Weight Loss | ArticlesAdopting a healthier lifestyle, incorporating several basic habits is proven to help prevent heart attacks and heart-related deaths. In a recent study of middle-aged and older men, basic habits previously known to individually lower the risk of...
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is associated with an increased risk of asthma and wheezing, particularly in lean women, according to a report in the medical journal Thorax. HRT use raised the risk of asthma, wheeze and hay fever by 57 percent, 60 percent and 48...
Women's Health | ArticlesHormone replacement therapy (HRT) is associated with an increased risk of asthma and wheezing, particularly in lean women, according to a report in the medical journal Thorax. HRT use raised the risk of asthma, wheeze and hay fever by 57...
Heart Health | ArticlesFriends who are critical, unpredictable or unreliable may literally be hard on your heart, a study published recently suggests. The study looked at the short-term cardiovascular effects of being with an "ambivalent" friend -- someone with whom...
General Health | Articles Friends who are critical, unpredictable or unreliable may literally be hard on your heart, a study published recently suggests. The study looked at the short-term cardiovascular effects of being with an "ambivalent" friend -- someone with...
Heart Health | ArticlesAs the first of the 75 million baby boomers touch 60 in January, there's good news for the men: They are catching up to women in life expectancy. A new "Longevity Index" by Credit Suisse First Boston shows that while women still live four years...
Women's Health | ArticlesAs the first of the 75 million baby boomers touch 60 in January, there's good news for the men: They are catching up to women in life expectancy. A new "Longevity Index" by Credit Suisse First Boston shows that while women still live four...
Heart Health | ArticlesAn interesting discovery was made by Harvard University when they set out to assess the safety of low-carb diets using data from a Nurses' Health Study. Their analysis revealed that the quality of the foods you eat is more important in terms of...
Heart Health | ArticlesA popular drug used to keep cholesterol in check might be interfering with a good night's sleep, claims researchers. A large study looking at sleep patterns of people who took the statin drug simvastatin, sold under the trade name Zocor, found...
Diet and Nutrition | ArticlesA study presented here at Digestive Disease Week 2006 shows that conjugated linoleic acid supplements induce a change in body fat distribution, with the greatest fat reductions occurring in the abdomen and legs. Conjugated linoleic acid is...
Weight Loss | ArticlesA study presented here at Digestive Disease Week 2006 shows that conjugated linoleic acid supplements induce a change in body fat distribution, with the greatest fat reductions occurring in the abdomen and legs. Conjugated linoleic acid is found...
Diet and Nutrition | ArticlesA new study reported in the International Journal of Cancer indicates that a set of metabolic factors, including high cholesterol, obesity, high blood sugar and high blood pressure, may play a role in predicting the reoccurrence of breast...
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