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.
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Showing posts with label Health101. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health101. Show all posts
Saturday, 15 October 2016
Monday, 14 December 2015
Having your first baby between ages 25-35 is tied to being healthier at 40...
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.
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
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.
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