Diabetes Increases Risk Of Stroke

Patients with diabetes remain at greatly increased risk for ischemic stroke at all ages, but especially in the under-65 age group, a new study shows.

“Our results suggest that diabetics aged under 65 have up to a 12-fold increased risk of stroke compared to people of a similar age who do not have diabetes,” lead investigator Jane C. Khoury, PhD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Ohio, commented to Medscape Medical News. “In the over 65s, there was still an increase in stroke of about 2- to 3-fold in diabetic patients.”

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Allergies In Infants Reduced By Parental Pacifier Sucking

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Decreases In Asthma, Eczema and Sensitization To Allergies.

Parents who clean their baby’s pacifier by sucking on it may be protecting their infants from developing allergies, according to an article published online May 6 in Pediatrics.

Children whose parents sucked their pacifiers to clean them before giving them to the children were less likely to have asthma, eczema and sensitization to potential allergens at 18 months of age than children whose parents did not suck the pacifiers.

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