Health aNd Fitness Guide

Smoking-related diseases will kill about one million Indians a year by 2010. It could account for 20 per cent of all male deaths and 5 per cent of all female deaths in the 30 to 69 age group, says a study based on a nationwide survey of 1.1 million homes. There are about 120 million → 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 »

Diabetics have the same risk of having a heart attack or stroke as someone with a history of heart attack, and twice the risk of dying from a heart attack compared to non-diabetics, said a Danish study published in the journal Circulation. → Continue reading »

Administrators and managers are less likely to have cancer. It may be because people in secure jobs have very good sick leave arrangements and can take time out if needed, said a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia. Managers are also less likely to be exposed to carcinogens, compared to other workers. Researchers, → Continue reading »

Happily married couples have lower blood pressure, according to researchers at the Brigham Young University. They studied 204 married and 99 unmarried people who kept a portable blood pressure monitor that randomly recorded blood pressure during a 24-hour period. They found that happily married people scored four points lower on their blood pressure readings than → Continue reading »