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Water Pollution Identifed As One Of Likely Causes Ovarian Cancer

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Ovarian cancer is a kind of cancer that can start in either or both of the ovaries. The cancerous cells duplicate rapidly and shape a tumor on the outside of the ovaries, inside the egg-producing cells, or inside hormone-creating cells. This kind of cancer is hard to distinguish until the cancer has begun spreading into the belly region. Despite the fact that medications are accessible, survival rates is genuinely low particularly if the cancer was analyzed late.This unsettling reality does not need to be the standard. Ladies ought to instruct themselves on the dangers, the side effects, and how to avert or analyze the cancer early. Early location is vital for a successful treatment and conceivable cure.

Air Pollutants Linked To Higher Risk Of Birth Defect

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Air pollutants linked to higher risk of birth defects, researchers find | News Center | Stanford Medicine : "Breathing traffic pollution in early pregnancy is linked to a higher risk for certain serious birth defects, according to new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine. The finding comes from a study examining air quality and birth-defect data for women living in California’s San Joaquin Valley, one of the smoggiest regions of the country. “We found an association between specific traffic-related air pollutants and neural tube defects, which are malformations of the brain and spine,” said the study’s lead author, Amy Padula, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar in pediatrics. The research appears online today in the American Journal of Epidemiology.