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Being Overweight Raises Risk of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Too much body fat may increase women’s risk of triple-negative breast cancer, a rarer and more aggressive form of the disease; claims in a new study. According to the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation, this type of breast cancer is diagnosed when a cancer lacks three “receptors” associated with breast cancer tumors: estrogen receptors, progesterone [...]
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Sugary Drinks Raise Blood Pressure
Sweetened beverages, like soda and fruit drinks, may increase your risk of high blood pressure, claims a new study. Findings showed that every “extra” can of sugary soda consumed increased both systolic and diastolic blood pressure readings. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventions warns that any drink containing high-fructose corn syrup, fructose, fruit [...]
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Is Mom’s Work Schedule Making Kids Fat?
A recent study has linked children’s weight to the amount of time their mothers were away at work growing up. The researchers found that the total number of years mothers were employed had a small but growing influence on their children’s BMI. The research team studied body mass index (BMI) data from 990 children in [...]
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Best of Soy Guide for Women
I’m not sure how I feel about the concept of meaningful coincidences or synchronicity. But that doesn’t stop me from assigning significance to patterns that seem to crop up for whatever reason. In the past few weeks several people that I know have expressed a concern about the estrogenic properties of soy foods and supplements. [...]
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What Is Diabetes Mellitus?
The number of people around the world suffering from diabetes has skyrocketed in the last two decades, from 30 million to 230 million, claiming millions of lives and severely taxing the ability of health care systemsto deal with the epidemic, according to data released Saturday by the International Diabetes Federation. What is diabetes? Diabetes is [...]
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