People who sleep more or fewer than seven hours a day, including naps, are increasing their risk for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the United States, a study published Sunday shows. Sleeping fewer than five hours a day, including naps, more than doubles the risk of being diagnosed with angina, coronary heart [...]
A French surgeon has carried out the world’s first-ever successful transplant of an entire face, the daily Le Parisien reported Thursday. The 12-hour procedure was performed June 26 and 27 at the Henri-Mondor public hospital in Creteil, a suburb of Paris, by Laurent Lantieri. The patient was a 35-year-old man whose face had been ravaged [...]
Social networking sites like Facebook might soon be able to help people lose weight. In Australia, the government’s premier science body, the CSIRO, which has already released a book on diet, has been looking for volunteers to assist in a pilot dieting program. The program will allow participants to communicate with each other online as [...]
First came BMI. Now comes hypertriglyceridemic waist — a cheap and simple way to identify people at increased risk of heart attack due to excess abdominal fat, even if they do not look obese. In a study published this week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, researchers from Quebec City’s Laval University are reporting that [...]
Asked by the US military for tips to help combat the growing problem of obesity in the ranks, a popular television fitness guru came up with an unusual answer: mind-soothing and body-bending yoga. “I know inclusion of yoga in military training sounds a tad alien,” Tony Horton, 52, acknowledged as he presented his techniques to [...]
There was a time when butter was the bad boy of the civilised world; it was held responsible for strokes, heart attacks and other conditions. Margarine was supposed to be the healthier alternative and came to be eaten by fit, healthy people and those who cared about their cholesterol levels. But now, new studies have [...]
AIDS experts gather in Vienna on Sunday for a six-day rally on the new options emerging in a war which after nearly three turbulent decades is entering a stable, promising phase. Expected to draw more than 20,000 researchers, policymakers and grassroots workers, the International AIDS Conference is the 18th since acquired immune deficiency syndrome came [...]
Exercise is good for your health, say physicians all around the world. It has been proven that active people live longer and stay healthier. Women who have been active during the teenage years have lower risk for cognitive impairment later in life. This theory is suggested by a new study, made by researchers from Toronto [...]
LONDON: Taking the train, tram or bus instead of your car increases physical activity so much that the average person drops more than six pounds in as little as a year. The findings suggest that increasing the use of public transport could improve health and lower obesity levels. “The built environment can constrain or facilitate [...]
SYDNEY: A new study has revealed that children living within 500m of a major road or freeway are more prone to developing asthma, while adults face an increased likelihood of lung and heart-related illnesses. The biggest international study on vehicle air pollution and health research has found that traffic pollution within a 500m radius of [...]
