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Less sodium,less pressure

... on this regime experienced an average drop of 8.9 points in systolic pressure (the top number in a blood pressure reading) and 4.5 points in diastolic pressure (the lower number). Dr. Eva Obarzanek, a nutritionist with NHLBI and project ...

Link Between Infection And Heart Disease

...legs," says study leader Hans J. Rupprecht, MD. He points out that the people already had heart disease at the beginning of the study. Thus, it's hard to prove the exact nature of the association between infection and heart disease. According to the researchres, the infection/heart disease link is probabl...

New Prostate Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise

...ut overall, the vaccine was well tolerated. Vieweg points out this vaccine could have applications in other cancers, particularly kidney and skin cancer....

Staying mentally energitic prevents Alzheimer's

...and playing cards and checkers. They were assigned points for each activity and its frequency. Over the next...o develop Alzheimer's disease. Those with higher points on the mental activity scale seemed to have a lower risk of dementia. It's an encouraging result, fo...

Winter months encourage binge eating

...lors could, perhaps, help them identify these weak points and devise a healthy eating plan that works, whatever month of the year it is....

Acupuncture to bring relief to patients with dry mouth

...puncture involves placing fine needles in specific points on the body's surface. Traditional theory holds that these points connect with energy pathways that run through the body, and acupuncture helps keep this natural ener...

Periodontal disease may amass the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes

...her risk factors for diabetes." The research also points to high cholesterol, or lipid, levels as a risk factor for people who are already diabetic developing periodontal disease. "Low fat diets, lipid lowering drugs and exercise are vitally important for diabetics who want to improve their quality of life...

Exercise is necessary in daily life

... Hunter of the University of Alabama at Birmingham points to our modern way of life as being the major cause of physical inactivity. Modern conveniences, from cars and motorised lawn mowers to computer games and TV encourage too much sitting and lying around. Perhaps, he says, it's time to go back to the ol...

Relationship bertween birth weight and IQ

...ed to a 4.6 increase in IQ among boys but only 2.8 points in girls. The authors say differences in IQ of this size are trivial and of no clinical importance to individual children.But since seven times as many children are born in the normal weight range compared to the low range, even small shifts in...

Breakthrough in eye treatment

...nner than a strand of hair, applies radio waves at points around the cornea. The radio energy shrinks the tissue, increasing the curve of the cornea and correcting far-sightedness. “The whole procedure is done in the edge of the window, not in the center of the part that you look through for quality vision...

Gestational Diabetes linked to Chromosomal defici

...es away after giving birth. However, Moore's team points out, for some women gestational diabetes signals an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. For others, it may be precursor to type 1 diabetes, a form of the disease caused by an abnormal immune system attack on the body's insulin-producing cel...

Drinking adequate amounts of water

...ical School, feels that lot of this water in food, points out think about it - how many foods are totally lacking in moisture? To the contrary to conventional wisdom - experiments show that caffeine-containing drinks also contribute to water balance as do weak alcoholic drinks like beer. Drinking 8 by 8 c...

Emotional intelligence in Cancer

According to new researchers, points to the importance of cancer patients being able to understand and work out their depressed feelings. Researchers feel that with a firm knowledge of their feelings but no way to deal with them, //the patient is left with increased feelings of depressi...

Myostatin gene could hold the key to treatment for DMD

... myostatin gene in mice with DMD at different time points to determine if the treatment is still effective at late stages of the disease....

The elderly can sleep better now!

...ment is done by placing magnetic pearls on various points on the ear.// One hundred and twenty individuals ...n which researchers had the pearls placed on seven points of the ear believed to have an effect on promoting sleep. In the treatment that lasted for 3 weeks, ...

Russia Reports First SARS Case

...ing despite warnings SARS may knock two percentage points off// GDP growth. The SARS epidemic, which started in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, has killed about 745 people and infected more than 8,200 around the world. The Russian case of severe acute respiratory syndrome was a blow to Hu's publ...

Study reveals how stress can make you sick

... regulate levels of the chemical. Thus it clearly points to the need to control stress better....

The 'lazy man's yoga"

...various poses, therapists also massage acupressure points on the body. According to Thai massage practitioners, blockages in energy lines are the roots of many illnesses. They say that stimulating the flow of this energy is the key to better health and the healing of serious health afflictions. "There a...

Reduced Fatigue Boosts Mental Health

...he questionnaires, there was an improvement of 0.7 points in anxiety and 0.8 points in depression. According to previous studies, the most frequently identified symptom of psychologic...

Study reveals how stress can make you sick

... regulate levels of the chemical. Thus it clearly points to the need to control stress better....

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