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Gender Differences in Blood Pressure Appears As Early As Adolescence, With Girls Faring Worse The female hormone estrogen is known to offer protection for the heart, but obesity may be taking away that edge in adolescent girls. New research from the University of California at Merced finds that although obesity does not help teens of [...]
As it turns out, you really can overdose on candy—or, more precisely, black licorice. Black licorice is an old fashioned treat that can be harmful if you eat too much. If you’re 40 or older, eating 2 ounces of black licorice a day for two weeks could cause an irregular heart rhythm (arrhythmia). Days before [...]
Yoga can relieve lower back pain, but it’s the stretching that helps, not the meditation. A new study found that yoga and regular stretching were equally effective at improving lower back pain symptoms, suggesting that the mindfulness promoted by yoga doesn’t do much for certain hurts. More than 200 adults with lower back pain were [...]
Having fussy toddlers is already a challenge as a parent, but a new study by Braun and colleagues in Pediatrics revealed that in utero exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) was positively associated with negative behavior changes in kids around age 3, particularly girls. BPA is found in a great number of products, from water bottles [...]
Women who take angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors to treat high blood pressure in the first trimester of their pregnancies are at no greater risk of having babies with birth defects than are women who take other types of high blood pressure medication or who take no blood pressure drugs, according to a new study from [...]
Wouldn’t it be cool to have Twilight vampire eyes for Halloween? Or deep violet eyes to match your purple sweater? How about your favorite sports team’s logo on your eyes just for fun? You can have all of these looks with decorative contact lenses (also called fashion contact lenses or color contact lenses, among other [...]
Contrary to popular belief that estrogen is a risk factor for stroke at all ages, researchers found that the sex hormone actually may prevent strokes in premature or early menopausal women. For the research, published in the journal Menopause, Mayo Clinic scientists analyzed seven other studies to determine how premature or early menopause is associated [...]
Recent Height Loss Predicts Hip Fracture Risk in Elderly, says Institute for Aging Research Study–Simple Measurement May Help Protect Seniors from Major Public Health Threat Elderly men and women who lost height over a two-year period are up to 54 percent more likely to suffer a hip fracture than those whose height was unchanged, according [...]
Smoking is definitely a risk factor for heart disease but until recently it was not known if this risk was higher in women. Study results published in Lancet in August 2011 suggest that the risk of heart disease due to smoking is higher in women. The large meta analysis suggested that the harmful effects of [...]
Many women over 50 continue to have an active sex life but most of the messages and campaigns about safe sex are aimed at younger generations. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Affairs (no pun intended) stresses the need for better communication between doctors and their older patients about sexual health and ways [...]
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