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Study suggests menopause increases risk of metabolic syndrome
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Ohio [USA], July 1 (ANI): Perimenopause is a time when women become more vulnerable to a number of health problems. A new study based the Canadian Longitudinal Study's data on Aging identified menopause as a risk factor for the development of metabolic syndrome or some of its components, inc
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Study confirms high prevalence of depression during menopause transition
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Cleveland [Ohio], July 1 (ANI): A new study has now confirmed the high prevalence of depression, affecting almost 70 per cent of women transitioning into menopause. The study also explained the greatest risk factors for it in postmenopausal women, as well as any relationships with anxiety an
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Adding lean beef to healthy diet does not adversely affect heart or leads
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Illinois [USA], June 16 (ANI): Results from a new study show that the risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes were similar when participants consumed a healthy eating pattern with and without an additional 5.3 ounces of lean beef.
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Performing light physical activity prevents major mobility disability amon
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 12 (ANI): Being inactive can be the strongest risk factor for disability as one ages. The new study details the benefits of performing light physical activities and its importance for older people.
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Study reveals antioxidant-rich Indo-Mediterranean diet significantly lower
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], May 17 (ANI): While Indo-Mediterranean diets are anti-inflammatory and considered good for a healthy heart, recently, cohort studies and case-control studies have demonstrated that western-style diets rich in sugar and lack of physical activity are important behavioural
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Western-style diets rich in sugar, key factor of heart failure: Study
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], May 17 (ANI): Western-style diets rich in sugar and physical inactivity with obesity are important behavioural risk factors of heart failure, explains cohort studies and case-control studies.
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Study focuses on effects of antioxidant-rich Indo-Mediterranean foods on p
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], May 12 (ANI): While the role of diets in the pathogenesis of cardiac dysfunction is controversial, it is also well known that Western diet causes oxidative stress and has pro-inflammatory effects, whereas Mediterranean style diets are anti-inflammatory. Recently, cohort
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Older people with persistent insomnia symptoms more likely to remain depre
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 1 (ANI): Lack of sleep has long been considered a potential risk factor for mood disorders. According to a new study, older people with depression, who also experience persistent and worsening sleep disturbances, are at much higher risk of remaining depressed.
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Study reveals obesity is critical risk factor for type 2 diabetes, regardl
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 16 (ANI): There is a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes by at least 6 times in people suffering from obesity, regardless of genetic predisposition to the disease, suggests a recent study.
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Risk factors for carrying pneumonia causing bacteria: Study
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 12 (ANI): Researchers have found the risk factors for Fijians carrying pneumonia-causing bacteria, after a recent study.
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Study reveals risk factors for carrying pneumonia-causing bacteria
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], April 9 (ANI): In a breakthrough study, researchers have uncovered the risk factors for Fijians carrying pneumonia-causing bacteria.
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Coral disease risk factors revealed by tools used to study human disease:
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 23 (ANI): In a recent study, a team of international researchers have used a statistical technique typically employed in human epidemiology to determine the ecological risk factors affecting the prevalence of two coral diseases -- growth anomalies, abnormalities li
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