30th November 2012
Leisure-time physical activity is associated with longer life expectancy, even at relatively low levels of activity and regardless of body weight, according to a study by a team of researchers led by the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. The study found that people who engaged...
Categories: Sport & Exercise, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
Read more...26th November 2012
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle from young adulthood into your 40s is strongly associated with low cardiovascular disease risk in middle age, according to a new study.
The study, the first to show the association of a healthy lifestyle maintained throughout young adulthood and middle age with low cardiovascular...
Categories: Nutritional News, Sport & Exercise, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
Read more...26th November 2012
If you have optimal heart health in middle age, you may live up to 14 years longer, free of cardiovascular disease, than your peers who have two or more cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The study found that many people...
Categories: Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
Read more...26th November 2012
Regular physical activity may help older people reduce their chances of getting dementia.
In a new study published in the American Heart Association journal Stroke, older, non-disabled people who regularly engaged in physical activity reduced their risk of vascular-related dementia by 40 percent and cognitive...
Categories: Sport & Exercise, Healthy Aging
Read more...12th November 2012
Colon cancer survivors whose diet is heavy in complex sugars and carbohydrate-rich foods are far more likely to have a recurrence of the disease than are patients who eat a better balance of foods, a new study by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers indicates.
More than 1,000 patients with advanced (stage...
Categories: Nutritional News
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