Atril fibrillation, which is quite well-known as the abnormal heartbeat, is often related to drinking, but a new study says that if healthy middle-aged women consume light amount of alcohol, it doesn’t increase their risk of having atrial fibrillation.

To find out the link between alcohol consumption and abnormal heart beat, researchers from Harvard Medical School examined the data of a large Women’s Health study.

Some previous studies in men have shown that higher amounts of alcohol consumption have links with increased atrial fibrillation.

In the study almost 35,000 women were included and all of them were of 45 and over years of age. None of these women had abnormal heart rhythm or some other heart condition at the beginning of the study. The women were asked about their alcohol consumption at the beginning and after 48 months of the study. With a 12.4 years average follow-up, the researchers found that nearly 1.9% of women who used to consume one or less drink a day had developed the condition, while the rates were found as 1.8% in the women who used to consume one or two drinks. But the women who consumed two or more drinks daily had 2.9% higher risk.

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According to a Dutch study, young women who receive radiation after surgery for breast cancer are more likely to develop a new tumor in the opposite or contralateral breast and this risk is even higher in the women who have a significant family history of breast cancer.

The study will be published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology current issue. In this study, the researchers examined some fairly recent radiation techniques and some experts have pointed out these techniques have been improved and refined with the passage of time.

Dr. Jay Brooks, who is chairman of hematology/oncology at Ochsner Health System in Baton Rouge, La, says about this study: “Though it’s quite interesting, over the last 25 years radiation techniques have dramatically changed and many patients were treated with much older techniques.” …Click here to read more

According to Israeli researchers, women with positive outlook in life have lower risk of developing breast cancer.

The study has been published in the BioMed Central journal and it also finds that being bereaved or getting divorced increase the risk of the cancer as well.

UK experts say that it’s hard to compare emotional stresses in different women. …Click here to read more

 A new research has been conducted in the laboratories of Holland that the mammogram would help the female in securing their lives. This would also increase the life cycle of the women.
If we look at the cultural life of the Holland people, we would immediately imagine that the women are hard worker and inclined into social spheres than the men. The average life span of the Dutch woman is about 75 years.

The women are fighting with various cancer diseases in Holland. These are the lung cancer, breast cancer, brain tumor, liver cancer and blood cancer etc. Meanwhile the use of mammograms has increased the intensity of the women. Their life activities are the same as before the diagnosis of the cancer diseases. So they are more happy, secured and chilly.

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