8 Small Habits That Could Help Your Eye Health This ...
THE FACT THAT YOUR eyes are currently able to scan these words and send them to your brain to interpret as a message is kind of amazing. But that not-so-simple process is something that we often take for granted. In ...
Cancer prevention: 7 tips to reduce your risk
With more than 15.5 million cancer survivors alive today in the US, chances are that you or someone you know has faced cancer. Each June, cancer survivors celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day, sponsored by the National Cancer Survivors Day Foundation. ...
Diabetes patients respond to Herald Special Report
Staggering insulin prices are hitting diabetes patients in the pocketbook across the nation as responses poured in from the Herald’s Special Report Monday on diabetics turning to Canada for relief. Sara Shannon from Austin, Texas, said she has been spending ...
Many inmates want to quit smoking but don’t always have ...
The absence of these kinds of programs increases the risk—especially among black male inmates—of cancer, heart disease, stroke, and other smoking-related diseases, according to researchers. For a new study, which appears in Health Psychology Open, the researchers examined smoking behaviors ...
How to eat right to prevent cancer
One-third of all cancer deaths are preventable and can be attributed to lifestyle choices that we all make every day. Poor diet, lack of physical activity, and consuming alcohol and tobacco are all associated with an increased risk of cancer. ...
Obesity-linked cancers on the rise in young adults
Washington: A sharp increase in the rate of obesity-linked cancers among young adults in the United States could foreshadow a reversal in the overall decline in cancer mortality, researchers warned Monday. In a sweeping study covering two-thirds of the US population, ...
Forget the woolly jumper! Nutritionist reveals the FOOD that will ...
The UK’s most vulnerable children and young people face unimaginable challenges. We’ve partnered with giving platform Clarissa to raise funds for two charities – the NSPCC and The Children’s Society – to try to help turn things around for them. ...
George Fernandes Dies of Alzheimer’s: Everything you Must know about ...
George Fernandes, the former union defence minister, died at 88 in Delhi on Tuesday. He was suffering from a prolonged illness, Alzheimer’s disease. Recently, he contracted swine flu. He was fighting with Alzheimer’s disease from a very long time. Alzheimer’s ...
Benefits of ginger for diabetes – Controls blood sugar, improves ...
New Delhi: Diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes, is one of the most widespread diseases across the country. Around 70 million Indians are diabetic, which is one of the highest records in the world. While there is a lot of information ...
Early prediction of Alzheimer’s progression: Blood protein
Years before symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease manifest, the brain starts changing and neurons are slowly degraded. Scientists at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (HIH) and the University Hospital Tuebingen now show ...