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.
After my last post on school lunches , hundreds of parents, students, and school employees reached out to let me know what they’re doing to fix local lunches. Some wanted to display concern. Others wanted to know they could do to get involved
Modern healthcare technology has delivered previously undreamed of longevity, sometimes with, but often without, an accompanying quality of life. Medical technology not only has increased the average life span, it seduces us into believing that we can cheat death or bodily limitations. Organ transplants, cardiac catheterizations, and even fertility treatments reinforce the belief that we can all live long lives without having to bear bodies that don’t work as they should
A house with a gym removes your last excuse for not getting fit. Huma Qureshi looks at homes with their own fitness rooms
Add to My Stories Modern children’ s lifestyles are putting them at risk of developing rickets, doctors have warned. The bone disease, which was the scourge of Victorian Britain, is making a comeback because poor diets and the decline in outdoor play have led to a vitamin D deficiency. Factors such as more time spent inside playing on computers have reduced the amount of outdoor activity children get compared with previous generations.
We’ve seen our stress levels skyrocket as a society as we take on more at home and in the office. Our culture has answered this challenge by getting less sleep. Some think it’s a badge of honor
Sibutramine blamed for increasing patients’ chances of suffering a heart attack or stroke One of the country’s most commonly prescribed anti-obesity drugs has been banned across Europe after it was blamed for increasing patients’ chances of suffering a heart attack or a stroke. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) ordered doctors across the continent to stop prescribing sibutramine and told pharmacists not to dispense the drug, which is marketed in the UK as Reductil. The watchdog’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) acted after a study of 9,800 patients said the risks of sibutramine outweighed its minimal benefits.
For celebrities such as Tiger Woods, checking into a sex addiction clinic seems to be the norm these days when you have been accused of infidelity. But is it a real medical condition – or simply a convenient excuse?
