HBNS.org - Daily exercise sessions and a calcium-rich diet could reduce the risk of a group of health risk factors called the metabolic syndrome, finds a new study of Illinois adults.
Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of symptoms - large abdominal girth, high blood pressure, high cholesterol level and insulin resistance - that together signal a [...]
New research continues to link tart cherries, one of today’s hottest “Super Fruits,” to lowering risk factors for heart disease. In addition to lowering cholesterol and reducing inflammation, the study being presented by University of Michigan researchers at next week’s American Dietetic Association annual meeting, found that a cherry-enriched diet lowered body weight and fat [...]
For men, but not women, higher levels of the protein albumin in the urine are a strong risk factor for diabetes, reports a study in the November 2008 issue of the Journal of Hypertension.
Men’s risk of diabetes rises steadily along with urinary albumin excretion (UAE) level, independent of other diabetes risk factors, the researchers [...]
Cases of breast cancer are expected to climb dramatically in China in the years ahead, researchers say, unless women avoid weight gain and limit their alcohol intake — two leading risk factors for the disease.
BlackwellPublishing.com - Lipitor® (atorvastatin) has been the top-selling prescription drug in the world and has accounted for over $12 billion in annual sales. It has been prescribed to both men and women to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with common risk factors for heart disease. However, a [...]
The fat in your body that you cannot see - non-subcutaneous fat - may be one of your greatest risk factors for atherosclerosis, coronary plaque, and inflammation in your blood vessels. In the face of a growing obesity epidemic in the United States, researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have new study results [...]
Today′s high school students are less likely to engage in many health risk behaviors than high school students in the early 1990s, according to the 2007 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
