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Apple Or Pear - What Body Shape May Be Telling You
Where overweight people carry their extra weight – the waist or hips – can influence their risk of several disorders.
Research has shown that having an “apple-shaped” body, which means fat is mostly stored in the abdominal regions, increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, several types of cancer, and probably other [...]
Heart Disease Begins At Childhood
A study by the Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health in New Orleans suggests that the route to heart disease begins in childhood.
The researchers state that two of the biggest threats to heart health that can be traced to childhood are prehypertension and obesity. Prehypertension is blood pressure just below the official high blood pressure [...]
Obesity Rates Disturbingly High
New research by Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina shows frightening levels of obesity in the United States.
Dr. Gregory L. Burke, the principal investigator at Wake Forest University, says “the obesity epidemic has the potential to reduce further gains in life expectancy, largely through an effect on cardiovascular disease mortality.”
Of over 6,800 middle-age or [...]
Frequent Weight Gain And Loss May Weaken Men’s Bones
A study by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Oslo examined 4,601 men between the ages of 25 and 50 for 28 years. The researchers found that the more often these men lost and regained weight, the more likely they were to suffer a fractured forearm after the age of 50.
The researchers believe [...]
Soda May Lead To Osteoporosis
Research at the University of Connecticut Center for Osteoporosis has shown that soda and carbonated beverages may compromise bone health.
Dr. Lawrence Raisz, director of the University of Connecticut Center for Osteoporosis, says “there is enough evidence that high consumption of soda and carbonated beverages is associated with somewhat lower bone mass in children.”
Researchers are not [...]
Alcohol Affects Risk of Cancer In Postmenopausal Women
Research has shown that excessive alcohol drinking could increase the risk of breast cancer.
The study was lead by the University of Chicago. The first author, Jasmine Q. Lew, was a recipient of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute National Institutes of Health Research Scholarship at the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Division of Cancer Epidemiology and [...]
Exercise May Protect The Aging Brain
Researchers in the Netherlands have found that aerobic exercise may increase older adults’ brainpower.
The researchers gathered data from previous clinical trials. They found that when healthy adults older than 55 improved their fitness through aerobic exercise, they also improved in memory, attention, or other mental abilities.
Dr. Maaike Angevaren and colleagues at the University of [...]
Chocolate Shown to Lower Cholesterol
Research at the University of Illinois has shown that eating chocolate lowers cholesterol levels.
The researchers recruited 49 participants with slightly elevated cholesterol and normal blood pressure. Each of the participants followed the American Heart Association’s “Eating Plan for Healthy Americans” two weeks before the study started. They remained on this diet for the [...]
Kids Who Eat Better Perform Better In School
Research by the University of Alberta in Edmonton has shown that kids who eat better perform better in school.
Dr. Paul J. Veugelers and colleagues examined 4,589 fifth-graders who were participating in the Children’s Lifestyle and School-performance Study, of which 875 (19.1%) had failed an elementary literacy assessment.
The researchers found that the better a student’s eating [...]
Resveratrol Shown To Kill Cancer Cells
Research at the University of Rochester Medical Center has shown that resveratrol can help destroy pancreatic cancer cells by crippling their mitochondria.
Resveratrol in an antioxidant that belongs to a class of polyphenolic compounds called stilbenes. Certain types of plants produce stilbenes in response to stress, injury, fungal infection, and ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Scientists first became [...]
