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Give Up Sugar to Keep Yourself Young

...on look ten years younger. "In a nutshell, sugar hastens the degradation of elastin and collagen, both key skin proteins. In other words, it actively ages you, the Daily Mail quoted Dr Brandt, as saying. The sugar leads to glycation process that makes sugar molecules bind to your protein fibres, which ar...

Using Morphine to Hasten Death Is a Myth, Says Doctor

...ffect allows a doctor to administer treatment that hastens death, providing the intention is to relieve pain rather than to kill. Evidence over the past 20 years has repeatedly shown that, used correctly, morphine is well tolerated and does not shorten life or hasten death, he explains. Its sedative effec...

Chocolate Chip Cookies to Keep Cholesterol at Bay

...s revealed that the Low Density Lipoproteins (LDL) hastens the development of fatty waxy substances, which can build up in the inner walls of arteries even when a person may have cholesterol levels below 200mg/dl. Thirty three adults with fairly high levels of serum cholesterol between ages 35-36 were subj...

Improper Usage Of Sunscreen Can Harm Skin

...mful compound is ROS, which causes skin damage and hastens aging process. 'Sunscreens do an excellent job protecting against sunburn when used correctly. This means using a sunscreen with a high sun protection factor and applying it uniformly on the skin,' said Hanson, who is a part of the team at laborator...

Increased Estrogen in Men Hastens Dementia

... the researchers. The main reason is that estrogen hastens the enzyme activity in the brain which is linked to the neurodegenerative pathway. On the other hand testosterone levels did not affect the cognitive ability of an individual....

Age difference: Gaping 'age' divide between the rich and the poor

...eing, especially levels of oxidative stress, which hastens the rate of cell division and causes signs of ageing to show up sooner....

Smoking Increases Osteoporosis Risk

...in Sweden and one in China, find that smoking also hastens the erosion of men's bones. In addition, the Chinese study demonstrates, for the first time, that even second-hand smoke can significantly increase the risk for osteoporosis and fractures in both men and women. Bad News from GOOD Study The delet...

The Link Between Hepatitis B Vaccine And Multiple Sclerosis Questioned

...ld not effectively distinguish whether the vaccine hastens the onset of MS in persons destined to develop the disease years later, or whether it causes new cases of MS in susceptible individuals. Researchers say more study has to be done in this regard to find out how the vaccine might be impacting the deve...

Obesity shortens lifespan

... slim counterparts.Being seriously overweight also hastens the onset of heart disease by an average of seven years compared to people who stay slim. It has long been known that obesity is linked to heart disease, but researchers from Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina, have become the first to ...

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