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A healthy lifestyle reduces breast cancer risk
Posted on Wed, 16 Sep 09

A healthy lifestyle reduces breast cancer risk

Lifestyle change may significantly reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence in breast cancer survivors, a major concern in these women. It has been found that obese women have a 50% increased risk for developing a secondary primary breast cancer, while those who consumed 7 or more alcoholic drinks per week had a 90% increased risk and smokers had a 120% increased risk of cancer reoccurrence (1).

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Secrets to a long and healthy life
Posted on Fri, 7 Aug 09

Secrets to a long and healthy life

The major causes of premature death and disease are due to preventable risk factors. To find out exactly which risk factors resulted in the highest number of early deaths a group from Harvard Medical School and their international colleagues have produced a large scale analysis with some striking findings.

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Walk away from cellular ageing
Posted on Tue, 21 Jul 09

Walk away from cellular ageing

Decline in the function and number of mitochondria, the energy producing component of your cells, has been associated with fatigue, disease and unhealthy ageing [1]. Modest physical activity reverses mitochondrial decline and can actually increases their number.

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