For many joggers, listening to music while running is part and parcel of the exercise, making what can sometimes be a boring ritual into a much more enjoyable experience.According to Herbert Loellgen, president of the German Society for Sports Medicine and Prevention, music acts as an incentive to run in many cases. While most runners [...]
More women will be giving birth by C-section for the foreseeable future, government scientists said Monday, releasing a study into the causes of a trend that troubles maternal health experts. Overall, cesarean deliveries account for about a third of births in the U.S. While much attention has recently focused on women having repeat C-sections, researchers [...]
Recent research has pointed towards the existence of a growing number of bacteria which become resistant to drugs, rendering the patient infected with these germs virtually untreatable, because with the current aitibiotics ineffective, there are no alrernative options for therapy. The alert by the UNO’s World Health Organization was issued early this week after research [...]
Individuals with a large waist circumference appear to have a greater risk of dying from any cause over a nine-year period, according to a report in the August 9/23 issue of U.S. journal Archives of Internal Medicine. Having a large waist circumference has previously been associated with inflammation, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, abnormal cholesterol [...]
Regularly sleeping for more or less than seven hours per day is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, a new study suggests. Researchers at West Virginia University School of Medicine based their finding on data from 30,397 adults who participated in the 2005 National Health Interview Survey, which collected information on demographic factors, [...]
Taking erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs such as Viagra may enhance the possibility of developing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), a new study shows. But it’s the behavior that raises STDs rates, not the medication itself, according to the study jointly conducted by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Southern California. The researchers examined [...]
Summer is a wonderful season when we can finally go on vacation, camping or just enjoy being outside. Ruining these perfect days would be a shame. Meanwhile, the summer time is when food poisonings are most frequent. Food poisoning occurs when food is not fresh, did not get sufficient thermal processing or if hygiene breaches [...]
Children who eat three or more burgers a week may be at a higher risk of asthma and wheezing, but a healthy diet rich in fruit and fish seems to stave off the risk, according to a large international study. Researchers from Germany, Spain and Britain who studied data on 50,000 children across the world [...]
People who get plenty of vitamin K from food may have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes than those who get less of the vitamin, a new study suggests. Researchers found that among more than 38,000 Dutch adults they followed for a decade, those who got the most vitamin K in their diets [...]
Children exposed to pesticides known as organophosphates could have a higher risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a U.S. study that urges parents to always wash produce thoroughly. Researchers tracked the pesticides’ breakdown products in children’ urine and found those with high levels were almost twice as likely to develop ADHD as those with [...]
Schools may have a good reason for banning nuts from the classroom and canteen with a U.S. study finding the number of children allergic to peanuts and tree-nuts may be rising. Researchers from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York found that between one and two percent of children in the United States [...]
Trying to meet a deadline when driving causes stress, which is a major cause of traffic accidents Stress is an almost everyday condition. Your job can be stressful, the precarious economic situation is stressful and problems in personal relationships cause stress as well. Getting some rest can help. But for many, stress is often considered [...]
Teen girls drinking may link to breast cancer later in life, the USA Today reported on Saturday citing the latest research published online April 12 in the journal Pediatrics. The study surveyed 6,899 women who had become participants when they were 9 to 15 years old. Research found that girls who drank the most alcohol [...]
May be linked with an increased risk of stroke in middle-aged and older adults, especially men, a new study suggests. Researchers from the Sleep Heart Health Study (SHHS)based their conclusion on analysis of 5,422 participants for an average of about nine years. During the study, 193 participants had a stroke – 85 men (of 2, [...]
People with higher intakes of vitamin K from food may be less likely to develop or die of cancer, particularly lung or prostate cancers, than those who eat relatively few vitamin-K- containing foods, a new study suggests. The study, reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, appears to be the first to look at [...]
Experts have warned that bacterial infections, hepatitis B and C, and possibly even HIV are being transmitted via acupuncture through the use of contaminated needles, cotton swabs and hot packs. In an editorial published in the British Medical Journal, microbiologists at the University of Hong Kong said the number of reported acupuncture-related infections worldwide was [...]
People in Portland are more likely than those in Iceland to be sensitive to certain foods, but reactions to fish, eggs and cow’s milk appear rare in both places, new research suggests. The study, of more than 4,500 adults from 13 Western countries, found that nations varied in the rate of people who were sensitive [...]
Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says. British researchers observed more than 46,000 women for nearly four decades from 1968. They compared the number of deaths in women on the pill to those who never took it. In [...]
Craig Anderson, a professor of psychology, conducted an extensive research to study the influence, which video games show on the human psyche.
The researchers compared processed meat with unprocessed red meat and found that the former does more harm to the heart. Eating processed meat may increase the risk for heart disease and even diabetes, U.S. researchers suggest.
Avandia, a drug often prescribed to patients with diabetes, may have caused millions of heart attacks around the world. This is the conclusion of a 334-page report submitted by the U.S. Senate. According to the American authorities, the GlaxoSmith-Kline (GSK), pharmaceutical company that produces the drug, knew the risks to which patients were exposed, but [...]
If you needed another reason to cut the cigarette habit: Smokers, especially younger smokers, are more likely to report low back pain than people who have never smoked, according to a new analysis. After examining existing research, Finnish researchers concluded smoking is “modestly” associated with the risk of low back pain and the effects may [...]
Here’s what you need to know. Twenty million Americans take cholesterol-lowering drugs. So you might think that scientists have high cholesterol pretty much worked out. But you’d be wrong. This oily molecule, which lines our cell membranes and provides raw material for our hormones, continues to mystify top scientists. Here’s what we know for sure: [...]
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