Having a "pot belly" in middle age raises the risk of Alzheimer's disease and dementia later in life, according to the Daily Mail. The news is based on research into whether total brain volume was associated with measurements such as body mass index...
"GPs should think more carefully about prescribing cholesterol-busting drugs," reported BBC News, adding that some statin drugs raised the risk of adverse effects such as liver and kidney problems. The research used medical records on over 2 million...
"GPs should think more carefully about prescribing cholesterol-busting drugs," reported BBC News, adding that some statin drugs raised the risk of adverse effects such as liver and kidney problems. The research used medical records on over 2 million patients to assess side effects of...
"Drinking up to three glasses of wine a day could make you healthier," claimed the Daily Mirror. The news is based on French research, which found that the health of moderate drinkers was better than that of non-drinkers and heavy drinkers according...
Thursday May 13 2010 "Medical services face a tidal wave of servicemen suffering from mental trauma as a result of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan", reported The Daily Telegraph. Other newspapers reporting the same study said that alcohol abuse is...
Working just three hours of overtime each day will raise the risk of heart disease by 60%, according to the Daily Mail. The news comes from a study that compared the working habits of 6,000 civil servants to their risk of heart disease over an...
"High flying career women with stressful jobs face a higher risk of heart disease," the Daily Mail has claimed. This news story is based on Danish research, which followed 12,000 female nurses aged over 45, and compared their work-related stress to...
"The more TV a toddler watches, the higher the likelihood they will do badly at school and have poor health at the age of 10," BBC News reported. This finding comes from a study on 1,300 Canadian children, which found that increased viewing time at...
The "curse of morning sickness" runs in the family, according to the Daily Mail. The newspaper said that "women whose mothers suffered severe morning sickness in pregnancy are three times more likely to go through the same ordeal." The research...
Friday April 30 2010 "Babies born in the summer months have a higher risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) because their mothers do not get enough sun during pregnancy," The Times reported. This study in Australia investigated whether there is...
Da anni, ormai, si moltiplicano gli studi dedicati al rapporto fra telefoni cellulari e salute. Molti paventano il rischio di tumori cerebrali per via delle radiazioni emesse dai telefonini e in genere dai dispositivi wireless, altri giungono a...
"Prostate cancer patients have double the risk of suffering blood clots which can lead to DVT," the Daily Mail reported. It said that the risk of DTV (deep vein thrombosis) is greatest for men undergoing hormone therapy for the disease and in...
Tuesday April 13 2010 The Daily Telegraph reported that a "diet high in white bread and pasta 'can double chance of heart disease'". The news comes from a study of 47,000 Italians, which found the link in women but not men. This large study looked...
Tuesday April 13 2010 "Eating lots of nuts, fish and poultry while cutting down on red meat and butter could reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease," reported The Times. These findings come from a study of over 2,000 elderly people in New York. The...
Men could potentially be distressed by prostate cancer screening, according to BBC News. The website said that even if a tissue sample shows no signs of cancer, men can experience increased levels of distress and doctors should warn men about how...
"Strolls can cut stroke in women," according to the Daily Mirror, which said that brisk walking for longer than two hours a week cuts the risk of a stroke by more than a third for women. According to the newspaper, walking is better at combating...
Wednesday April 7 2010 "Eating your five-a-day does little to cut cancer risk," according to the Daily Mail. Several other news sources also reported that eating five portions of fruit and veg each day may offer only limited protection against...
"Women who take a daily multivitamin pill to ward off illness may actually be increasing their risk of breast cancer," according to the Daily Mail. The news is based on a decade-long study which followed over 35,000 Swedish women aged between 49 and...
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