Add to My Stories Marathons are ever popular with celebrities like chef Gordon Ramsay regularly taking part. But even healthy competitors could hurt their hearts Marathon runners who are not fully fit should take heed – they can cause damage to their heart that will take three months to repair, according to researchers.
A woman’s blood type could affect her fertility and influence her chances of getting pregnant, scientists have found A woman’s blood group could influence her chances of getting pregnant, scientists have found. Those with blood type O may struggle to conceive due to a lower egg count and poorer egg quality, while those with blood group A seem to be more fertile. More than 560 women with an average age of 35 undergoing fertility treatment took part in the research, led by experts from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and Yale University
UN delegates and advocates gathered last month in New York to assess progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). With just five years remaining to meet the goals, and maternal health (Goal 5) the furthest off-track, the MDG Summit was an important opportunity for those of us in the reproductive health field to come together and fight for women and families. Compared to the pre-summit hoopla, however, I am struck by the silence that has followed
Hypnotic Latin dancing? Fire-escape climbs? Inspirational spinning classes?
Infecting over 3,000 people and killing at least 250, a cholera outbreak is currently sweeping across Haiti, bringing a new wave of tragedy to a nation which, until now, had been slowly recovering from a massive earthquake earlier this year. Unfortunately, the cholera outbreak is only the latest in a line of infectious diseases to strike one of the world’s developing regions in recent years.
Add to My Stories In the right hands, medical lasers can have almost miraculous effects. They can erase unsightly thread veins and birthmarks, and treat the redness of the skin disease rosacea. These powerful beams of light even reduce scarring and stretch marks, and eliminate unwanted body hair.
Add to My Stories A battered red scrapbook stuffed with yellow newspaper clippings and a few old photographs are the only memorabilia Robert Lawrence has of his Falklands War. ‘The dog ate it,’ he quips, slinging it down on the kitchen counter and pulling up a stool.
Can you eat a healthy, whole foods, mostly organic diet, even on a shoestring budget? As a frequent and thrifty shopper, I know it can be done — even if you’re not a vegetarian.
LONDON — A new analysis suggests that taking a low dose of aspirin may modestly reduce the risk of developing colon cancer or dying of the disease. But experts say aspirin’s side effects of bleeding and stomach problems are too worrisome for most people to take the drug for that reason alone. A U.S.
Despite the 80-degree heat, thousands of Egyptians and International visitors showed their support for a cure for breast cancer by walking or running 1.5 miles through the magical landscape of the ancient Pyramids of Giza. To commemorate Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the race was organized by The Breast Cancer Foundation of Egypt and Susan G.
Add to My Stories You might not be surprised by the fat and sugar content of your coffee-shop treat. But there is a third and less likely sting for those partial to a scone or a muffin.
Add to My Stories A little girl crippled by cerebral palsy has been helped to regain movement in her body by an extraordinary piece of gym equipment called The Spider. The unique device is so named because it is built like a spider’s web that holds youngsters up with elastic ropes. Grace Windram, four, could barely move when she first started using the apparatus at Footsteps physiotherapy centre in Warborough, Oxfordshire.
Add to My Stories New mothers often grumble that their brain has turned into mush. But having a baby may actually make you brighter, a study has found. Research shows that a woman’s grey matter grows in the weeks and months after she has given birth.
