Recently added articles from Women's Health Advisor:
Curb consumption of added sugar for better heart health.
Nov 01, 2009 ... Research has determined that eating excessive amounts of added sugar contributes to many conditions that increase your risk of cardiovascular problems, including obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure. In an effort to reduce this dietary health threat, the American ...
Some estrogen supplements do not protect bones.
Nov 01, 2009 ... Researchers who compared four supplements that claimed to boost bone health to traditional medical therapies that treat bone loss and found only two soy-based supplements had any beneficial effect on bones. The supplements studied were soy cotyledon, soy germ, red clover, and kudzu. The ...
Lower vitamin D in younger years, higher blood pressure in older years.
Nov 01, 2009 ... Women who had vitamin D deficiencies in their earlier adult years are up to three times more likely to have elevated blood pressure as they get older, according to a study presented at a meeting of the American Heart Association on September 24, 2009. The women in the study were between ...
Feeling hopeless linked with higher stroke risk.
Nov 01, 2009 ... Women with feelings of hopelessness, categorized by negative thinking and feeling useless, had thicker neck arteries, which increases the risk of stroke, according to a a study published online on August 29, 2009 in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. The researchers studied ...
Don't ignore leg pain--it could be peripheral arterial disease: proper diagnosis can lead to timely treatment and faster relief of symptoms.(VASCULAR HEALTH)
Nov 01, 2009 ... If you experience leg pain when you walk, it could be caused by a pinched nerve in the back (sciatica), arthritis in one or more joints, tendonitis or even chronic venous insufficiency (the vein,, can't efficiently return blood to the heart). But an often overlooked source of pain while ...