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Vitamins-The answer to Heart Disease?

...eat, poultry, fish and dairy products. A healthy lifestyle and a wholesome diet complemented by the above may be in order, thoug!...

And now they say infections can cause heart disease!!!!

...tions, which we normally tend to brush aside. Some lifestyle modifications like stopping smoking, improving dental hygiene, and better nutrition can lessen the chances of infections there by reducing the risk of contracting heart disease. So the next time you have a nagging infection, don’t ignore it consult y...

And now they say infections can cause heart disease!!!!

...tions, which we normally tend to brush aside. Some lifestyle modifications like stopping smoking, improving dental hygiene, and better nutrition can lessen the chances of infections there by reducing the risk of contracting heart disease. So the next time you have a nagging infection, don’t ignore it consult y...

Alternative medicine more popular among HIV positive patients

... Care and STDs. Prayer therapy, simple exercises, lifestyle changes, dietary supplements, mega vitamins, counseling and herbal medications seem to be the most preferred forms of alternative treatment used by these patients. 70% of these patients said that these therapies had improved their condition. The stu...

Smoking spreads Cancer

...which envisages the spread, there may also be some lifestyle factors to explain the risk. Murin also points ou...nd spread to other organs. There may also be other lifestyle factors unique to smokers that may also help explain the link. Smokers can still reduce their risk o...

Uncontrolled blood pressure

...igh blood pressure is poorly controlled. Drugs and lifestyle modification can help control high blood pressure (hypertension) yet these measures are not being taken by a majority of those who have the condition. At the Baylor School of Medicine, Houston, Texas, doctors have surveyed over 16,000 adults over 25...

Osteoporosis in men

...nged exposure to certain medications and unhealthy lifestyle habits such as smoking, excessive drinking and lack of exercise. A final factor, say scientists, is age. The older you are, regardless of gender, the greater your risk of developing osteoporosis. The good news is that diet and exercise can help pre...

Link between Constipation and Parkinson's Disease

...the effects that differences such as age, diet and lifestyle could have on bowel functioning and Parkinson's disease. Dr. Robert felt that this had no effect in the results and that the strong tie between bowel movement frequency and the risk of Parkinson's disease remained....

Osteoporosis Drugs: right time to take-off

...oporosis medications market is viewed as a typical lifestyle related disease with high brand loyalty. Current lifestyle disease markets like cardiovascular and diabetes therapies are gradually getting saturated. The time...

Physicians Consider Self-Prescribing Ethical

...unately, physicians live a very hectic, fast-paced lifestyle and it's just easier," Wroblewski explained. "Time is perhaps the major issue."...

More about HIV

...e are no symptoms and, depending on the health and lifestyle of the patient, the course of infection may last for years. During this time, billions of T cells are infected and destroyed, but half are replaced. Half the virus particles are also destroyed. The immune system continues to destroy HIV and replace ...

Irregular Periods Linked to Diabetes

... panic because the risk can be reduced markedly by lifestyle measures, most notably regular exercise and weight control. // Menstrual cycles 40 days or longer or irregular cycles appear to be markers for some sort of underlying metabolic abnormality. "Over an eight-year follow-up, the risk was twice as high,...

Triglycerides Linked To Stroke Risk

...eople can lower their triglyceride level by making lifestyle changes such as eating a low-fat diet, losing weight and exercising regularly. Several cholesterol-lowering drugs also can reduce levels of triglycerides....

Kidney cancer on the rise

...s concerning, but can be countered if people adopt lifestyle changes....

Lifestyle variation can cut diabetes hazard

...pact of two interventions - the drug metformin and lifestyle changes. A group of 200 people with high blood sug...metformin - which lowers blood sugar - placebo, or lifestyle changes. In the latter subgroup, the target was a seven per cent decrease in body mass and an increa...

Pregnant women more prone to depression

...er the last 10 - 15 years, the number of tests and lifestyle advice pregnant women faced could well have increased the anxiety associated with pregnancy....

Women need to exercise more to prevent obesity

...act on obesity problems. Certainly the sedentary lifestyle of the United States plays a big part in the growing national problem of obesity. Rather than thinking of calorie cutting, it may be better to consider how to squeeze more physical activity into your day....

Microwave radiation has no hazards

...o do with occupational exposures other than radar, lifestyle factors that are specific to this group, or simply chance. The results, published in the May issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology, stem from a 45-year follow-up of 42,444 Korean War Navy veterans designed to study the long-term impact of hi...

Preventing mental decline in the aged

...ew York looked at research that focuses on various lifestyle factors and medical conditions that affect seniors and their cognitive ability. Researchers report most factors are potentially modifiable or manageable. For example, studies show that lifelong learning, mental and physical exercise, continuing soc...

Drinking wine as part of a healthy living

... that it may not be the alcohol itself, but linked lifestyle factors that produce at least some of the benefici...na Alumni Heart Study, surveyed drinking and other lifestyle habits. Those who drank wine - rather than beer, spirits, or nothing at all - were healthier, had a ...

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