Diabetes :: Diet, exercise best for preventing pre-diabetes
Lifestyle changes are more effective than drug treatment in preventing metabolic syndrome, the cluster of disorders that can lead to diabetes and heart disease, according to a new study.
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Breast Cancer :: Bevacizumab and chemotherapy improve breast cancer
Preliminary results from a large, randomized clinical trial for patients with previously untreated recurrent or metastatic breast cancer – cancer that has spread from the breast to other parts of the body – show that those patients who received bevacizumab (Avastin) in combination with standard chemotherapy had a longer time period before their cancer progressed than patients who received the same chemotherapy without bevacizumab.
Hypertension :: The true art of homoeopathic magnetotherapy
A lady consulted for high blood pressure (140/98 mm Hg at the time of consultation) soon after first Cesarean delivery. She had been diagnosed with this trouble in her last trimester during a routine pregnancy check up. She did not feel any trouble at all- neither then nor now.
Hypertension :: Garlic helpful in lung condition – Pulmonary hypertension
An ingredient in garlic appears to prevent a potentially deadly type of high blood pressure affecting the lungs, at least in rats, according to new research presented.
Eye :: Eye exams provide clues to heart, blood vessel health
Over a romantic candlelit dinner, the eyes may be the windows to the soul. In a more prosaic light, they’re windows to the heart, according to the March issue of the Harvard Heart Letter. A look into the eye can reveal the silent damage wrought by high blood pressure and diabetes and reflect the risk of a future stroke or heart attack.
Prostate cancer :: Obesity may hasten prostate cancer diagnosis
Perhaps because of increased interaction with healthcare providers, overweight and obese men are more likely than their normal weight counterparts to be diagnosed with prostate cancer at a younger age and to have lower-risk disease.
Aging :: Homoeopathy & geriatrics, old age
Gerontology is the study of old age, stressing the social and behavioral looks of aging. Although aging is a lifelong process and changes in its effects on individual people, old age has been generally stated as beginning at the age of 65.
Alzheimer’s Disease :: Healthy lifestyle could reduce alzheimer’s risk
Regular exercise and a healthy diet could go a long way to reducing the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a neurologist said.
Heart Disease :: Facts about women and cardiovascular diseases
Heart disease affects women of all racial and ethnic groups, as well as women with other illnesses, such as diabetes.
Migraine :: Migraine linked with stroke in young adults
Women who experience vision loss as a symptom of migraine have a 70 percent increase in risk of stroke compared to women who don’t have migraines, researchers reported at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2005.