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Elderly Women Remain At Risk From Hypertension

... numerous clinical studies showing the benefits of lowering blood pressure in older hypertensive persons, data suggest that rates of treatment and control are less than optimal and those risks for cardiovascular disease are substantial, reports the researcher Lloyd-Jones. Lloyd-Jones and co-researchers Jane ...

Proteinomics Research holds Key to Stomach Cancer

...these basic research findings demonstrates that by lowering the Stat3 hyperactivity, we can suppress stomach cancer formation, importantly without affecting Stat3’s other important roles in the body. Add to that the evidence suggesting that Stat3 is also involved in breast, head and neck, and prostate cancers...

Plant sterols found to be effective in Type 2 diabetic patients

...sults showed that plant sterols are [effective] in lowering LDL cholesterol in both diabetic and non-diabetic persons. The plant sterols also lowered levels of non-HDL cholesterol, which can also contribute to heart disease....

Anger can cause health problems

...for a very long time may cause health hazards like lowering of the immune functions, urge to pick up habits like smoking and drinking, or inducing stress in your life. Reserachers who had done a survey of the literature that had tried to relate to various health factors and emotions through studies, have fou...

Fibre Rich Food A Boon For Lowering Cholesterol

...ficantly// lower cholesterol levels and eventually lowering the risk of heart disease. Western cuisines are n...nificantly lower cholesterol levels and eventually lowering the risk of heart disease.Western cuisines are not so high in fibre and so the study recommends incl...

Obesity may cause frailties in elderly women

...needs, and risk of decreasing mortality along with lowering of general health leading to a varied number of diseases. The condition is very common in people suffering from chronic disease and elderly populations. Some of the symptoms pf being frail are slowness of movements, physical weakness and low level of...

New study reveals how to strike a balance between heart-healthy fats

...r study for achieving optimum dietary benefits for lowering the risks of cardiovascular disease. They have taken two heart healthy oils such as sunflower oil that is rich in PUFA, and olive oil that is rich in MUFA. The PUFA rich diet did reduce the total and LDL cholesterol levels in people, as expected. Ho...

Top Ten Super Food Items That Can Help In Avoiding Cancer

...ants and shown in numerous studies to be useful in lowering risk of many cancers of the body. 7) PUMPKIN: contains carotenoids called beta-carotene and alpha-carotene and protects against lung and ovarian cancers. Other food rich in carotenoids include: carrots, yams, squash, melons and sweet red peppers....

Lycopene Can Help In Preventing Prostate Cancer

...es have shown that what they are eating is what is lowering their risk of these cancers and not that they are taking supplements," he says Dr.Kumar....

Eating food rich in calcium and vitamin D helps fight PMS

...ho reported PMS. Their result showed a significant lowering of the premenstrual symptoms in women who had dietary intakes equivalent to 1,200mg of calcium and 400 IU of Vitamin D. Calcium supplements are also seen to reduce the severity of premenstrual syndrome. Researchers feel that as dietary calcium and v...

Research explains why postmenopausal women accumulate abdominal fat.

... level of the hormone cortisol and also reported a lowering of body weights....

More soy benefits on blood glucose levels, and cholesterol

...ds, but they also succeeded in causing significant lowering of serum glucose values. This shows that soy is good for the patients of diabetes type 2 and heart disease....

Cancer drug brings relief to patients of Crohn’s Diseas

...o be a total turn in the opposite direction of not lowering but increasing the immune system and allow the body to fight its own battls....

Breast cancer survivors can now exercise for better health

...ve longer//. Physical exercise is associated with lowering of levels of ovarian hormones and this could be one reason behind the better survival chances of breast cancer patients who regularly exercised for about an hour daily. Researchers had looked into the participants from the Nurses' Health Study who w...

Low glycemic diet effective for reducing cardiovascular risk

... glycemic load may benefit the cardiac patients by lowering their cardiovascular risk....

Diet to lower heart disease risk for type 2 diabetes

... in Orem, Utah have found out the twin benefits of lowering the LDL and increasing the HDL in people that can be achieved with dietary supplements of fiber, and hence is most beneficial for patients with diabetes type 2....

Ibuprofen to lower risk of Parkinson’s diseas

...based anti-inflammatory drugs may be successful in lowering the incidence of the disease. But scientists are yet to explain why the result is so strong for the case of ibuprofen only. Researchers are of the opinion that this is one area that needs to be studied in detail before ibuprofen can be prescribed as ...

Higher Statin Dose Safely Reduces Stroke and Cardiac Arrest

Research shows that lowering LDL cholesterol (“bad” cholesterol) to below 100 milligrams per deciliter by increasing the dosage of a // cholesterol-lowering drug is safe and results in fewer cardiovascular events. The study included 10,000 heart disease patients. They initially...

Reducing Blood Pressure in Women By Increasing Folate

... examine folic acid supplementation as a means of lowering blood pressure and preventing hypertension in young women....

Using Cholesterol Lowering Drugs Effectively

...esearchers say they found that initiation of lipid lowering agents before discharge was the most important ind...tors that can influence the long-term use of Lipid lowering drugs need to be done....

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