A fresh look at the medical evidence shows women who eat more fiber are less likely to get breast cancer.
Chinese researchers found those who ate the most of the healthy plant components were 11 percent less likely to develop breast cancer than women who ate the least.
Falling breast cancer death rates have little to do with breast screening but are down to better treatment and health systems, scientists said on Friday, in a study likely to fuel a long-running row over the merits of mammograms.
Women who experience dysmenorrhea should eat nuts or foods rich in omega 3 and omega 6 at least two or three weeks before her menstrual visits, according to medical expert.
Dr. Rey Salinel Jr., Infectious Disease Specialist and Family Medicine Practitioner, said eating nuts, seeds or essential fatty acid rich in omega 6 which has an anti-inflammatory effect, relieving pain discomfort caused by dysmenorrhea.
While running is one of the best forms of aerobic exercise, it’s also important for runners to take good care of their bodies and keep it injury-free. This July, Runner’s World Philippines identifies the most common running injuries and features ways to avoid and recover from them.
Diabetes is a disease marked by high levels of sugar in the blood. It is the leading cause of blindness, and visual disability in adults in developed countries. The cause of diabetes continues to be a mystery, although both genetics and environmental factors such as obesity and lack of exercise appear to play roles. Treatment involves medicines, diet, and exercise to control blood sugar and prevent symptoms.
Twelve Filipinas die due of cervical cancer every day. Yet it is a wholly preventable disease, and women’s health care professionals are helping to fight cervical cancer by campaigning to inform women about it.
“One of our local studies showed that up to 84 percent of women surveyed did not know the important facts about cervical cancer what causes it, and how it can be prevented,” says Dr Maria Julieta Germar, a gynecologic oncologist of the UP PGH.
Talks about passive smoking, air pollution, and other triggers of asthma and allergy attacks or serious respiratory conditions often lead to the question: Is there a lasting, effective, and inexpensive way of treating these diseases?
What you don’t chew may harm you… when it comes to gum, that is.
Chewing a non dental gum often leads to cavities and tooth decay. However, chewing gum is not bad. It is, in fact, encouraged because of its oral health benefits provided one chews on the right kind of gum.
Fish oil, particularly the Omega 3 fatty acids DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) found in it, has long been recognized to help lower triglycerides (a type of blood fat), high blood pressure and the risk of heart attack in people with established heart disease. It has also been found to help ease the pain brought about by arthritis and rheumatism.
Kapag taglay mo ang sakit na hepatitis, iba ang nagiging tingin ng taong nasa paligid mo. Nagiging negatibo. Pero hindi dapat sana ganito.
Totoong nakamamatay ang Hepatitis B. At ang kasong ito ay tumataas sa ating bansa kunsaan ang Hepatitis B carrier ay pumatong na sa siyam na porsyento (sa sampung tao, isa ang carrier).
Taon-taon, milyong buhay ang nawawala sa maagang panahon dahil sa kidney failure, heart attack at stroke na may kinalaman sa chronic kidney disease (CKD), isang grupo ng mga ekspertong Pinoy ang mahigpit na nagpayo sa pagkontrol ng high blood pressure (hypertension), na isa lamang sa mga sintomas at mga dahilan ng CKD.
Kapag diabetic ka, bawal sa iyo ang kanin. Bawal din ang matatamis. Ilan lamang ito sa maling paniniwala kaugnay sa sakit na diabetes. Kahit pa diabetic ka, okay lang ang kanin. Okay lang din ang matatamis.
Pwede ang mga iyan kung alalay ka lamang dito. Katamtaman lang dapat ang dami ng kanin at tamis ang makokonsumo ng iyong katawan.
Read an article from Dr. Leo Galland about all the wonderful benefits of tomatoes- read on!
What’s in a tomato?
Tomatoes are excellent sources of potassium and several vitamins: folic acid, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E
But did you know that eating tomatoes could possibly help to burn fat? Bioflavonoids, which are concentrated in the tomato skin, may counteract inflammation and allergic reactions.
Coffee can give you a jolt of caffeine, but a new study published May 11 suggests that heavy daily consumption may also reduce the risk of developing a certain type of breast cancer.
Study results found that women who drink five or more cups of coffee a day are 57 percent less likely to develop estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer than women who drink less than a cup of coffee a day, said study researcher Jingmei Li, of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, in a statement.
ONE of the healthy ways to cook fish is by smoke. However, there are certain risk factors to consider before you include smoked fish in your diet aside from salty indulgence.
Smoked fish can produce certain bacteria and parasites and food poisoning is likely to happen when eaten in large quantities.
Nagging back pain? New research reports that a weekly one-hour massage could be just the thing. A study shows that a 10-week massage treatment reduced pain more than medications and exercises, and the effects lasted for six months.
The research, published July 5 in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, involved about 400 patients aged 20 to 65 with chronic low back pain.
The birth of a baby is a moment which is very exciting and eagerly awaited by the husband, wife and other family members. Babies who are born healthy in a perfect condition of his limbs and functioning properly is the most expected by the parents. Good parent would try to keep the baby in the womb or after birth.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that tobacco use will kill nearly six million people this year. More than five million of them will be users and ex-users of smoked and smokeless tobacco, while more than 600,000 will be nonsmokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke.
Pinayuhan ni Health Secretary Enrique Ona ang publiko na huwag maglaro sa tubig baha at gumamit ng rubber boots upang maiwasan ang leptospirosis matapos na mu ling tumaas ang bilang nito.
Mula Enero hanggang Hunyo 25, 2011, umaabot sa 521 kaso ang naireport o mataas ng 65.4 porsiyento kumpara sa nakaraang taon na umabot lamang sa 315 cases. Naitala naman sa 38 ang namatay.
Put down the salt shakers. Eating too much salt and too little potassium can increase the risk of death, U.S. government researchers said on Monday.
The findings from a team at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are a counterpoint to a fiercely-debated study released last week that found no evidence that making small cuts in salt intake lowers the risk of heart disease and premature death.
“Salt is still bad for you,” said Dr. Thomas Farley, Health Commissioner for New York City, which is leading a campaign to reduce salt in restaurant and packaged foods by 25 percent over five years.
Kapag ikaw ay may diabetes, ang stress ang mahalagang nakakapekto kung paano makokontrol ang naturang sakit o pagtaas at pagbaba ng inyong sugar level. Kapag nakakaramdam ng stress, malamang makalimutan ang oras ng pagkain o oras ng pag-inom ng gamot, kaya’t apektado ang sugar level. Kaya’t nararapat na matutunan ang akmang gagawin kapag nakakaramdam ng stress, lalo’y may diabetes.
Bananas are known for containing large amounts of potassium, bananas are even healthier than you might think.
According to Reader’s Digest, Vitamin B and C as well as folate are essential in the fight against arthritis, and bananas have them in large quantities.
As the saying goes, laughter is the best medicine. This is why an evolving form of yoga is becoming popular in the country which makes use of laughter as its main principle.
Laughter yoga, or “Lyoga”, was founded by Dr. Madan and Madhuri Kataria in India.
In the studies conducted by Dr. Kataria, our bodies release a cocktail of hormones and chemicals that have startling positive effects on our system as we laugh. Therefore, stress is reduced, blood pressure drops, depression is lifted and your immune system is boosted.
Want to avoid weight gain? Maybe some more sleep would help.
People who got very little sleep ate more but didn’t burn any extra calories, according to a U.S. study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that adds to evidence supporting a link between sleep deprivation and weight gain.
Approximately 50 to 70 million U.S. residents — including a significant number of shift workers — suffer from chronic sleep loss and sleep disorders, according to the National Institutes of Health.
THE benefits of fruit go beyond improving your health.
Fruit is so versatile. It’s good for both health and beauty. You can treat your skin with fresh fruit. Fruit is the secret ingredient behind sensuous skin.
EATING food that lowers blood sugar has been proven to prevent kidney failure. However, a new study found that kidney failure can be reversed.
The new research was conducted at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City focusing on high fat “ketogenic” diet that may actually reverse the kidney damage caused by diabetes.
A compound found in red wine is being touted as “exercise in a bottle” in a new study that looks at the role it plays in animals.
The study, published June 30 in the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Journal, claims that the star ingredient in wine, resveratrol, could slow the negative consequences of a sedentary lifestyle like insulin resistance and loss of bone mineral density.
Kapag ikaw ay may diabetes, napakahalaga na alagaan ang mga paa dahil baka humantong sa mabigat na problema kapag napabayaan mo ito, maaaring ang paa o hanggang hita mo…kaya kwidaw ka.
We've all read the signs of a heart attack listed on posters in the hospital waiting room. But what if there were other, earlier signs that could alert you ahead of time that your heart was in trouble?
It turns out there are. Researchers have done a lot of work in recent years looking at the signs and symptoms patients experienced in the months or even years leading up to a heart attack. "The heart, together with the arteries that feed it, is one big muscle, and when it starts to fail the symptoms can show up in many parts of the body," says cardiologist Jonathan Goldstein of St. Michael's Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey. Here are five surprising clues that your heart needs checking out. Any of these signs -- and particularly two or more together -- is reason to call your doctor for a workup, says Goldstein.
Scientists say they’ve found cancer-fighting agents in broccoli and cauliflower that selectively target and kill diseased cells while leaving normal cells healthy.
Researchers from Oregon State University were able to demonstrate that a phytochemical found in cruciferous vegetables, sulforaphane, is able to selectively target cancer cells in prostate patients and leave healthy cells alone, unlike traditional chemotherapies.
At the end of my very long list of items that I’ve benefited from and can highly recommend comes an eating program that surpasses any diet or guided eating program I’ve ever been on before.
My best friend told me that she had been researching diet programs because she had a lot of weight to lose and decided it was high time she did something about it. However, she wanted to be sure to invest her time and energy on something that would be worth all her high hopes and expectations.
Ang cardio exerices ang pinakaimportanteng magagawa mo sa iyong katawan kung nais mong magpapayat, magpa-muscle at i-improve ang iyong kalusugan.Ang maganda rito, maraming pwedeng pagpilian na ehersisyo base sa heart rate zone na tama para sa iyo.
There are no clear signs that eating cured meats like ham, bacon or hot dogs could increase the odds of getting pancreatic cancer, according to a new study.
Some research has hinted that might be the case, because the preservatives used for curing, nitrate and nitrite, cause tumors in lab animals.
People trying to quit smoking are twice as likely to succeed when they get mobile-phone text messages to encourage them, according to a study reported on Friday by The Lancet medical journal.
Three dialysis patients have received the world’s first blood vessels grown in a lab from donated skin cells. It’s a key step toward creating a supply of ready-to-use arteries and veins that could be used to treat diabetics, soldiers with damaged limbs, people having heart bypass surgery and others.
THE benefits of fruit go beyond improving your health.
Fruit is so versatile. It’s good for both health and beauty. You can treat your skin with fresh fruit. Fruit is the secret ingredient behind sensuous skin.
LACK of sleep, too much stress and sun exposure and poor diet can lead to unsightly eye wrinkles.
There are other natural methods to fight eye wrinkles.
As it marked the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (IDSVT) on Sunday, a group of medical professionals said people in the health profession can help deter acts of torture through effective investigation and documentation of such cases.
Men who consume the recommended amount of vitamin D are somewhat less likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke than those who get little of the vitamin in their diets, a large U.S. study suggests.
With processed foods, convenience snacks and restaurant meals growing in popularity, many of us are consuming more sodium than ever.
And health authorities are cautioning the public to cut back on the salt.
The bad news about having too much sodium in your diet is that it’s a risk factor for high blood pressure, which in turn can lead to stroke and heart disease. So learn how to keep your salt intake in check with the following low-sodium tips.
Do you want to know what to eat to have beautiful skin? Noted physician Dr. Willie Ong has these suggestions:
1. Avocadoes — Avocadoes are packed with the B vitamins, which help nourish your skin. vitamin B3 (called niacin) acts as an anti-inflammatory agent and may help smoothen reddish and patchy skin. One avocado contains 3.8 mg. of niacin, which fullfills 27 percent of your daily needs.
Nearly half a million children displaced by heavy flooding in the southern Philippines could face an outbreak of diarrhoea and pneumonia, the UN said Sunday.
Vanessa Tobin, country representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said about 450,000 children were among the tens of thousands affected when floods swamped over two dozen towns on Mindanao island the past two weeks.
The number of adults with diabetes worldwide has more than doubled since 1980 to 347 million, a far larger number than previously thought and one that suggests costs of treating the disease will also balloon.
