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Do Dietary Supplements Improve Heart Health?

In a massive new analysis of findings from 277 clinical trials using 24 different interventions, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have found that almost all vitamin, mineral and other nutrient supplements or diets cannot be linked to longer life or protection from heart disease.

Although they found that most of the supplements or diets were not associated with any harm, the analysis…

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#Dietary Supplements #heart disease

Avoid Cheat Day While On The Keto Diet

On the Keto Diet? Ditch the cheat day. Just one dose of carbohydrates can damage blood vessels.

The often embraced ‘cheat day’ is a common theme in many diets and the popular ketogenic diet is no exception. But new research from UBC’s Okanagan campus says that just one 75-gram dose of glucose — the equivalent a large bottle of soda or a plate of fries — while on a high fat, low carbohydrate diet…

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#Cheat Day #diet #glucose #Keto #Keto Diet

How to Fix An Unhealthy Teen Relationship

As a parent, the scariest thing you can imagine is your child getting hurt. Yet, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that among women and men who have experienced intimate partner violence, 26% of women and 15% of men first experienced violence by a partner before they turned 18.

One thing we can do to help protect our children is take steps to teach them about building safe,…

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#abuse #abusive relationship #Unhealthy Relationship

Early Puberty Is A Starting Point For Migraines In Girls

A study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine demonstrates that while the incidence of migraines in children shows little variation between boys and girls, early puberty could be “the starting point for migraine” in girls.

Migraine manifests itself by frequent episodes of intense headaches, which can be accompanied by an intolerance to light and noise and even nausea…

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#migraines #Puberty

World Hepatitis Day

Today, marks World Hepatitis Day 2019. Viral hepatitis B and C affect 325 million people worldwide, causing 1.4 million deaths a year, and hepatitis is the second major killer infectious disease after tuberculosis. Yet hepatitis is preventable and treatable, and, in the case of hepatitis C, also curable.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has set this year’s theme as “Invest in eliminating…

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#Hepatitis #The World Health Organisation #World Hepatitis Day

How To Become An Amazon Seller

Unlock your business potential and learn how to become an Amazon Seller:

For third-party sellers, Amazon has become one of the most effective ways to get your products in front of an enormous (and eager) audience. They made up 53% of sales on Amazon’s marketplace in 2019, and their numbers keep climbing. While it’s relatively easy to get started on Amazon Seller Central, setting yourself apart…

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#Amazon #Amazon Seller

How To Start A Vegan Diet

Henry Firth and Ian Theasby of Bosh.TV tell Womenhealthier.com how to adopt a vegan diet.

Chickpeas, cashew nuts and ”magic dust”. Those are some of the must-have staples beginner vegans should always have on hand, according to the duo behind Bosh! who run the largest plant-based recipe channel on Facebook.

Just a few years ago, veganism was seen by many as a fringe dietary lifestyle. But…

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#diet #vegan #Vegan Diet

Acupressure Can Relieve Breast Cancer Symptoms

New American research has found that at-home acupressure could help women relieve some of the side effects of breast cancer treatment.

Carried out by researchers from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, the new study looked at the effect of acupressure on symptoms experienced by breast cancer survivors after treatment had ended, including chronic pain, anxiety, depression and poor…

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#Acupressure #breast cancer

Women Are More Resilient Than Men To Extreme Physical Activity

Women that underwent extreme physical training and completed a transantarctic expedition did not show any more negative health effects than would be expected in men, according to a study presented at the Society for Endocrinology annual conference in Glasgow. The study is the first to suggest that women are not more susceptible to the negative effects of physical exertion and, that with…

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#Physical #women&039;s health

Why Are Older Women Less Healthier Than Older Men?

Genes that act late in life could explain why women have poorer health than men in older age, according to new research.

Scientists have long wondered why older women are less healthy than older men, given that men at any given age are more likely to die than women (a puzzle known as the “male-female, health-survival paradox”).

The answer, according to University of Exeter scientists, is…

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#Women

Do you trust Dr. Google?

Women experiencing signs of breast cancer vary in how they value, use, and trust ‘Dr Google’ when making sense of their symptoms, a new study in the journal Health, Risk & Society reports.

Researchers from the University of Surrey, led by Dr Afrodita Marcu, investigated whether women sought health information online when experiencing potential breast cancer symptoms and, if so, whether they…

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#Google

Persistent Back Pain Is A Serious Warning Sign

New research has found that older women who experience frequent back pain may have a higher risk of death.

Carried out by researchers at Boston Medical Center, the study is the first to investigate the effect of persistent back pain on mortality, with previous researchers only focusing on the impact of back pain on disability.

For the new study, the researchers followed 8,321 women aged 65 or…

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#back pain

Kate Spade's Death And A Disturbing Increase In Suicides

Kate Spade’s Death And A Disturbing Increase In Suicides

Fashion designer Kate Spade’s death Tuesday has reminded Americans of the enormous toll of suicide, a growing problem that claims nearly 45,000 lives a year.

Suicide rates in the U.S. have risen nearly 30 percent since 1999, according to a report released Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Suicides increased in both men and women, in all ethnic groups and in both urban…

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#anxiety #bipolar disorder #depression #Kate Spade #suicide

Sleeping Too Much May Be Bad for You

Fewer than six and more than ten hours of sleep per day are associated with metabolic syndrome and its individual components, according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Public Healththat involved 133,608 Korean men and women aged 40-69 years.

Researchers at Seoul National University College of Medicine found that compared to individuals who slept six to seven hours per day,…

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#Insomnia #Sleeping

Diagnosing Breast Cancer With An Imaging Pill

For women, mammograms are a sometimes uncomfortable, but necessary, annual ritual. But this procedure doesn’t always provide accurate results, and it exposes women to X-rays. In a study appearing in ACS’ journal Molecular Pharmaceutics, scientists report that they have developed a non-invasive “disease screening pill” that can make cancerous tumors light up when exposed to near-infrared light in…

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#breast cancer

Trusting Your Gut Instincts

Ask anyone if they remember where they ate the juiciest burger, the sweetest cupcake or the smoothest bisque, and they probably can describe the location in great detail, down to the cross streets, the décor, and the table where they sat. A new USC study in Nature Communications gives a possible explanation for food’s prominence in memory.

The body’s longest nerve, the vagus nerve, is the…

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#food #Gut

Sleep Loss Linked To Obesity And Diabetes

Nighttime snacking and junk food cravings may contribute to unhealthy eating behaviors and represent a potential link between poor sleep and obesity, according to a study by University of Arizona Health Sciences sleep researchers.

The study was conducted via a nationwide, phone-based survey of 3,105 adults from 23 U.S. metropolitan areas. Participants were asked if they regularly consumed a…

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#diabetes #obesity #sleep #Sleep Loss

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