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9 Strange Health Findings from 2016 + Fish oil, pregnancy & asthma

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Surreal Science: 9 Strange Health Findings from 2016
http://www.livescience.com/57328-strange...-2016.html

EXCERPT: Science is weird – and a number of new findings during 2016 proved it. From the superpowers that alcohol may give you, to the weird health risks associated with longer legs, this year has brought us some scientific studies whose conclusions were strange, funny and thought-provoking. Here are nine of the strangest health stories we covered in 2016....



Taking Fish Oil During Pregnancy Is Found to Lower Child’s Asthma Risk
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/hea...lltop.com/

EXCERPT: Women who took fish oil during the last three months of pregnancy significantly lowered the risk that their children would develop asthma, a study in Denmark has found. [...] But in the study released on Wednesday, the researchers say they are not ready to recommend that pregnant women routinely take fish oil. Although the study found no adverse effects in the mothers or babies, the doses were high, 2.4 grams per day — 15 to 20 times what most Americans consume from foods. Before doctors can make any recommendations, the study should be replicated, and fish oil should be tested earlier in pregnancy and at different doses, Dr. Hans Bisgaard, the leading author of the study, said in an email....
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