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fitness news , Font size Women's Health Endurance Exercise Boosts Brain Health - Reported, October 17 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) – A new study from Harvard University identifies a molecule called irisin that is produced in the brain during endurance exercise and has neuroprotective effects. Dr. Bruce Spiegelman of the … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Exercise as Effective as Prescriptions? - Reported, October 04 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Exercise is potentially just as effective as many drugs for four diseases, according to new research. Researchers from London School of Economics, Harvard University, and Stanford … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Lactation May Be Linked to Aggressive Cancer in Mexican Women - Reported, October 01, 2013 Scientific data suggest that a woman reduces her risk of breast cancer by breastfeeding, having multiple children and giving birth at a younger age. A study led by the University of California, … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Fat Grafts Used for Breast Augmentation - Reported, October 01 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) – A new study from Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark, finds that stem-cell enriched fat grafting may be a preferred alternative for reconstructive surgery. Liposuction is a common … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Farms can Improve Immune System!   - Reported, October 01, 2012   (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Living in a farming environment can reduce hypersensitivities and allergies, according to research from Aarhus University in Denmark. The study found new environmental exposures found in farming … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Don't Drug Me, Doc! Mastering The MRI - Reported, October 01 2013   JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Getting an MRI can be scary and uncomfortable—especially if you’re claustrophobic. While sedation is an option, there’s growing concern about the effects of general … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health 'Donkey ambulance' helping Afghanistan's pregnant women   - Reported, 26 January 2013   Inventive ideas for delivering healthcare cheaply to poor parts of developing countries have been unveiled at a conference at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Among the designs is the Donkey … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health New Guidelines on Obstructive Sleep Apnea - Reported, September 24 2013   Doctors should encourage obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to lose weight and recommend continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) as initial therapy for all patients with OSA, or mandibular … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Hip, Hip Hooray! - Reported, September 06 2013   CINCINNATI, Ohio. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- When it takes you ten minutes to walk up a flight of stairs, something is very wrong. Well, that's what life was like for a young woman who had a mysterious hip pain. Doctors are now using … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Can Cholesterol Drugs Prevent Dementia? - Reported, September 04 2013   Can Cholesterol Drugs Prevent Dementia? Although controversial, statins, a class of drugs used to lower cholesterol, were found to provide a protective effect against dementia in a recent study. In a paper … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health British adults have stopped getting fatter   - Reported, 03 September 2013   Adults in Britain have stopped getting fatter after years of rising obesity rates, a new study has shown. However, Britain's average size is still on the rise due to a small group who are continuing to pile … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Australian woman pregnant after pioneering ovarian transplant   - Reported, 03 September 2013   An Australian woman is pregnant after undergoing a pioneering operation in which ovarian tissue was transplanted into her abdomen. 02 Sep 2013 The patient, known as Vali, had been rendered … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health How Women Keep a Healthy Weight May Impact Their Children - Reported, August 27 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Weight loss surgery by women before giving birth may have a negative impact on the long-term health of their children, according to new research. Researchers studied the … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Negative Effects of Half-Siblings - Reported, August 15 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Researchers from Bowling Green State University and Iowa State University have concluded that adolescents who have half-siblings with a different father are more likely to have used drugs and had … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health A New Route to a New Hip - Reported, August 15 2013   DALLAS, Texas, (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- 120-thousand people will have a hip replaced this year. That’s ten thousand people a month who are suffering with a pain so bad it hurts when they walk, or even move their joints. Now, … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Sight and Lifesaving Sunglasses - Reported, August 15 2013   NEW YORK, N.Y. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- You slather on SPF 50 to protect your skin from the sun, but how do you protect your eyes? A recent survey says less than half of 10,000 Americans polled know the health benefits of … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health High Pain Sensitivity Linked to Dry Eye Disease - Reported, August 15 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Researchers at the University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands, suggest that high pain sensitivity and low pain tolerance is associated with symptoms of dry eye disease. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Semagacestat for Treating Alzheimer’s May Not be Safe? - Reported, July 30 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) –Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by the existence of cortical amyloid-beta protein plaques, which result from the sequential action of ß-secretase and ?-secretase on amyloid … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Middle East Coronavirus now in Italy - Reported, July 13 2013 Now a virus that has caused respiratory failure and 30 deaths has turned up in Italy. The World Health Organization says lab tests have confirmed the infections in a 2-year-old girl and a 42-year-old woman with the Middle … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Fertility & Pregnancy Sweden Muslims health risk during Ramadan   - Reported July 13, 2013   Swedish Muslims north of the Arctic circle have long waited for and feared this summer. When the sun never sets, they have pondered how to observe Ramadan, when devout Muslims fast from sun up to sun … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Fury as Spain charges Britons for health care - Reported, July 13 2013 Spain is in trouble with the European Commission because some hospitals are refusing to recognise the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) which Britons carry in the expectation of obtaining free medical treatment. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Russia to start sales of cigarette packs with warning messages and images   - Reported, July 13, 2013   Starting next week, cigarette packages in Russia will carry warning messages and images, a health ministry official said Tuesday, as part of new federal legislation. President … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Greece reintroduces forced HIV testing   - Reported, July 13, 2013   A controversial measure that allows the police to detain people and force them to be tested for HIV has been reinstated by the new Greek health minister, Adonis Georgiadis. In one of his first decisions … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Maternal mortality in Russia down more than 50% since 2005   - Reported, July 13, 2013   Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday that the country’s maternal mortality rate had dropped over 50% since 2005, from 25.4 to 11.5 of 100,000 in 2012. Last year’s number was … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Fertility & Pregnancy Smoking During Pregnancy Increases Risk For Obesity And Diabetes For Unborn Daughters   - Reported May 24, 2013   A new study suggests another worrisome outcome — women who smoke during pregnancy significantly increase their daughters' risk of developing both obesity and … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Greece Women Health Information   - Reported, January 23, 2012   Greece and the Greek Islands do not present any health problems, any strange or particular disease and consequently, no vaccines are required to travel in Greece. However, there are some common vaccinations to all … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Cartilage Damage Helps Detect Osteoarthritis? - Reported, July 03 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disorder and affects about one-third of older adults. New research suggests that cartilage damage from exercise may aid in early detection of … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Food is addictive: A study - Reported, June 29 2013   Drug addiction and food addiction are similar, a new study has found. Food could be as addictive as class-A drug heroin and nicotine in cigarettes, claims a new study. Researchers have found substance abuse and food with a high … [Read more...]