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How to Avoid Gallstones

Gallstones aren’t a laughing matter. They can cause excruciating pain and can even be life threatening when they cause inflammation of the pancreas. They’re additionally fairly common with up to twenty-five million folks being affected. whether you’re concerned about your risk, here are some prevent…

Good carbs = low blood pressure

Reducing your risk of heart disease could be as easy as changing up the type of carbs you eat — from refined carbs to whole grains. In fact, according to recent studies, eating just one serving of whole grains can reduce your risk of high blood pressure by 4%. That might not seem like much, b…

Getting up early is poor for your heart?

As a general rule getting up early is thought to be a healthy habit, but new research says that may not necessarily be the case — at least not when it comes to your heart besides. A recent study that followed by 3,000 adults ranging in age from 23 to 90 yrs old found that those who got up early…

Don’t avoid the flavonoid

It turns out that there’s some truth to the old adage that An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away. According to a study published in a recent issue of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, women who eat apples regularly have a decreased risk of dying from coronary heart disease and cardiovasc…

Expert tips on preventing lung cancer

Want to prevent lung cancer? That’s great — just don’t rely on vitamins and supplements to get the job done, and lessen those CT scans as well. Those do, after all, use radiation.

Members of the American College of Chest Physicians made both statements in the latest edition of the “Guide t…

Prevention zeroes in on families of heart disease sufferers

Earlier that year, my great-aunt passed absent suddenly from an unknown heart condition. Her doctor recommended that all of her siblings, children, and nieces and nephews be screened for heart problems as well, flagging them at a higher risk for developing cardiovascular disease. Thankfully,…

Free cholesterol screenings in September!

Unfortunately it seems that even though heart disease is one of the biggest health threats we face nowadays too many humans are completely unaware of what their cholesterol levels are and what they should be doing approximately it. So in an effort to help educate folks, and in honor of National …

High-speed injection coming to fight skin cancer

Talk approximately cancer news that sounds like it comes from the future. In new research, using high-speed liquid injectors to get light-activated cancer-fighting drugs into the body without the need for needles.

Many patients would probably hooray something like that, and without using th…

New enzyme to reduce acrylamide in baked goods

Novozymes is launching Acrylaway, an enzyme called asparaginase, that can reduce acrylamide in food products by up to 90%. Acrylamide is formed when starchy foods are baked, fried or toasted at high temperatures.

According to Peder Holk Nielsen of Novozymes, many food manufacturers have sho…

Walk that way

Walking — it’s the first thing we memorize to do after crawling. Factor in the amount of it we’ve done by the course of our lives since next, and it’s clear that we’re increasingly than warranted in considering ourselves experts. Professional, even. We are the walking gurus, and we have the e…

A quick heart-healthy meal

Bobby Flay I am not. Put me in a kitchen, and I’d still be lost with both a compass and a road map. So, when it comes to cooking, keeping things as easy as possible seems to be the way to go — particularly when I’m trying to prepare a healthy dish. that is pretty much why I feel I have abs…

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