ARTICLE OF THE MAY 2012  
   
  HEALTH BENEFITS OF TULSI LEAVES
 
 
TALLER WOMEN MORE LIKELY TO DEVLOP BREAST CANCER

A recent researched concluded that Taller women are more likely to develop breast cancer.. The researchers based at the center of Epidemiology Unit at Oxford analyzed individual patient data from 47 epidemiological studies including over 25000 women with ovarian cancer and more than 80000 women without. The researchers found a 7% increase in the risk of developing ovarian cancer fro every 5 cm increase in height. The finding holds true even when other factors such as age and use of the pill were taken into account, Researchers also found that the disease was more common in overweight women.
 
     
 
 
   
ORAL CANCER CAN BE DETECTED BY A SIMPLE SALIVA TEST.  
Oral cancer is the sixth common cancer. Researchers of Michigan State University led by surgeon Barry Wenig have conducted a study as a result of which a simple cost effective saliva test can be performed to detect oral cancer. Wenig is teaming up with a Lansing-area dental benefits firm on a clinical trial to create the test. Wenig is a professor in the College of Human Medicine’s department of Surgery.
 

 
 
 
 
 
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  DR. RAJENDRA GAWAI THE EDITOR IS AN M.B.B.S GRADUATE AND HAS DONE POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN DERMATOLOGY

  
 
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