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Coffee, Smoking And Other Risk Factors Of Pancreatic Cancer

With the confirmation that Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, a number of people have been searching for associations between smoking, coffee and pancreatic cancer.
In my original post, I listed some of the risk factors associated with Cancer of the Pancreas.
Smoking is included in that list, although I hadn’t included coffee.
The New England [...]

Living With Trimethylaminuria Or TMAU

Trimethylaminuria (TMAU) also known as fish odor syndrome or fish malodor syndrome, is a genetic condition that affects the production of the enzyme Flavin (FMO3).
When FMO3 is not working, the body has trouble breaking down Trimethylamine, a product of the decomposition of plant and animal matter.
Trimethylamine is ingested as part of the diet, and is [...]