News tagged with lifestyle factors
Risk of hip fracture in postmenopausal women rises steeply with age
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Among postmenopausal women, the risk of hip fractures increases steeply with age and is seven times higher in 70-year olds than in 50- year olds, according to a study in this week's PLoS Medicine.
Obesity, alcohol consumption and smoking increase the risk of second breast cancer
Sep 08, 2009 |
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It is well known that survivors of breast cancer have a much higher risk of developing a second breast cancer than women in the general population have of developing a first breast cancer. However, little is known about what ...
Healthy lifestyle habits may be associated with reduced risk of chronic disease
Aug 10, 2009 |
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never smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, exercising regularly and following a healthy diet—together appear to be associated with as much as an 80 percent reduction in the risk of developing the most common and deadly ...
Adhering to healthy lifestyle habits associated with reduced lifetime risk of heart failure
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Men who exercised regularly, drank moderately, did not smoke, who were not overweight and had a diet that included cereal and fruits and vegetables had a lower lifetime risk of heart failure, according to a study in the July ...
Alcohol types and socioeconomic status are associated with Barrett's esophagus risk
Mar 01, 2009 |
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Although the relationship between alcohol and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma is well established, studies investigating the association between alcohol intake and reflux esophagitis (RE), Barrett's esophagus (BE) and ...
Modern lifestyle prevents tooth decay
Feb 26, 2009 |
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New research has found that modern lifestyle habits may play a bigger role than food alone, when it comes to tooth decay.
Socially active and not easily stressed? You may not develop dementia
Jan 19, 2009 |
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A new study shows that people who are socially active and not easily stressed may be less likely to develop dementia. The research is published in the January 20, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the ...
Protein levels indicate risk of death in some colorectal cancer patients
Dec 09, 2008 |
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A pair of proteins may help explain why people with surgically removed colorectal cancer and who are overweight, physically inactive, and follow a Western-pattern diet may have an increased risk of dying of the disease or ...
