Health and Wellness Archive
Women’s health tips 2008
0 Comments Published July 23rd, 2008 in General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Heart, Life, Medical News, PopularSeptember is Women’s Health Awareness & Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month. The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas offers the following health tips for women regarding gynecological cancer, breast and ovarian cancer, heart health, and stroke risk.
Cervical cancer awareness tips
from Dr. Tri Dinh, gynecologic oncologist, The Methodist Hospital, Houston
• Cervical cancer is one of the most common [...]
Regular family meals linked to less substance abuse in teenage girls
0 Comments Published July 23rd, 2008 in Alcoholism, Children, General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Life, Mental Health, Parents, Popular, Substance abuseHBNS.org - Parents who have regular meals with their adolescent children - especially girls - might help lessen the chances they will start drinking or smoking later in their teen years, according to new research.
Past studies have shown that family meals provide many benefits, including offering a venue for parents to communicate with their adolescents [...]
How cranberry juice prevents urinary tract infections
0 Comments Published July 22nd, 2008 in General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Medical News, Nutrition, Polyphenols, PopularWPI.edu - For generations, people have consumed cranberry juice , convinced of its power to prevent urinary tract infections , though the exact mechanism of its action has not been well understood. A new study by researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) reveals that cranberry juice changes the thermodynamic properties of bacteria in the urinary [...]
Removing ovaries questionable, says Cochrane Review
0 Comments Published July 21st, 2008 in General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Medical News, Medicine, PopularHBNS.org - For premenopausal women, the decision of whether to undergo a hysterectomy - removal of the uterus - is a challenging one. To make things more complex, added pressure to decide whether to remove the ovaries can arise - a decision that researchers say relies more on the preferences of the woman or her [...]
Dangers of internet drug sales growing
0 Comments Published July 21st, 2008 in General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Internet, Life, Medical News, Medicine, PopularUMaryland.edu - Consumers are facing a growing risk of getting counterfeit drugs because of rising Internet sales of medical drugs, projected to reach upwards of $75 billion by 2010, according to a report from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. Even more alarming is the infiltration of these counterfeit drugs into retail American pharmacies [...]
Too much sleep increases stroke risk after menopause
0 Comments Published July 20th, 2008 in Aging, General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Medical News, Medicine, Popular, SleepAHA - Post-menopausal women who regularly sleep more than nine hours a night seem to have an increased risk of ischemic stroke, researchers reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association .
Compared to women sleeping seven hours, the risk of ischemic stroke was 60 to 70 percent higher for those sleeping nine hours or [...]














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