News tagged with lifestyle risk factors


Alzheimer's drug candidate may be first to prevent disease progression

A new drug candidate may be the first capable of halting the devastating mental decline of Alzheimer's disease, based on the findings of a study published today in PLoS One.

Medications created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lifestyle changes can help prevent 30% of cancers: WHO

More than 30 percent of cancers can be prevented by lifestyle changes, the World Health Organization said Friday, on the eve of World Cancer Day.

Cancer created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Heart disease may be a risk factor for prostate cancer

In a large analysis of men participating in a prostate drug trial, researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute found a significant correlation between coronary artery disease and prostate cancer, suggesting the two conditions ...

Cancer created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Magnesium lowers blood pressure

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the University of Hertfordshire have found that magnesium supplements may offer small but clinically significant reductions in blood pressure. In a paper published in the European Journal of ...

Health created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Daily TV quota of 6 hours could shorten life expectancy by 5 years

Watching TV for an average of six hours a day could shorten the viewer's life expectancy by almost five years, indicates research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Health created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Over half of Alzheimer's cases may be preventable, say researchers

Over half of all Alzheimer's disease cases could potentially be prevented through lifestyle changes and treatment or prevention of chronic medical conditions, according to a study led by Deborah Barnes, PhD, a mental health ...

Neuroscience created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Treatment of CV risk factors appears to improve sexual function in men with erectile dysfunction

Lifestyle modifications and pharmaceutical treatment of risk factors for cardiovascular disease are associated with improvement in sexual function among men with erectile dysfunction (ED), according to a meta-analysis posted ...

Health created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Are there differences in mortality among wine consumers and other alcoholic beverages?

Wine consumers, especially in comparison with spirits drinkers, have been shown to have higher levels of education and income, to consume a healthier diet, be more physically active, and have other characteristics that are ...

Health created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Jack Spratt' diabetes gene identified

Type 2 diabetes is popularly associated with obesity and a sedentary lifestyle. However, just as there are obese people without type 2 diabetes, there are lean people with the disease.

Genetics created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Waist circumference linked to diabetes risk, independently of body mass index

A collaborative re-analysis of data from the InterAct case-control study conducted by Claudia Langenberg and colleagues has established that waist circumference is associated with risk of type 2 diabetes, independently of ...

Health created Jun 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Racial disparity in diabetes mostly due to lifestyle

(HealthDay) -- For postmenopausal women there are large racial/ethnic differences in diabetes incidence, but these are mostly attributable to lifestyle factors, according to a study published online July 25 ...

Diabetes created Jul 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fast walking and jogging halve development of heart disease and stroke risk factors

Daily activities, such as fast walking and jogging, can curb the development of risk factors for heart disease and stroke by as much as 50 percent, whereas an hour's daily walk makes little difference, indicates research ...

Cardiology created Oct 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

For women with gestational diabetes, study shows reduced risk of type 2 diabetes solely through dietary modification

(Medical Xpress)—By sticking to a healthy diet in the years after pregnancy, women who develop diabetes during pregnancy can greatly reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a study supported by the National Institutes ...

Health created Oct 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Weight-loss surgery is new diabetes foe

(HealthDay)— Though it began as a treatment for something else entirely, gastric bypass surgery—which involves shrinking the stomach as a way to lose weight—has proven to be the latest and possibly ...

Diabetes created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Visceral fat causally linked to intestinal cancer

Visceral fat, or fat stored deep in the abdominal cavity, is directly linked to an increased risk for colon cancer, according to data from a mouse study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Associ ...

Cancer created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast