Almost 80% of heart attacks are preventable
A study published today in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology has demonstrated that a healthy diet and lifestyle could prevent almost 80% of heart attacks.
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Posted on Mon, 22 Sep 14
Posted on Mon, 16 Sep 13
Lifestyle changes shown to increase telomere length for the first time
Dr Dean Ornish and colleagues have published a study in the Lancet showing for the first time that comprehensive lifestyle changes can increase the length of telomeres. Longer telomeres protect against age related disease and are linked to longevity.
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Posted on Mon, 23 Apr 12
Breaking up sitting lowers blood glucose by 30%
Are you sitting at your desk reading this? Research has shown that sitting for long periods has a detrimental effect on your blood glucose control and increases your risk of diabetes and heart disease. Short activity breaks have a bigger benefit than you thought.
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Posted on Mon, 30 Jan 12
Dr Dean Ornish on reversing illness and increasing longevity with diet and lifestyle change (video)
Dr Dean Ornish has been studying how simple lifestyle changes have the power to not just prevent but swiftly reverse chronic illness.
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Posted on Mon, 2 May 11
Mental illness needs TLC (Therapeutic Lifestyle Change)
Healthy lifestyle changes may be as effective or superior to medication for mental illness yet treatment tends to favour drugs. The way we care for mental health needs to change.
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Posted on Sun, 29 Aug 10
An unhealthy lifestyle can give you a headache, literally.
Chronic headaches are a real pain and although popping pills might help lasting relief could depend on making healthy lifestyle choices. Smoking, lack of exercise and being overweight are associated with migraine and tension headaches in adults and a new report has found that this is true for adolescents as well.
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