Category: Research (Page 27 of 93)

One Person Dies Every Six Seconds From This

March 22, 2012 / Staff

Tobacco remains responsible as the number one killer in world.

As developed countries in the West are seeing a small decrease the rest of the developing world, especially those who are in the lowest socio-economic strata, are seeing a dramatic increase.

Tobacco companies prey on the lack of education and misinformation about tobacco to encourage young smokers.

Tobacco has killed 50 million people in the last 10 years, and tobacco is responsible for more than 15 percent of all male deaths and 7 percent of female deaths, the new Tobacco Atlas report found.
In China, tobacco is already the number one killer – causing 1.2 million deaths a year – and that number is expected to rise to 3.5 million a year by 2030, the report said.

Smoking causes lung cancer as well as several other chronic pulmonary diseases and is a major risk factor in heart disease, the world’s number one killer.

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Bottled Water May Be The Culprit In Early Childhood Tooth Decay

March 22, 2012 / Staff

If you think that bottled water is better than tap, then think again.

Dentists are seeing record numbers of tooth decay in very young children, some as young as eighteen months old.

Not only are children drinking more sugary juices and less water but the water that they are drinking is not fluoridated.

“You should brush twice a day with a fluoride toothpaste, see the dentist twice a year for fluoride treatment and get fluoride in your drinking water,” said Jonathan D. Shenkin, spokesman on pediatric dentistry for the American Dental Association. “If you’re not getting it in your drinking water, that takes out a component of the effectiveness of that triad.”

Another concern to consider is the level of BPA in plastic bottles.

This highly toxic chemical leaches into the water and can further damage you and your child’s health.

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Don’t Let Bad Eating Habits Ruin Your Diet

March 21, 2012 / Staff

So much of what we do is habit.

Our lives run on “auto pilot” and once we get in a groove it is often difficult to break out.

A few small changes to your eating routine can create some big changes on the scale if you are ready and willing to evaluate your bad habits and replace them with some new ones.

Snacking, mindless eating, weekend binges and emotional eating top the list as the biggest offenders to otherwise healthy eating.

Replacing empty calories with nuts, fruits and veggies can help snack time became a way to satisfy your hunger and provide yourself with nutritious vitamins and minerals.

Being conscious of your actions is the most important change to make.

Starving yourself all week only to binge on junk all weekend is not an effective way to lose or maintain your weight.

Try being more moderate and reigning in weekend behavior and give yourself a break during the week when you are less likely to go out of control.

Become aware of your actions and consciously choose.

After a while, the healthy choice will become your new habit

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An Aspirin A Day To Keep The Cancer Away

March 21, 2012 / Staff

Aspirin therapy may be effective in preventing and even treating some cancers.

This is very promising news considering the high cost of medical care and the relatively inexpensive and highly accessible nature of aspirin.

There are drawbacks to using aspirin such as gastrointestinal bleeding, however these usally mild symptoms seemed to dissipate over time.

More studies need to be done, however the news is promising.

A new study finds that people who took a low-dose aspirin daily for at least three years were 25 percent less likely to develop cancer than people who didn’t take it.
Aspirin also reduced the risk of death from cancer by nearly 40 percent after five years, the researchers said.
The reduced risk of death may be due in part to a decrease in cancer’s ability to spread to other organs. In a second study, researchers found a daily dose of aspirin led to a 36 percent reduction in the risk of being diagnosed with cancer that spread to other organs.

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Your Co-Workers Can Sabotage Your Diet

March 20, 2012 / Staff

Feeling pressure from colleagues when it comes to your dieting efforts can sabotage all of your hard work.

Eating with colleagues is a way to create camaraderie , celebrate shared accomplishments and show that you are part of the team.

If you don’t partake in the office cupcake and coffee breakfast you can be judged critically.

Also, slim peers are seen as threatening elements in the office, often considered to be tougher competition in an already shaky job market.

From subtle to shocking the methods of co-workers to undo your diet can result in weight gain for you.

Read on to find strategies to help you beat the pressure!

Some 29% of people on diets say colleagues pressure them to eat more, make fun of their diets or order them restaurant food they know isn’t on their diets, according to a recent survey of 325 dieters by Survey Sampling International for Medi-Weightloss Clinics, a Tampa, Fla., franchiser of physician-supervised weight-loss clinics.
The approach can seem innocuous, but can result in weight gain over time. A colleague brings in home-baked cookies to celebrate a promotion, a birthday or to rally the team, and who wants to look like they don’t appreciate the work of others if they decline?