado, nuts, and olive oil.  Their dietary choices might just gift their kids agile minds throughout life.

Antonio Di Meco, Jaroslav Jelinek, Elisabetta Lauretti, Mary Elizabeth Curtis, Jean-Pierre J. Issa, Domenico Praticό. Gestational high fat diet protects 3xTg offspring from memory impairments, synaptic dysfunction, and brain pathology. Molecular Psychiatry, 2019; DOI: 10.1038/s41380-019-0489-y

#Highfatdiet #pregnancy #Alzheimers

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Expectant mothers should increase the fat content of their diet to shield their baby from Alzheimer’s dementia later.  Molecular biologists from Temple University draw this conclusion from studying mice prone to developing this tragic and ever more common disease.

Researchers fed group A pregnant mice a high fat diet and the control group B mice normal mouse chow. This strategy protected the litters of Group A mothers from memory decline and accumulation of amyloid and tau protein deposits typical of Alzheimer’s.

Pregnant human moms might just want to consume healthy unsaturated fats in avocado, nuts, and olive oil.  Their dietary choices might just gift their kids agile minds throughout life.

Antonio Di Meco, Jaroslav Jelinek, Elisabetta Lauretti, Mary Elizabeth Curtis, Jean-Pierre J. Issa, Domenico Praticό. Gestational high fat diet protects 3xTg offspring from memory impairments, synaptic dysfunction, and brain pathology. Molecular Psychiatry, 2019; DOI: 10.1038/s41380-019-0489-y

#Highfatdiet #pregnancy #Alzheimers

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More than 2 glasses a day of any soda pop will increase your chances of dying from any cause by 17%.  This startling conclusion stems from a multi-national study of more than 450,000 participants just published in JAMA Network.

Those downing the sugar-sweetened fizzies suffered an 8% higher death risk but artificially-sweetened soda had more than 3 times higher risk at 26%.  The sugary drinks bumped the death risk from gastrointestinal disease up 59%, while drinks with fake sugar drove death from circulatory disease up some 52%.

If you’re looking for a long, healthy life, you should take all soda pop off the menu.

Mullee A, Romaguera D, Pearson-Stuttard J, et al. Association Between Soft Drink Consumption and Mortality in 10 European Countries. JAMA Intern Med. Published online September 03, 2019. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.2478

#Soda #pop #death #sugar #artificialsweetener

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More than 2 glasses a day of any soda pop will increase your chances of dying from any cause by 17%.  This startling conclusion stems from a multi-national study of more than 450,000 participants just published in JAMA Network.

Those downing the sugar-sweetened fizzies suffered an 8% higher death risk but artificially-sweetened soda had more than 3 times higher risk at 26%.  The sugary drinks bumped the death risk from gastrointestinal disease up 59%, while drinks with fake sugar drove death from circulatory disease up some 52%.

If you’re looking for a long, healthy life, you should take all soda pop off the menu.

Mullee A, Romaguera D, Pearson-Stuttard J, et al. Association Between Soft Drink Consumption and Mortality in 10 European Countries. JAMA Intern Med. Published online September 03, 2019. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.2478

#Soda #pop #death #sugar #artificialsweetener