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Young women's woes

...ore at risk of death after heart attack because of increased depression, social isolation and lack of support once they leave hospital. Because heart attacks are less common among women, they may be admitted to hospital at a more acute stage of heart attack, and may therefore be less likely to survive in the l...

Male infertility in relation to cancer

...oncluded men who have infertility problems have an increased risk of developing cancer. As reported in the i...Though there are no specific feature was linked to increased risk of testicular cancer, men with poor semen quality overall were between twice and three times as...

Depression and heart failure

...s, the rates were 13% and 26.1%. Depression also increased the risk of being re-admitted to hospital. While 36.5% of non-depressed patients were re-admitted within three months, and 52.3% within a year, the figures for the depressed patients were 52.2% and80.4%. The Duke researchers feel that all heart fai...

Ovarian cancer in relationship with Hormone therapy

...1996 and found ERT (oestrogen replacement therapy) increased the risk and this persisted for up to 29 years after women stopped using it. Twenty two percent of the women in the study had used ERT, including 11,024 who were users at the start of the study (baseline users) and 35,236 who were former users. A to...

Tomatoes for the heart

...ossibility of producing tomato-based products with increased health benefits....

How to diagnose heart failure?

...t risk. In this study, these two signs heralded an increased risk of death from heart failure....

Ecstasy shrinks brain!!-researchers unveil the secrets of MDMA.

... of raise over the past decade or two and with the increased incidence of consumption of drugs in teens.Researchers at a conference sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse said that the drug known as ecstasy has a negative impact on blood flow to parts of the brain and that the effect can persist for...

Meditation relieves stress

... better able to cope with stress, felt relaxed and increased mental clarity. The programme included mindfulness meditation, emotional expression and social support. The benefits were maintained for up to a year, although the results are limited by the fact that only 30 per cent of patients responded to this ...

Bald head bad health

...rt disease.// Those with frontal baldness had a 9% increased chance of getting heart disease. Compared to men with no hair loss, men whose crowns were completely bald had a 36% greater risk of having a coronary event, including a heart attack and angina. Men with mild crown balding had a 23% greater risk, risi...

Drink grape juice for health

...ing to promote their cardiovascular health through increased antioxidant consumption might prefer a glass of purple grape juice in the morning to orange juice," says Joe A. Vinson, professor of chemistry at The University of Scranton and lead author of the study. "In our tests, we saw dramatically superior ant...

Starving leads to obesity

...in the general population. Many of these women had increased amounts of body fat in the abdominal area.This par...ly prone to later obesity. Researchers believe the increased levels of obesity are likely to be due to a change in the way the body deals with accumulated fat, p...

Low testosterone levels lead to eating disorders

...ral density (BMD) can lead to osteoporosis, and an increased risk of fracture. The researchers pointed out that men with low BMD needed to be warned about exercise limitations to prevent fractures. They added: "On the other hand, moderate weight-bearing exercise without high impact aids in bone accretion, in...

Passive smoking affects respiratory system

...e youngest children.It was linked to a permanently increased risk of asthma and wheezing. However, older children exposed to tobacco smoke were more likely to have poor lung function.// The authors conclude that exposure to environmental smoke is an important and preventable cause of illness among children....

Nitric oxide involved in high blood pressure

...ing of the method. The team showed previously that increased free radical activity plays an important role in a... of high blood pressure. They further showed that increased levels of free radicals by themselves can cause hypertension. Harmful levels of free radicals are of...

The effect of heart rate in middle aged men

... rates of more than 90 beats per minute were at an increased risk of all cause mortality(hazard ratio 2.67), cardiovascular mortality (hazard ratio 2.54) and for noncardiovascular mortality (hazard ratio 2.87). Therefore on conclusion it was found that the heart rate represents the most important independent ...

Menopause considerations

...ecome depressed, libido is reduced and there is an increased risk of premature onset of osteoporosis, heart disease and Alzheimer's disease."Women experiencing premature menopause are the group that benefits most from hormone replacement therapy, he commented....

Birth weight key factor in heart diseases

...is first birthday, the risk of adult heart disease increased further. This is because of poor nourishment in the womb which probably makes a foetus divert resources from muscle development to the brain. So, the lightweight baby will have a tendency to put on fat after birth and develop a body type prone to ...

Way to monitor blood pressure

...ss able the artery was to expand to the demand for increased blood flow. This strains the heart and raises the risk of heart attack or stroke....

Sleep, snoring....stroke

...at, too much sleep and snoring could put you at an increased risk of stroke. American researchers from the University of Buffalo, New York, have found that sleeping more than eight hours a night, snoring or being drowsy during the day can damage your health. Experts say this means snoring and sleep disorders w...

Blood clots likely in long travel

...d clot in the lung - called a pulmonary embolism - increased with the duration of air travel.Like deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolisms are blood clots that are believed to be associated with long-distance travel. Frederic Lapostolle and colleagues, from Avicenne Hospital in Bobigny near Paris, stu...

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