Get the best from your cereal
You’ve been told that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, right? If you’re a breakfast skipper, here are a couple of things you should know: People who skip breakfast are more than 4 times more likely to be obese than people who don’t. People who eat whole grain cereal at least 7 [...]
One tablet a month could help osteoporosis after menopause
One tablet (150mg) of the drug ibandronate (Boniva) a month could help women with postmenopausal osteoporosis. Boniva is related to the drugs Fosamax and Actonel both of which are available to be taken by mouth daily or weekly. All these are all drugs which help to prevent and treat osteoporosis after menopause. Boniva can be [...]
Postmenopausal women, sleep and stroke
Postmenopausal women who get less than 6 hours sleep or more than 9 hours a day are more likely to develop ischemic stroke than those who sleep for 7 hours. Women who slept more than 9 hours a day were over 70% more likely, and those who slept less than 6 hours were 14% more [...]
Can chocolate prevent heart disease in postmenopausal women?
Scientists at the University of East Anglia in the UK are carrying out a study to see if chocolate can reduce the risk of developing heart disease in post-menopausal women with type 2 diabetes. Chocolate is made out of cocoa which is rich in substances called flavonoids which are thought to be good for the [...]
February – Heart health for women
The month of february is here again when we remind ourselves that heart disease is the number 1 killer of women in the U.S. Many women still don’t know. Of the ones that do, many don’t take it seriously. Heart disease has always been popularly considered a male disease, the stereotype being the middle-aged executive [...]
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