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Alcohol Consumption Questioned

... a great deal of controversy over whether drinking alcohol negatively affects bone health in women. A new stu...ndon conducted a study looking at identical twins, alcohol consumption, and bone health. For the study 46 pairs of identical twins were surveyed. In each set o...

How Safe is Air Travel For Heart Patients

...ockings to prevent deep vein thrombosis Avoiding alcohol and drinking lots of other fluids to remain well hydrated...

Abstinence From Alcohol With The Help Of An Injection

...as ReVia, is an approved drug for the treatment of alcohol dependence. But one of the problems with the drug is it is taken orally, which can reduce medication compliance and can be absorbed // differently in the body. A new study looks at an injection of naltrexone and the benefit of its use for alcoholics....

Could Midlife Alcohol Drinking Lead To Dementia ?

...es a month) and those who said they abstained from alcohol altogether were both about twice as likely as thos...hat prospectively evaluated the effects of midlife alcohol drinking on the development of mild cognitive impairment and dementia in old age, taking into accoun...

Decrease in Brain Size Linked To Alcohol Consumption

...to study if a link existed between low to moderate alcohol consumption and a decrease in brain size of middle-aged adults. As alcohol consumption increased, the MRI identified increases in the spaces that do not contain brain tissue -...

Improving Life Expectancy

... risk factors.// Some of those include unsafe sex, alcohol use, unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene, indoor smoke, childhood sexual abuse, and vitamin deficiencies. They found 47 percent of premature deaths and 39 percent of total diseases around the world in 2000 resulted from a combination of risk factor...

Alcohol Consumption After Heart Surgery Questioned

A new study shows moderate consumption of alcohol may cut the rate of reblockage following surgery t... the study were surveyed to determine their weekly alcohol consumption in the four months following surgery. Researchers say men consuming less than 50 grams o...

Irregular Heartbeat Linked To Alcohol

New research shows consuming large quantities of alcohol may increase the risk of developing an irregular h...hat assessed how often they drank and what type of alcohol they consumed. It was found that men consumed an average of about 28 grams of alcohol each day, whil...

The Beneficial Effect Of Red Wine

...g habits, occupation, and the type and quantity of alcohol they drank each day. They were asked to specify if... researchers conclude saying that no other type of alcohol seemed to have the same effect as red wine....

Creating A Greater Awareness Among Smokers

...ine dependence was most prevalent among those with alcohol and drug problems. More than 50 percent of the pat...drugs and more than 30 percent of those who had an alcohol disorder reported nicotine dependence. About 30 percent of those with a mood disorder also reported ...

Understanding The Link Between Metabolic Syndrome And Drinking Patterns

...ers say it’s healthier to drink smaller amounts of alcohol per day than to drink more alcohol on fewer days. More than 2,000 people were analyzed for the study , researchers say they found that ...

Heavy Drinking Can Increase Stroke Risk

...eater risk, the frequency with which they consumed alcohol modestly influenced their risk. Thus researchers say their findings directly support current public health recommendations stating that men should consume less than two drinks per day. ...

Reducing Disabilities By Following A Healthy Diet

...1985 and 2050. Obesity, lack of physical exercise, alcohol consumption, and smoking are modifiable risk factors for disability, but little is known about the role of the diet. Researchers examined data of about 16,000 participants between ages 45 and 64. They were asked to report their diets over a year. Th...

The Beneficial Effects Of Wine For Heart Disease

...f the research on the potential health benefits of alcohol has been done on men, it is still not clear why mo...termine the effects of wine on women’s hearts, the alcohol habits of 102 women under age 75 were analyzed . All of the women had survived a heart attack or hea...

The Link Between Rheumatoid Arthritis And Heart Failure

...and the traditional risk factors such as diabetes, alcohol abuse, and high cholesterol. According to researchers the underlying inflammation that occurs in people with rheumatoid arthritis may be one of the reasons. Thus researchers say the next step is for researchers to determine what measures rheumatoid ...

Depression In Men Could Be To Low Testosterone Levels

...re adjusted to factor in other conditions, such as alcohol abuse and prostate cancer, that could have raised the risk for depression in the men. In a recent study of 278 men with no signs of depression at the beginning of the research found about a four-times higher rate of subsequent depression in men wit...

The Benefits of Alcohol Consumption Questioned

To analyze the benefits of alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease researchers...s ages 70 to 79 who consumed // moderate levels of alcohol (one to seven drinks per week), consumed high levels of alcohol (more than eight drinks per week), a...

Greek Study Shows Living In The Hills May Be Healthier

...adjusted for age, education, body weight, smoking, alcohol consumption, systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, blood sugar, and, uric acid. The conclusion showed that there were 290 deaths, with 67 deaths from coronary disease. Total deaths and deaths due to coronary problems were lower for the people...

Heredity Can Decide Your Drinking Habits

...called DRD2 Taq1A(C32806T) polymorphism and social alcohol drinking may be related in opposite direction. Thi...th a stronger gene of this type will tend to drink alcohol less than people with a weaker effect of this gene. The gene is responsible for enhancing the pleasu...

Hand sanitizers may reduce respiratory and gastrointestinal infections at home

.... A new study has shown in homes were the use// of alcohol based hand sanitizers are used more, the chances o...nto the family. 33% of the families had been using alcohol based hand sanitizers for some time during the day. The study results show that the gels or hand sa...

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