Health Conditions Archives

Ways to help prevent osteoporosis

Osteoporosis (loss of calcium in bones) affects 44 million men and women in the United States today, resulting in 1.5 million fractures each year. Approximately one-quarter of those people who have hip fractures due to the disorder die within a year after the break due to complications, including not being…
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Indoor Tanning beds = Eye & Skin Cancer

Eye Cancer Researchers report that using popular tanning beds to get a tan in the winter or without being out in the sun raised the risk of melanoma by 4 times - the range was from 74% to 240% higher risk. This determination was found after studying the health condition…
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Obesity, Exercise & Fibromyalgia

A 2010 study observes that women who are have a body-mass-index (BMI) of 30 or greater, which is considered obese have a 60-70% greater risk of experiencing fibromyalgia than those women who are not obese, and especially among those women who also get plenty of physical exercise. Fibromyalgia syndrome is…
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Heart, Not Inner Ear Source of Dizziness

It is reasonable to think that some inner ear problem is causing episodes of dizziness in elderly patients. However, in 2010 Dutch researchers determined that heart disease is a more likely common cause. The researchers did a cross-sectional analysis, a type of analysis method that looks at an entire population…
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Dietary Protein Reducing Hip Fractures

Elderly women and men who have greater amounts of protein in their diet are less likely to experience hip fractures than do elders who consume less. The recommendation by Dr. Hannan is that elderly women include a minimum of 46 grams of protein daily, and that elderly men consume a…
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Added sugar can increase heart attack risk

Sugar which is being added in greater amounts and with greater frequency than ever before by food manufacturers in almost all processed foods and beverages appears to raise the risk of heart disease. Researchers took a close look at data on nutritional intake and levels of fat in the blood…
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Walnuts slow prostate cancer growth

A 2010 study indicates that mice who have cancer of the prostate benefit from increased nuts in their diet. Researchers are doing follow-up studies to see whether the benefit may extend to men. Most nuts in reasonable amounts can benefit the heart. But among walnuts’ special attributes were their ability…
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Tricor doesn’t reduce diabetics’ heart risk

A 2010 study reports that Tricor (Fenofibrate) which has been taken by adult-onset diabetics in order to prevent heart attacks, strokes and deaths offers no benefit. The product lowers triglycerides and raises good cholesterol, apparently lowering heart risk. But it failed to reduce a combination of strokes, heart attacks and…
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Killer Carbohydrates & Diabetes

One quarter of Americans over 20 years old have abnormally high glucose levels - which is considered to be pre-diabetic. By the time Americans are 60 or older the percentage rises to 35%. Considering the US population data, as of 2009, about 60,000,000 citizens are pre-diabetic and at very high risk…
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Sugary sodas linked to pancreatic cancer: study

A study published in 2010 which analyzed data collected for 60,524 Chinese adults in Singapore demonstrated that those people who consume two or more sugar-sweetened soft drinks weekly were at higher risk of suffering from pancreatic cancer compared with those who do not drink sugary drinks. However, the researchers did…
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