Tag: osteoporosis
European Study Confirms Calcium’s Heart-Healthy Benefits
In a very recent study presented in the Annual Congress of European League Against Rheumatism, researchers discovered that low levels of calcium translated not only to weaker, less dense bones for postmenopausal women but it also predisposed the latter to high blood pressure. According to the researchers, women with low calcium levels were forty-three percent [...]
Posted: July 4th, 2010 under Heart Health, Women's Health.
Tags: Breast Cancer, Calcium, calcium supplementation, cancer prevention, colorectal cancer, heart attack, High Blood Pressure, hypertension, osteoporosis, Prostate Cancer
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Study Identifies Link Between Smoking and Urinary Health
In a recently concluded study presented in the annual conference of the American Urological Association, researchers pointed to a vital link between smoking, exercise and urinary health. The study involved two thousand individuals (males and females). The respondents were interviewed about their smoking habits and were also given questions regarding their urinary health. It was [...]
Posted: June 10th, 2010 under Exercise, Smoking, Urinary Health.
Tags: benefits of exercise, Breast Cancer, chronic diseases, Colon cancer, Depression, hypertension, osteoporosis, Smoking, smoking cessation, Stroke, type-2 diabetes
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Great Com’bone’ation
Study: Together, Antioxidants and Exercise Fight Osteoporosis When it comes to bone health, we typically think of two nutrients that are particularly bone-friendly: calcium and vitamin D. But the results of a new study should cause the mind to think of a new bone-building bloc: antioxidants and exercise. A recent report from a Canadian university [...]
Posted: June 24th, 2009 under antioxidants, Exercise.
Tags: osteoporosis, osteoporosis exercise, osteoporosis women, prevent osteoporosis
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