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Archive for May, 2013

The link between heart function and obesity

May
20

Date: May 20th, 2013

According to a panel of Belgium researchers, there is a high likelihood that the functioning of heart among healthy men can be raised artificially by introduction of estrogen levels. Estradiol is an estrogen that is majorly referred to as the female hormone. However, it is also true that the hormone is available in men but at a rather low level.

Heart disease

May
19

Date: May 19th, 2013

AccCollege drinking causes more than a hangoverording to a recent research, drinking binge frequently in colleges has other disastrous effects later in life rather than the common hangover. Consumption of multiple drinks regularly within a short time period could lead to significant changes in normal circulation that can make a healthy young adult more vulnerable to suffering from cardiovascular disease in adulthood.

Daily walk can help combat smoking

May
18

Date: May 18th, 2013

More ways for Teens to quit smoking: walkingThere is a higher possibility for teens to succeed in quitting smoking habit if they participated in smoking fitness/ cessation program as well as engaging in regular exercises for about 30 minutes in a day.

Frequent eating doesn’t necessarily result in overweight

May
17

Date: May 17th, 2013

Weight gain in kids not always tied to frequent eatingThe recent finding that eating frequently in kids doesn’t necessarily result in overweight and obesity has surprised many people who have always associated overweight with excessive eating. Also, the study reported that kids who took more food in a day but well distributed in the course of the day recorded a lower weight increase, unlike children that followed the traditional style of three squares.

Secondhand smoke on kids

May
16

Date: May 16th, 2013

Smoking can have more serious health effects rather than the commonly known damage to the lungs and a bad breath. It has also been associated with the risk of kidney disease, not just in adults only bout also children have a possibility of getting kidney disease. A recent research aimed at identifying how secondhand smoke affects the health of kidney in teens.

Sleep deprivation

May
15

Date: May 15th, 2013

While people know that teens have to go through insufficient sleep especially due to school, not many people are aware that sleep deprivation is one of the lifestyles leading to overweight problems. Nowadays, teachers and parents have become used to seeing kids drag themselves in a sleepy mood to school in the morning.

Pediatric meat

May
14

Date: May 14th, 2013

The link between pediatric meat consumption and delayed allergy reactionsImmunoglobulin is an antibody in human body and has been associated with causing delayed urticaria and anaphylaxis. The antibody is formed soon after eating lamb, pork or beef and children diagnosed with urticaria or anaphylaxis have been found to contain the antibody in their body. This is according to a study published recently on the internet in pediatrics.

Risk of adult diabetes

May
13

Date: May 13th, 2013

Diabetes in adulthood could be a result of childhood obesityYoung adults are at a high risk of suffering from diabetes if they experience persistent obesity during their adolescence compared to people suffering from obesity during their adulthood. A team of researchers at Furman University in Greenville led by Natalie S.C undertook a study on 10, 481 young adults aged between 12 and 21 years of age. The cohort study was conducted on two occasions when the group was aged between 18 and 27 years of age and between 24 and 33 years.

Fragile bones: Development of osteoporosis

May
12

Date: May 12th, 2013

Risks of abdominal fat on kids’ healthThe fact that a child has big bones doesn’t necessarily mean that they have strong and denser bones. An increase in tummy fat levels among children causes a significant decrease of bone mineral density according to a new study. In addition, the research has also linked children obesity to the development of osteoporosis, a health condition that is increasingly becoming popular nowadays.

Baldness: Coronary artery heart disease

May
11

Date: May 11th, 2013

The risk of bald men suffering from coronary artery heart disease is higher compared to men with hair; a study has shown. However, researchers say frontal balding is less fatal than top balding as this article continues to explain. While a data analysis shows that there is a direct link between male pattern baldness and heart disease, this does not apply for baldness that occurs at the front of the head but rather on the crown

baldness only.