Nearly one in three people in the United States will develop shingles, or herpes zoster, in their lifetime. Now, a new study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases reveals that people with cancer are at greater risk of developing this painful condition, reports the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA). Shingles is caused by… Read More »
Print this page THURSDAY, Jan. 10, 2019 — A large, new analysis helps confirm that eating lots of grains, vegetables and fruit lowers your risk of dying early from cancer or heart disease. When compared with those who consume very little fiber, people at the high end of the fiber-eating spectrum saw their risk for… Read More »
Have you overlooked strawberries in your healthy food diet. If so you should pay attention to this. Strawberries earned the highest score based upon findings by the Overall Nutrition Quality Index, a measurement system developed by Yale’s Prevention Research Center. Strawberries received a score of 100 the highest possible. In addition to being loaded with… Read More »
“Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.”- Eleanor Roosevelt Make practicing mindfulness daily a health priority in 2019. It helps to put some space between yourself and your reactions, breaking down the conditioned responses. Think in the present, Live in the present by practicing these tips,… Read More »
An additional 3,591 women have not received information about NHS cervical cancer screening, it has emerged. Capita, the company contracted to send out the screening invitations, made the discovery while investigating an administrative error already known to have affected 40,000 women in England. NHS England says there is no evidence of any harm having resulted… Read More »
While we have identified various sociodemographic variables as factors which modulate vulnerability to menopausal symptoms, no studies (to my knowledge) have looked at how a history of intimate partner violence (IPV) or other traumatic exposures may affect susceptibility to menopausal symptoms. A recent study looked at menopausal symptoms in 2,016 women (40 to 80… Read More »