Having high blood pressure increases your risk of having a heart attack or stroke. It can also lead to other
Month: May 2017
Hormone replacement therapy may increase risk of hearing loss
Hearing loss is inability to hear sounds of 25 decibels or under in speech. This often leads to difficulties understanding
How to treat osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease that decreases bone mass and deteriorates bone tissue that leads to an increased risk
Links between gout and western diet
Regular consumption of Western diet can increase the risk of developing gout, researchers have discovered that people are at risk
Taking pain killers increases the risk of heart attack
Taking ibuprofen or other common painkillers for only one week increases the risk of a heart attack. Data from 450,000
Sound-sleep can relief chronic pain
Pain physiologist Alban Latremoliere, PhD, of Boston Children’s and sleep physiologist Chloe Alexandre, PhD, of BIDMC precisely measured the effects
Cannabis reverses aging brain
Memory performance decreases with increasing age. Cannabis can reverse these ageing processes in the brain. This was shown in mice
Regular foot test for diabetic patients
Diabetic patients have greater risk of developing problems with their feet, due to the damage high blood sugar can cause
Vigorous exercise increases health risks
Vigorous exercise for a long period of time can change the composition of gut bacteria. The research looked at soldiers
Symptoms of an aortic abdominal aneurysm
An aortic abdominal aneurysm (AAA) is a swelling (aneurysm) of the aorta – the main blood vessels that leads away