Children born through in vitro fertilization may be more likely to develop hypertension early in life. Swiss researchers found by age 16, teenagers who were born using IVF were six times more likely to have hypertension than children conceived naturally. Previous studies have suggested that the technique used in IVF can alter blood vessels in children.
A new study showed the effectiveness of combining four or five existing antibiotics to fight harmful bacteria. Scientists traditionally use just one or two medications to fight infections, but UCLA researchers used eight antibiotics in 18-thousand different combinations to see how they’d work against E. Coli. They found 8,000 of those combinations were more effective than they expected.
Researchers in Denmark say they have come up with way to estimate a person’s ten year risk for Dementia. The risk assessment is based on a combination of age, sex and a common variation of a gene that is key to clearing up protein from the brain. Those are some of the day’s top health stories.
Sources:
1. Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2. NPI Systems Biology and Applications
3. Canadian Medical Association Journal
