Avocado Diet 'Triples Chance of Success'...

Avocado Diet 'Triples Chance of Success' for Couples Undergoing IVF

Eating avocados and dressing salads with olive oil could help women trying to have a baby through IVF, researchers claim.

Foods typically eaten as part of the Mediterranean diet may triple the chances of success for women having the fertility treatment.

A study found monounsaturated fat – found in olive oil, sunflower oil, nuts and seeds – was better than any other kind of dietary fat for would-be mothers. Those who ate the highest amounts were 3.4 times more likely to have a child after IVF than those who ate the lowest amounts.

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Shingles Vaccine May Be OK for Autoimmune Patients

Study: Vaccine Cuts Shingles Risk for People Taking Immunity Suppressing Drugs

The live-virus shingles vaccine may be safe for people with autoimmune conditions and for those taking immunity-suppressing drugs.

The provocative finding comes from a study of 463,541 people aged 60 and older with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, or other autoimmune conditions such as psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. Some of these people were taking powerful biologic drugs that fight autoimmune disease but leave a person vulnerable to infections.

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Poor Brushing of Teeth Linked to Premature...

Poor Brushing of Teeth Linked to Premature Cancer Deaths as Bacteria Increase Risk by up to 80%

Failing to brush your teeth properly could increase the risk of dying prematurely from cancer, researchers claim.

They found a link between high levels of dental plaque, or bacteria, and dying from cancer up to 13 years earlier than might otherwise be expected.

Those with the most bacteria on the surface of their teeth and gums had an 80 per cent increased risk of premature death.

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Genome of 18-week-old Foetus Deciphered

A blood sample from mum and saliva from dad have been used to sequence the genome of a foetus in the womb, by US researchers.

At the time, the mother was just 18 weeks into the pregnancy.

The doctors said the findings, reported in Science Translational Medicine, could eventually lead to foetuses being screened for thousands of genetic disorders in a single and safe test.

However, they also caution it would raise "many ethical questions".

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Stem Cell Therapy 'Damage' Seen in Kidney...

Stem Cell Therapy 'Damage' Seen in Kidney Disease Case

A new complication has been seen in a patient with kidney disease who received stem cell therapy, scientists have warned.

Stem cells were injected into the kidney, but the patient suffered tissue damage and died from an infection.

The Canadian and Thai researchers said the findings published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology showed caution was needed.

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SAUDI NEUROLOGISTS ARE HARD TO FIND

With an estimated population of 27.6 million, Saudi Arabia seems acutely suffering from a shortage in national neurologists. The number of Saudi neurologists has slowly increased over the last two decades. According to Prof. Zain Al-Abedeen B. Jamjoom, head of the neuro surgery department at King Saud University and head of the Saudi Association of Neurological Surgery (SANS), there are around
30 national neurologists.