Photo: Hopkinsii A study published in the British Medical Journal via Natural Awakenings found that calcium supplements can increase your risk of a heart attack by as much as 31 percen… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Investigators have identified two new genes associated with heart disease which could lead to better ways of recognizing those at risk and preventing heart attacks in some.
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Lots of people sleep with their dogs and cats, but the habit carries a low but real risk of diseases (including plague), infections (including MRSA), and parasites (including worms).
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The 2010-2011 flu season has arrived. Flu is spreading out across 11 states with high illness levels in four states and several cities.
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Couples can still be intensely in love even after many years of marriage and experience the same types of intense romantic feelings as people who have recently fallen in love, a study using brain scans shows.
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Building up to 10,000 steps each and every day can help control weight and may reduce diabetes risk, suggests new research in the British Medical Journal.
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A new study that looked at more than 2,000 urban Spanish adults challenges the thinking that people in Mediterranean countries all enjoy healthy diets and lifestyles.
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Prescription pain drugs that contain acetaminophen — among the most-prescribed drugs in the U.S. — will get a black-box label warning of liver-injury risk and a 325 mg limit on acetaminophen dose.
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Thirdhand smoke, the nicotine residue that is left behind on furniture, walls, and carpeting after a cigarette has been smoked in a room, can become airborne a second time, a new study shows.
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Updated guidelines from the American Geriatrics Society and the British Geriatrics Society recommend interventions such as the slow-motion Chinese martial art Tai Chi along with medication reviews to help prevent falls among the elderly.
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