‘Health’ Archive

Mesothelioma in Turkey – 1

Although mesothelioma included in rare tumors is frequently seen in our country in recent years, it is a malignant tumor taken origin from membranes that cover lung, heart and abdomen respectively called as pleura, pericardium, peritoneum. This tumor that generally emerges depending on asbestos exposure is mostly seen on pleura (lung membrane).
The most significant known [...]

The Scoop on Protein Supplements

It seems everywhere you turn these days, including the grocery aisles, new protein supplements are cropping up, some of them almost promising to make you look like a bodybuilder overnight.
Now Consumer Reports (CR) tells us that some popular protein supplements might contain unacceptably high levels of heavy metals. The CR report, which included results from [...]

Drug Makers Will Share Data From Failed Alzheimer’s Trials

Drug makers‘ attempts to find treatments for Alzheimer’s disease have produced scant results and a long string of busts. Now a broad effort is under way to learn something from those failures.
A group of major pharmaceutical companies will share pooled data from failed clinical trials in an attempt to figure out what is going wrong [...]

Common blood pressure drug ‘raises cancer risk’

A blood pressure drug used by millions of adults could be increasing their risk of cancer, a study has revealed.
The use of ARB drugs to treat hypertension is associated with a ‘modestly increased risk’ of new cancer diagnosis, scientists say.
Some 15million prescriptions are written for the drugs every year in the UK [...]

How to get rid of Cellulite

That way you get rid of cellulite

8 glasses of water a day. You can drink even more water. In the summer, we are  a lot of fluid loss. So we are drink water everyday
Tea, coffee and caffeinated drinks like cola should consume less.
Stay away from alcohol and cigarettes.
Do not use [...]

Are You Living in One of America’s Top 10 Fittest Cities?

A new American Fitness Index report, published by the American College of Sports Medicine, has revealed survey results from America’s largest metropolitan areas. Ranking 50 communities by fitness levels, obesity rate and 30 other factors came up with a few surprises.
In the top 10, there are 2 in the East, 1 Midwest, 1 South, and [...]

When Fat Comes Back

All you have to do is wheel your grocery cart into a checkout line to see the cautionary tales screaming at you from the tabloids:
Kirstie Alley regained the 70-plus pounds she lost on Jenny Craig. Maureen “Marcia Brady”  McCormick got even heavier after she was on Celebrity Fit Club. Oprah, well, we [...]

Environmental damage looms in Nigerian lead crisis

As masked Nigerian environmental experts examined a communal well in a village where more than 60 children were killed by lead poisoning, barefoot kids streaked with dust sat on the contaminated ground, running their hands through the silt and sucking on their fingers.
Even as a foreign nonprofit begins training villagers [...]

Sleep Deprivation Linked to Teen Depression

Sleep-deprived high school students who doze off in class aren’t just risking the wrath of their teachers. They’re also three times more likely to be depressed than their alert classmates who get enough sleep, a new study has found.
“Sleep deprivation and depression go hand in hand among teenagers,” says the study’s lead author, Mahmood Siddique, [...]

Short People Have Higher Heart Risk

Being short isn’t easy. Short people make less money, have a harder time finding a mate, and are less likely to be elected to public office, statistics show.
A new study suggests that it gets worse: The shortest short people—men under 5 feet 5 inches and women under 5 feet—are roughly 50% more likely than the [...]