Researchers at Cedars Sinai found that high doses of Vitamin B-3 can fight “super bugs.” Scientists say the vitamin helps white blood cells battle staph infections including anti-biotic resisting ones. Experts caution more study is necessary, and that people should not start taking Vitamin B-3 to treat infections.
Lack of sleep could be a new risk factor for aggressive breast cancer. A new study from University Hospital’s Case Medical Center shows a link between too little sleep and more aggressive tumors. Researchers also found lack of sleep increased the chances that cancer would come back.
And people who are normal weight but have fat around the belly have a higher risk of death than those who are obese. That’s according to a new study from the Mayo Clinic. Researchers looked at nearly 1,300 people and found those with fat concentrated in their bellies had the highest risk of cardio-vascular death as well as death from other causes.
(Duarte Geraldino, CBS News)
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