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Elderly Women Remain At Risk From Hypertension

...MA, said that about 75% of the participants of the survey conducted in the concerned age group have hypertension. The research, which was based on data from the National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute’s long-standing Framingham Heart Study, also found that older hypertensive women are especially at risk ...

Identifying What Consumers Look For On Food Stuff Labels

A recent online survey of more than 21,100 consumers in 38 markets it was seen that one in two Europeans// regularly check food packaging and labeling for fat content, while two in five people regularly check for calorie and sugar content. The consumers were asked how mu...

Obesity More Likely to Cause Disability than Death in Elderly

... 1993 and 1998 through a nationally representative survey of adults of age 70 and older. The designation “obesity” was based on calculations of body mass index, which is calculated from self-reports of height and weight. Analyzing the effect of obesity on the elderly and defining “active life” as having no ...

With More Appearance Conscious Consumers The Need For Slimming Products Is Rapidly Rising

...r slimming products among consumers shows a latest survey conducted in Belgium.// The survey also shows that slimming products in Belgium grew by 14 per cent in value over 2004 to reach a retai...

Breakthrough in cancer therapy

...r on the scalp. Cancer patients who responded to a survey by Glaxo Wellcome ranked hair loss as second only to nausea and vomiting as the most unpleasant side effect of their treatment....

Malarial gene ascertained

...an be used more carefully. By conducting a genetic survey of the parasite in a particular region, the sensitivity of that population to different drugs can be determined and the drug most likely to be effective can be prescribed....

Heart Patients Use Alternative Medicine

According to a survey of heart patients, researchers found that nearly three-quarters use some kind of alternative medicine, and almost a third take dietary supplements that could thwart their prescription medications. Kline-Rogers, at the University of Michigan Health Sy...

Tonsillectomy improves quality of life

...ehavior, and the OSA-18, an 18-item health-related survey measuring quality of life. The questionnaires were filled out prior to and 3 months after surgery. Findings from the study show a vast improvement in quality of life after surgery. Before surgery, the health-related impact of sleep-disordered breath...

Finding The Key To Weight Loss!

... and whole-grain products. According to a recent survey it was found that private spending in America on obesity-related health care increased tenfold between 1987 and 2002, from $3.6 to $36.5 billion. However if protein could be the key to bringing the obesity epidemic to its knees, is a question still l...

Drugs Manufacturers Capitalizing On The Surge In Demand For Bone Health Care

A recent survey based on an ageing population shows that bone health is set to become a major segment of the supplements and functional foods market. The lifetime risk for a woman to have an osteoporotic fracture// is 30-40 per cent and in men the risk is about 13 ...

Anxiety Can Increase The Risk Of Attempting Suicide In Men

...f Living Conditions, a representative face-to-face survey of 16 to 74 year olds, carried out every year in Sweden.The years covered were 1980-81, 1988-89, and 1995-96, and involved 34,500 people, who were asked, among other things, if they were bothered by anxiety and nervousness, and to what extent. The ...

Our Attitude To Food Costing Us A Fortune

A latest survey shows that our attitude towards food has cost us a fortune as no one really cares about the food wasted. Deep in Arizona, one lone, but dedicated university researcher spent part of his lifetime organizing his students to count food // in, count food...

Eating Fried Chips Increases The Risk Of Developing Breast Cancer

...f breast cancer." The researchers used an ongoing survey of female registered nurses. They studied 582 women with breast cancer and 1,569 women free of breast cancer for the study and the one risk factor for breast cancer stood out to be that women whose mothers who said their daughters ate French fries ha...

Elderly People Can Take Up Computers To Fight Depression

...the seniors in the study group.Participants in the survey included an urban community sample of 206 adults over the age of 65 (with a mean age of 80) that was randomly selected from three zip codes in lower Manhattan.Source: Newswise ...

Exposure To Greenery And Graffiti May Affect Obesity

...They analyzed data from a large housing and health survey conducted in eight European cities in 2002-3. Questionnaires captured information on height and weight, which was then used to calculate body mass index, and level of physical activity. Surveyors then assessed the immediate residential environment,...

Record Growth Of Soya-Based Dairy Alternatives Over The Past Year In European Markets

A recent survey by Prosoy shows that Soy milks, yoghurts and desserts grew by 22 per cent in 2004 and that people have become even more health-conscious and more aware of food intolerance and allergies. // Researchers say that based on the current trend, sales are ...

Record growth of Soya-based dairy alternatives in Europe

A recent survey by Prosoy shows that Soy milks, yogurts and desser... to grow in the next three years. According to the survey researchers also say they have tracked well over 130 new product introductions of Soya-based drinks ...

The Effects Of Alternative Medicine Questioned

... truly alternative shows a recent Consumer Reports survey of more than 34,000 readers. The report revealed that Chiropractic was ranked ahead of all conventional treatments, including prescription drugs, // by readers with back pain. Deep-tissue massage was found to be especially effective in treating osteo...

A Latest Study Links Fish To Stroke

...K examined dietary intake of subjects taken from a survey known as Boyd Orr that was carried out across 16 centers in England and Scotland between 1937 and 1939 . The researchers looked at consumption of fruit, vegetables, fish, oily fish, total fat, saturated fat, carotene, vitamin C and vitamin E by 4,028...

Maybe It Is Time For Doctors To Look After Their Health As Well

...ultants with psychiatric illness and burnout. The survey revealed that an increase in job stress, unmatched by a comparable increase in job satisfaction accounted for the deterioration in mental health. Clinical oncologists had the greatest increase in the prevalence of poor mental health and burnout compa...

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