For years doctors have warned us about the effects that obesity can have on our bodies. It can bring on heart disease and high blood pressure – but what we didn’t know was that being overweight around the age of 40 can actually put you at a high risk of getting dementia or other forms of Alzheimer’s disease.
Researchers at Yale University have been working on creating a unique blood test for ovarian cancer. Their test will be able to accomplish something that no other test has been able to do – spot the disease while it is in the early stages of development and has a chance being cured. For now the phase II study test has an accuracy of 99%.
It’s that time of year again where everyone is having the sore throats and the dreaded cough that are the common and annoying symptoms of the cold. What we need to do is get the right medicine in us to get through it fast. That way we can get back to our daily routine.
You ever have those days where you are just too tired or too busy to cook a nice and maybe even healthy meal? We all have those days and when that happens we usually turn to the yellow pages and find someone that will give us the food we want. Food like pizza, mexican, and even hamburgers. On these days we forget just how high in fat and calories all of these foods are to us. Those who eat like this on a daily basis have a risk of obtaining high cholesterol.
Every year there is some sort of sickness that spreads around trying to infect everyone in its path. The stomach flu is the weapon of choice for the New Year and there may be an easy way for you to stay as far away from it as possible. Studies have shown that the stomach flu is passed around between people through contact of items that people commonly share.
The older women get the more susceptible they are to contracting health disease, breast cancer, and osteoporosis. What most women don’t know though is that osteopororsis is something that can be avoided if you start at a young age.
Osteoporosis is when your bones basically wear down on you making it impossible for you to do your everyday normal routine. Building strong bones – starting at a young age – is the best thing you can do to prevent this. We’ve made up a list for you that will teach you the different things you can do to keep your bones healthy and strong.
Both men and women have serious problems that they must watch out for. Probably the most common health risk that women have is breast cancer. It never used to be that common – but over the years it has grown to be something that most women have to go through.
Asthma is a very common chronic disease that affects your airways and how you can breath. If you have asthma, the inside walls of your airways are inflamed. The inflammation makes the airways very sensitive, and they tend to react strongly to things that you are allergic to or find irritating. Asthma tends to hit people more during the spring because of pollen.
Gonorrhea, which is commonly known as the clap, is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases (STD). People who have this disease must be careful around others because of it is highly contagious. In the US alone, .35 million cases regarding gonorrhea is reported annually.
The bacterium called Neisseria gonorrhoea is responsible for the disease. When a girl has this disease she the most common symptoms are a burning sensation during urination, a yellowish green vaginal discharge or a vaginal bleeding between menstrual periods.