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Healthy lifestyle can help prevent stroke
Dec. 3 | New guidelines released by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association say that those who live a healthy lifestyle can reduce their risk of a first-time stroke by as much as 80 percent. The recommendations have recently been updated...
Finger length could determine prostate cancer risk
Dec. 1 | A new study by British scientists has linked the length of a man’s index finger to his risk of developing prostate cancer, and medical analysts say the findings could help doctors decide which men need more regular screenings. The study was completed...
Scientists can now slow down and reverse aging in humans
Nov. 30 | Scientists have successfully demonstrated the ability to slow down and reverse the aging process in mice. Molecular biologist Dr. Ronald DePinho at Harvard Medical School in Boston was able to complete the feat by monipulating the “telomeres”...
New guidelines suggest people need to get more vitamin D
Nov. 30 | Humans make vitamin D when they are exposed to the sun. However many worry that clothing, indoor living and sunscreen are depriving most people from enough of the sunshine vitamin. Many new studies have also linked low vitamin D levels to a higher risk...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say alpha-carotene may help you live longer
Nov. 28 | A new study shows that eating plenty of orange and dark green colored vegetables, rich in alpha-carotene, are associated and with fewer diseases such as cancer and cardiac attacks. Dr. Chaoyang Li of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta...
Passive smoking more dangerous than we thought
Nov. 27 | Passive smoking, also more commonly called second-hand smoking is by some thought to be harmless. However a new report from the World Health Organization released in 192 different countries, tells a different story. They calculated that passive smoking...
Preston gives birth to baby boy
Nov. 26 | Kelly Preston, 48, has given birth to a brand new baby boy. She and husband John Travolta, 56, welcomed Benjamin on Tuesday, Nov. 23. He was born in a hospital in Florida, and weighed in at 8 pounds, 3 ounces. The couple also has a daughter, Ella Bleu,...
Passive smoking causes 1% of all deaths worldwide
Nov. 26 | A new study shows that passive smoking, also called second-hand smoke, causes 1% of all deaths worldwide – 603,000 annually. In the first look at the global impact of passive smoking, a team of researchers examined research from 2004 for 192 countries....
Study shows high protein, low glycemic index diet best for maintaining weight loss
Nov. 25 | In the biggest diet study to date, Danish researchers found that foods that were high in protein and low on the glycemic index — such as poultry, eggs, fish and nuts — did better at helping people maintain their weight loss for 26 weeks, researchers...
