LONDON: An Egyptian princess who lived more than 3,500 years ago is the oldest known person to have had clogged arteries, dispelling the myth that heart disease is a product of modern society, a new study says.
To determine how common heart (...)
Women who gain too much weight during pregnancy have big babies, putting their children at risk of becoming heavy later on, a new study says.
American researchers followed all births in Michigan and New Jersey between 1989 and 2003. They then (...)
LONDON: Doctors could one day use a blood test to predict decades in advance when women will go into menopause, scientists say.
In research to be presented on Monday at a European fertility conference in Rome, Iranian experts say their (...)
People who complain they have no time to exercise may soon need another excuse.
Some experts say intense exercise sessions could help people squeeze an entire week s workout into less than an hour. Intense exercise regimens, or interval training, (...)
You ve heard it before: to avoid a heart attack don t smoke, eat right and exercise. But it also may help to be happy, a new study says.
Even if you re grumpy by nature, just try to be cheerful.
Researchers at Columbia University rated the (...)
LONDON: Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu - most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms - have failed to contain the disease.
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LONDON - International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category deeming both to be definite causes of cancer.
For years, scientists have described tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation as (...)
LONDON: European heart patients are taking more medication than ever before to lower their blood pressure and cholesterol, but bad habits such as overeating and smoking are undermining the drugs, a new study says. Despite big increases in heart (...)
To get an extra 14 years of life, don t smoke, eat lots of fruits and vegetables, exercise regularly and drink alcohol in moderation.
That is according to a study published Monday in the Public Library of Science Medicine journal.
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There's good news for all the sportsmen that crowd Cairo's football fields during Ramadan. A friendly game of football works off more fat and builds up more muscle than jogging, new research shows. Danish scientists, who conducted their research on (...)