Tag: women’s health (Page 5 of 13)

      Citrus Fruits Lower the Risk of Stroke in Women

      February 25, 2012 /

      Citrus fruits may help lower stroke risk in women, study finds.

      It is important to eat the whole fruit and not just to consume juice which also contains a lot of sugar.

      Flavanones may reduce risk of stroke through several mechanisms, including improving blood vessel health and reducing inflammation.

      In the study, women who ate the most citrus fruit had a 19 percent lower risk of having an ischemic stroke than women who ate the least. In an ischemic stroke, blood flow to the brain is blocked, sometimes by clogged arteries.

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      Colonoscopies Prevent Cancer Death

      February 23, 2012 /

      Studies have proven that colonoscopies cut cancer deaths.

      Although most people are nervous about the test, it has been proven that early testing is the best way to prevent death from colon cancer.

      Polyps can be detected, removed and tested for malignancy before they have a chance to spread.

      The new study followed 2,602 patients who had precancerous growths removed during colonoscopies for an average of 15 years. Their risk of dying from colon cancer was 53 percent lower than what would be expected among a similar group in the general population — 12 patients followed in the study died, versus 25 estimated deaths in the general population.

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      Women More Likely To Die Of Heart Attack Than Men

      February 22, 2012 /

      More young women die of heart attack than men of the same age.

      One problem is that women don’t present with the typical symptoms of heart attack.

      Nausea, sweating, jaw pain and back pain are the more common heart attack symptoms that women experience.

      Often, women dismiss these symptoms and take longer to seek care which delays treatment leading to higher mortality.

      The study involved 1.4 million patients who experienced a heart attack between 1994 and 2006. It found that 42 percent of women arrived at the hospital without chest pain, compared to 30.7 percent of men.
      Of those hospitalized, 14.6 percent of women died, compared to 10.3 percent of men. The differences between the sexes were more pronounced in patients aged under 55 and faded away by the age of 75.

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      Cancer Battle Begins With Finding the Cause

      February 10, 2012 /

      Finding the cause of cancer is where the real battle lies.

      Finding a cause, much like the correlation of HPV with cervical cancer, could lead to a vaccine for breast cancer as well.

      Environmental factors and lifestyle need to be explored as major contributing factor to all cancers.

      In reality, we still do not know what causes breast cancer, which means we really do not know how to prevent it, either. That has pushed us to focus on looking for cancers that are already there, a practice long based on the assumption that all cancers were the same, grew at a similar rate and were visible in the breast for a period of time before spreading. It made sense: If you could find cancers earlier, you could save lives.

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