Health aNd Fitness Guide

Birth control pills provide long-term protection against ovarian cancer, and the benefits continue even 30 years after the pill is discontinued. The study published in Lancet says that so far the pill has prevented 200,000 women from developing the disease and 100,000 ovarian cancer deaths worldwide. The researchers, led by Valerie Beral from the University → Continue reading »

Soccer can thrill, and kill, too. A study on German football fans showed that they were more at risk of suffering heart attack while watching their team play. The risk was more than three times for men and about two times for women. Researchers at Ludwig-Maxmilians University in Munich studied 4,279 medical records of Germans → Continue reading »

Using cell phones for long periods may affect sperm count and increase chances of having abnormal sperm, reports the journal Fertility and Sterility. Researchers from Cleveland Clinic analyzed semen samples and cell phones habits of 361 men, and found that men who used cell phones for more than four hours a day had the lowest → Continue reading »

Obesity may be linked to cancers of the breast, colon, thyroid, uterus, kidney, esophagus, and gallbladder. Researchers at the University of Manchester analyzed 282,137 cases of cancer to establish a link between different cancers and Body Mass Index. In men, an increase in BMI showed an increased risk of esophageal cancer by 52 percent, thyroid → Continue reading »

Snoring could be linked to heart disease and stroke. People who snore loudly have a 34 per cent increased possibility of suffering a heart attack and 67 per cent increased chance of having a stroke compared to those who do not snore, according to scientists at Semmelweis University in Budapest. But the increased risk was → Continue reading »