What Are the Side Effects of Probiotics?
December 29, 2011 – 4:05 am | No Comment
Probiotics which are also known as friendly bacteria are generally considered to be safe like other nutritional supplements but many a times they may also pose harmful side effects. The live bacteria content of probiotic supplement can over colonize the intestine and cause infection which is one of the probiotic side effects. This type of risks generally occurs in newborns, elderly people and people  [...]

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Tanning Beds – A High Risk Category Causing Cancer
July 30, 2009 – 11:52 pm | No Comment
Tanning Beds – A High Risk Category Causing Cancer
Global cancer experts have enlisted tanning beds and other ultra-violet radiation sources among the top listing for cancer risk alongside known potent causes like tobacco, hepatitis B virus, chimney sweeping and considering sun beds as lethal as arsenic and mustard gas. Though, for many years, researchers have depicted tanning beds and UV radiation as likely carcinogens. A latest study on twenty cases revealed that those under 30 individuals who start off using tanning beds increase their chances of getting skin cancer by 75%. Researchers have also uncovered that all forms of ultraviolet radiation lead to disturbing mutations among mice, that points directly to the carcinogenic nature of this radiation. Earlier just one form of ultraviolet radiation was believed to be harmful. The experts at the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the cancer wing of the World Health Organization (WHO) have illustrated in their latest medical publication, Lancet Oncology, that the lights mainly  [...]