Mood improves more after vigorous exercise, researchers find. Vigorous exercise offers more of a mood boost than less strenuous exercise, a new study finds. Researchers compared 11 sedentary people who did moderate and high-intensity exercise. Their mood was assessed before, during, immediately following, and 20 minutes after they did the …
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Intensive Glucose Control and Risk of Cancer
Type 2 diabetes has been associated with an increased risk of cancer. This study examines the effect of more vs. less intensive glucose control on the risk of cancer in patients with Type 2 diabetes. All 11,140 participants from the Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease trial were studied. Cancer …
Read More »Diabetic? Eat Almonds
Consuming a few almonds daily can help combat the lifestyle disease. “It does help in pushing diabetes away,” says Ritesh Gupta, head of clinical operation at Fortis C-Doc Hospital, New Delhi. “It is a healthy source of fiber, protein and calories and has been found to have a positive effect …
Read More »Structured Exercise Controls Blood Sugar
Structured exercise programs comprising aerobics, resistance training or both helps people with Type 2 diabetes control blood sugar levels, and although physical exercise advice by itself does not appear to make any difference, when combined with dietary advice it does.…
Read More »Salt Intake and High Blood Pressure Not Related?
Researchers found that people with low salt intakes were more likely to die of heart disease than people with higher salt intakes. But Harvard nutrition experts say the study is inaccurate and misleading….
Read More »ACE-I Lowers the Risk for Renal Disease in Obese Patients
Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition with the drug ramipril reduced the rate of renal events among patients with proteinuria in all body mass index (BMI) strata, but the effect was greater among obese patients.…
Read More »Cell Phones Keep Blood Pressure and Diabetes in Check
A mobile-phone-based remote patient monitoring system helped patients with Type 2 diabetes and uncontrolled hypertension get their blood pressure (BP) under control.…
Read More »Low-fat Dairy Doesn’t Help Kids Lose Weight
Kids who swap out regular dairy products for low-fat varieties consume less saturated fat but don’t seem to lose weight.…
Read More »Women Fare WorseThan Men When It Comes to Treatment of Heart Disease
Female heart attack patients are less likely to receive surgical intervention and there is a 30% higher death rate among those who do.…
Read More »Obesity Types in Vitamin D-Deficient Children Vary with Race
Obesity types in vitamin D-deficient children vary with race, according to the results of a reported study.…
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