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Breastfeeding lowers heart risks for mother: study

admin — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:12:44 +0000

WASHINGTON : Postmenopausal women who have breastfed a child have a lower risk of heart attacks, stroke and cardiovascular disease, a study released Tuesday found.
The study of 139,681 postmenopausal women found that those participants who breastfed for at least one…

Research shows sex can lead to good health and a longer life

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:27:44 +0000

0 Survey shows sex associated with long life
0 Needs to “get your heart racing”
0 Just as good as a trip to the gym
SEX can help fight flab, ward off colds and make you live longer.
“There is definitely a correlation between health and sex.…

Steaming hot tea linked to cancer

admin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:48:21 +0000

Drinking steaming hot tea has been linked with an increased risk of oesophageal (food tube) cancer, Iranian scientists have found.
The British Medical Journal study found that drinking black tea at temperatures of 70C or higher increased the risk.
Experts said the…

Study finds clues to sudden death of healthy people

admin — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:54:43 +0000

IANS
NEW YORK: An Indian-born, Kolkata-educated scientist at Johns Hopkins University and his fellow researchers have found an answer to sudden death of
healthy people, including athletes.
Describing it as sudden cardiac death, they say it is caused by abrupt stopping of the…

‘Take control of your sleep’

admin — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:49:50 +0000

IANS
NEW DELHI: If you didn’t sleep well last night or feel exhausted all day long, you are probably one of thousands suffering from sleeping disorders.
It’s possible that hypertension, acidity and several other lifestyle diseases are playing havoc with your sleep.
Good…

11 Healthy Foods You Should be Eating and Reasons Why -

admin — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:54:55 +0000

For many of us our busy lives are ruled by convenience and this causes us to eat unhealthy foods too often, and skip some really great foods that are also great for us.
Below you will find a list of ten…

Older fathers’ children are less intelligent, research finds

admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:49:25 +0000

MELBOURNE : Children fathered by older men are likely to be less intelligent than the offspring of younger dads, Australian and US scientists have found in a report published Tuesday.
The research contrasted sharply with earlier studies showing that older mothers…

Hormone therapy doubles breast cancer risk

admin — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:41:26 +0000

WASHINGTON : Post-menopausal women who take combined hormone replacement therapy for at least five years double their risk of developing breast cancer, according to a study published Wednesday.
However, once they stop taking the combination of oestrogen and progestin their risk…

Is Sex Necessary?

admin — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:20:07 +0000

Your Health
Is Sex Necessary?
Alan Farnham
Fans of abstinence had better be sitting down. “Saving yourself” before the big game, the big business deal, the big hoedown or the big bakeoff may indeed confer some moral benefit. But corporeally it does absolutely…

Chronic obstructive lung disease

admin — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:50:39 +0000

Easir Abedin
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung disease in which the lungs are damaged, making it hard to breathe. In COPD, the airways-the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs – are partly obstructed,…