A new study suggests  that older women diagnosed with breast cancer years after their last mammogram, and those who never had a mammogram, have an increased risk of dying from  cancer. Researchers analyzed data from 8,600 women in the United States who were diagnosed with breast cancer. They found that 23 % of women who had their last mammogram five or more years before being diagnosed with breast cancer ha ...

Need to lose weight? Running will help more than walking, according to new research. And to keep off those lost pounds, continue running, suggests Paul Williams, a staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, who compared weight loss and weight control in thousands of runners and walkers over six years. The same amount of exercise in adults with a body mass index over 28 (deemed o ...

The experts from Harvard University promise that there will be pills to fight obesity in the future. They conducted a series of studies on rodents. During the experiment, the obese mice underwent bypass surgery. The body mass of the animals was reduced by 30% and did not increase even when the mice were fed with a very high-calorie diet. During the second part of the experiment, the microflora of the animal ...

Dinner Mistakes, Dinner Tips, Healthy DinnerWhile breakfast and lunch are often consumed alone or on the go, dinner is the most likely a group activity. That means it's very often more fraught with social conventions, family patterns, end-of-day exhaustion and other distractions than any other mealtime. But it's also a really important meal to get right. Nutrition experts as Lawrence J. Cheskin, M.D., direc ...

Overweight young adults are are in more danger than those who are not overweight to develop kidney disease by the time they are seniors, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed data from a long-term study of 4,600 people in the United Kingdom who were born in March 1946. The data included the participants' body-mass index at ages 20, 26, 36, 43, 53 and 60 to 64. Participants who were overweight in ea ...

The University of Missouri has conducted a study, which revealed that protein-rich breakfast will help people to loose wieght and to keep fit. The Breakfast Study An experiment was conducted with 20 obese women, 18 - 20 years old, who were divided into groups. The first group did not eat breakfast, the second group consumed protein foods (eggs and meat), and the third group ate the usual breakfast, like cer ...

A new study finds that the cost of caring for Americans with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia may now be as high as $215 billion a year - more than the cost of caring for heart disease or cancer . And that number is expected to rise as the elderly population grows. In 2010, U. S. spent between $157 - $215 billion on dementia care, researchers reported in the April 4 issue of the New England Journal o ...

Adults with recurrent sore throats might benefit from getting their tonsils removed, according to a new study from Finland. People tend to think of tonsillitis - sore and swollen tissues at the back of the throat - as occurring in childhood. However, some adults suffer from recurrent sore throats that result when tonsils are inflamed by bacterias. These constant infections can lead to repeated courses of an ...

Cases of a fungal lung infection called Valley Fever increased sharply in several southwestern states since the late 1990s, according to a report released Thursday. In Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, the number of cases climbed from less than 2,300 in 1998 to more than 22,000 in 2011, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. During that time, Arizona and California had th ...

Low levels of vitamin D during pregnancy are associated with an increased risk of complications in mothers-to-be and low birth weight in their newborns, a new study finds. The research shows an association but doesn't prove that insufficient vitamin D causes complications. Still, taking vitamin D supplements may help reduce these risks, the researchers noted. Researchers examined data from 31 studies publis ...