Studies are found that African American women are more satisfied with their weight emotionally when compared to other women with regard to quality of life. However, black women are dissatisfied about their weight because of the limitations it poses in physical activities. The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by Dr. Tiffany Read more
A group of researchers after a recent study has disclosed that women, irrelevant of whether they have cardiovascular diseases or not, if carry on consuming antioxidant rich diet experience a reduced stroke risk. Oxidative stress can be defined as an inconsistency between the generation of some kind of free radicals that generally damages cell and Read more
A recent study has revealed that a Japanese TV campaigning program to spread awareness among people about the symptoms of stroke made Japanese women aware but failed to reach Japanese men. Before the study researchers selected nearly 2000 Japanese adult men and women and found that 51 per cent of them were aware of the Read more
A study conducted by the researchers from the University of Queensland`s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences has revealed that to improve the language skills in patients who have survived after stroke stimulating their brains with magnet may be fruitful. Caroline Barwood who led the study has pointed out to significant improvements in language skills Read more
Recent research has established a relation between risk related to strokes and blog group of the person. The study was carried on under the leadership of the Chief of Division in Preventive Medicine, Harvard Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dr. Joann Manson. The lead researcher is also a Professor of Epidemiology in Harvard School of Public Read more
Because of combining the conclusion of 17 studies on depression and stroke, researchers discovered that people who suffered depression at one point in their lives were third times more likely to experience stroke in the future compared to the people who never got depressed in their entire lives. According to Maria Glymour, a professor at the Harvard School of Read more
That is the age of speed. We live like we are always running out of time. Even teenagers are always in a hurry. We don’t get enough time to spend with our family, to exercise, eat and even sleep. A recent study has claimed that insufficient sleep can lead the teenagers to weight gain. According Read more
There is a long term belief in common people that cholesterol should be a strict “no – no” if you want to dodge heart attack. But a study has proved almost a reverse theory most recently. According to the study one can cut out the chances of heart attack by boosting up the level of Read more
After running a recent survey about the most common cause showed in leave applications in Britain, researchers has found that it is stress, which compels maximum people to take long term leaves of four week or more in Britain. Doctors are now thinking that the particular psychological condition of stress has become so prevalent nowadays Read more
According to a report from Reuters, elderly male with a high tester one level has a lower risk of heart attack compared to their counterpart with lower levels of the same hormone. Findings can be read in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The study showed that of 2,400 Swedish men in their Read more
Latest studies have revealed that it is not how much exercise you do but the fact that you do perform at least a little bit of exercise that reduces risk of heart ailments. Although the more you do, the better for your heart, it has been proven that even minor amounts of exercises can help Read more
A recent study has proved that type 2 diabetes is involved directly with an increase risk of cardiovascular event or recurrent stroke, in between those patients who already have had an ischemic stroke or attack or TIA earlier.