Excess abdominal fat can affect breast cancer survival according to the University of North Carolina who followed 1,254 women aged between 20 and 54 diagnosed with invasive breast cancer during 1990 and 1992. The researches used waist-to-hip ratio measurement that indicates the concentration of abdominal fat. People with a high waist-to-hip ratio typically have an apple...

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The problem with a fatty meal is that it prevents the arteries from expanding properly to any increase in blood flow. This effect appears to occur about four hours after the meal. At this moment the arteries look like those of a person with heart disease, just about the time you are getting ready for...

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Smoking is the largest preventable cause of premature death and disability in the UK-so why do so many people still light up. Smoking isn’t just about nicotine craving it’s a psychological problem as well as a physical one. It goes without saying that in the early stages of stopping smoking the nicotine withdrawal is the hardest thing...

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Research from France suggests that increasing your intake of foods rich in beta-carotene, which is found in brightly coloured food such as carrots, could slow the natural decline in lung function that comes with age. The 10-year span the study found that increasing beta-carotene levels approximately counteracts the effect of one year of aging and those...

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It is true that the majority of people in the UK do not drink enough water. However the idea that we should drink 2.5 litres a day is a slight over-simplification. It has even been suggested that a mineral water company took a selected paragraph from an American study, which first mentioned this recommended amount and...

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A Canadian study has found that the normally prescribed exercise of walking, for people suffering with Osteoporosis, does not help as much as active exercises. A study carried out by the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver found that resistance and agility exercises could greatly reduce the risk of falling in...

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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11 2006 (HealthDay News) – In less than a month, individuals can reverse serious heart disease risk factors by making significant lifestyle changes, researchers are reporting. In an encouraging study conducted on overweight men, researchers found that after three weeks on a high-fiber, low-fat diet and adding up to 60 minutes of daily walking,...

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According to the latest government figures one in three British children is now overweight or obese, which suggests we are losing the battle against childhood obesity. A Department of Health report also forecasts that by 2010 19% of boys and 22% of girls aged between 2 and 15 will be chronically obese. Girls under the age...

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An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but as two separate studies by boffins in Japan have found, it seems that it is mandarin oranges that not only help keep diseases like atherosclerosis and insulin resistance at bay, but also cut the risk of developing liver cancer. The first study was conducted by researchers...

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Weight loss is the key factor in reducing diabetes risk for high-risk, overweight individuals, a new study shows. Participants in the intensive lifestyle intervention portion of the Diabetes Prevention Program, which involved cutting fat and calories with the goal of reducing weight by 7 per cent, reduced their likelihood of developing diabetes by 58 per cent...

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