“The immune system may have a key role in the development of Parkinson’s disease,” reported BBC News. It said that a study has found an association between genes controlling immunity and Parkinson’s disease. The news reports appear to be accurate.
“Keeping your heart fit and strong can slow down the ageing of your brain,” says BBC News, reporting that a poor cardiac output may age the brain by an average of nearly two years. The research behind this news looked at a measurement of heart blood flow called cardiac index, which indicates a person’s heart output rate for their size.
“Children who have junk food diets are at greater risk of allergies as well as obesity,” reported The Daily Telegraph.
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New research has placed home births “under scrutiny,” said BBC News.
A blood test to predict when menopause will occur “could close the baby gap” by telling women how long they will remain fertile, reported The Guardian . Several other newspapers have reported on the hormone-based menopause test, saying that home testing kits could be available in a few years. The news story is based on a study that has been presented at fertility conference but has not yet been published, meaning it is difficult to assess the methods and quality of this research
“People who drink several cups of tea or coffee a day could be at lower risk of heart disease,” reports the BBC. The news channel says drinking tea could cut the chances of a heart attack by up to a third.
A diet of meat and potatoes “reduces the risk of lung cancer by half”, according to The Independent. The newspaper says that people with above average levels of vitamin B6 in their blood had a lower risk of developing lung cancer.
People with vitiligo “may have natural protection against skin cancer”, according to BBC News.
“A man’s fertility depends more on his mother’s lifestyle than his own,” according to the Daily Mail. The newspaper says a “large-scale review” of factors that affect the production of sperm has concluded that how a woman looks after herself in pregnancy could affect her unborn baby’s ability to father a child in adulthood. This research is a review of selected studies that assessed the effects of maternal factors and factors in adulthood on sperm count in males.
