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Showing posts with label Health101. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health101. Show all posts

Saturday, 15 October 2016

Walnut prevents infertility, prostate cancer...

Medical experts in Lagos on Wednesday advised men to eat some walnuts daily to improve their fertility, reduce cardiovascular diseases and risk of suffering from prostate cancer.

Monday, 14 December 2015

Having your first baby between ages 25-35 is tied to being healthier at 40...


A new study found that women who give birth for the first time between the ages of 25 and 35 report having better health by age 40 than women who have their first child between ages 15 and 24
It is a fact of life, that as a woman ages, so her fertility decreases.
Yet, the pressures of modern life dictate that more and more women are delaying motherhood, instead focusing on their careers and financial pressures.
The decision can be a difficult one, but now a new study has offered older women a ray of hope.
Those who delay motherhood until their late 20s and early 30s, are more likely to enjoy better health when they reach 40 years old.
Conversely, women who give birth to their first child between the ages of 15 and 24 have worse health in midlife.

Tuesday, 20 October 2015

What's the one thing YOU can do to protect against cancer? It's simple, LOSE WEIGHT, says expert...

 The world in the grips of an obesity epidemic.
A recent study found around 12,000 cancers in the UK alone each year are linked to obesity
More than a third of Americans and one in five Brits tip the scales at obese, while millions more are deemed too fat.
As waistlines bulge, and clothing requirements become supersized, rates of potentially deadly illness and disease are soaring.
Type 2 diabetes, a condition intrinsically linked to obesity, is on the rise.
And, as a recent study has highlighted, so too are a number of cancers.
The research, published in the Lancet journal, analysed data relating to more than five million people to establish the links between obesity and cancer.
And the results were stark.

Thursday, 1 October 2015

The top 5 foods for glowing skin


Olives and Olive Oil 
Olive and olive oil are both rich in omega-3 fatty acids which help keep skin moisturised
These two staples of the Mediterranean diet are high in omega-3 fatty acids which help to improve hair, skin and nail health and also boost circulation and help to keep skin moisturised. 
These healthy fats also help to reduce skin irritation and redness. 
Olive fruit contains phenolic compounds such as oleuropein and oleocanthal which are two of nature’s most powerful anti-oxidants. 
Research carried out by Deakin University's School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences found that oleocanthal possesses similar anti-inflammatory properties to ibuprofen which also help reduce skin irritation and redness. 
Olive oil has a number of health benefits as according to a study published in the Pharmalogical Research Journal.

Monday, 28 September 2015

Cancer treatment DOESN'T harm an unborn baby: Pregnant women advised not to delay treatment after study finds chemo and radiotherapy are not unsafe ...




Apparently Receiving cancer treatment while pregnant does not result in health problems for unborn children, researchers have found.
Neither chemotherapy, radiotherapy nor surgery harmed the patients’ babies, according to a study.
Researchers have said that women who are diagnosed with cancer while pregnant should not delay their treatment.
Results show that fear of cancer treatment is no reason to terminate a pregnancy, that maternal treatment should not be delayed and that chemotherapy can be given.