Adults who sleep for five hours or less a night are more likely to develop two or more chronic diseases once they get older, research has found.
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Adults who sleep for five hours or less a night are more likely to develop two or more chronic diseases once they get older, research has found.
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Science says working out can do more than prevent health problems — it can treat disease.
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Such a diagnosis shows screening results aren’t quite normal. But possible treatments can come with risks that outweigh benefits.
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Doing yoga may be a good way to protect against heart disease, particularly if you cannot do more vigorous exercise, research suggests.
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Long working hours - more than 60 hours a week - may increase the risk of coronary heart disease, according to a new study by researchers from South Korea.
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A new study that looked at more than 451,680 participants over seven years asked the group to report their fruit consumption, whether it be never, monthly, 1-3 days per week, 4-6 days per week, or daily.
The researchers found that compared to people who never eat fruit, those who eat fruit every day cut their heart disease risk by 25 to 40%. Those who ate the most amount of fruit also had much lower blood pressure compared to the participants who never ate fruit.
You know wht they say, an apple a day..... if you can't stomach whole fruit, perhaps try juicing fruit. Better still, use your juicing machine to juice carrots, celery, beetroots ginger and green apples. Hmmm delicious and healthy too!
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An award-winning writer and scientist believes a deficiency of Vitamin D in pregnant women is behind the increase in conditions such as MS, diabetes, schizophrenia and asthma
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If everyone over the age of 50 ate an apple a day, 8,500 deaths from heart attacks and strokes could be avoided every year in the UK, say researchers.
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It seems so unfair. They don't smoke, they eat well and they exercise regularly. So why do healthy people have heart attacks?
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Now there's a number for how effective lifestyle changes can be in protecting the heart and preventing deaths from heart attack and stroke. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S., but a new report from the U.S.
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The links between advancing age and deaths during gruelling exercise are strengthening.
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Start slow and add a little more over time. Make it feel as if when finished feel like you could have done more easily. Begin exercising at this intensity for several sessions before making large ...
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Hamish Carter is the latest in a series of elite endurance athletes to have encountered heart problems. An electrical charge was recently used to shock it back into normal rhythm.
Now emerging scientific studies are finding evidence that appears to support that. "Running too fast, too far and for too many years may speed one's progress towards the finish line of life," concluded a December editorial in British journal, Heart.
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Many people survive a heart attack only to find themselves struggling with depression
There are two kinds of gloom that can kick in. One is the ‘cardiac blues’, the generally short lived period of low mood that can last for six to eight weeks.
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Ditching meat and fish in favour of a vegetarian diet can have a dramatic effect on the health of your heart, research suggests.
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Strawberries and blueberries could help cut heart attack risk in women, researchers say.
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The long bouts of hard exercise done by triathletes and marathon runners may be trimming years off their lives by causing tiny tears within their hearts, emerging research suggests...
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"If you think exercise takes too much of your time, try having a heart attack".
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Infographics on Women heart disease inspiring people to protect against heart attack, is number 1 killer disease with Heart Truth® campaign...
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We all know that exercise is good for you — it keeps the heart healthy, works out the muscles and prepares you to take the stairs at work without fainting from exhaustion.
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If your girth has been growing, watch out – a wider waist measurement can make your risk of cancer, diabetes and other diseases skyrocket.
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Kids who eat vegies avoid adult disease.
Getting kids to eat their vegies is always a challenge, but new research points to even more evidence about the benefits of vegetables for children.
Just one daily serving could significantly reduce the risk of obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol in adulthood - conditions that can lead to type 2 diabetes, stroke and heart disease, according to researchers in Finland and Melbourne's Murdoch Childrens Research Institute.
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What runners should know about reports that True died of heart disease.
Did exercise kill the white hourse?
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Women on Atkins-style diets are putting themselves at risk of heart disease and strokes, experts have warned.