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Bad habits take a decade off life: study

AFP Global Edition 64 days ago

Middle-aged male smokers with high cholesterol and blood pressure die, on average, a decade sooner than peers without any of these heart disease risk factors, according to a study published on Friday. Many studies have shown that not smoking, eating healthily and ...

Triple heart threat cuts decade off lifespan: study

AFP European Edition 64 days ago

Middle-aged male smokers with high cholesterol and blood pressure die, on average, a decade sooner than peers without any of these heart disease risk factors, according to a study published Friday. Many studies have shown that not smoking, eating healthily and exercising ...

Roughage not so good for bowels after all: study

AFP Global Edition 85 days ago

Grandma was wrong: wheat bran and other fibrous foods that do not dissolve easily in water not only fail to soothe irritable bowels, but may actually make things worse, a study reported Friday. While soluble types of bran, such as psyllium, appear ...

Calcium-rich dairy may prolong life: study

AFP Global Edition 117 days ago

Shunned by many as a source of artery-clogging cholesterol, calcium-rich dairy products consumed in childhood may in some cases add years to one's life, reported a study released Tuesday. A 65-year follow-up to a 1930's survey of more than 1,300 families in ...

Snap diagnosis: How camera phone brought disorder into focus

AFP Global Edition 121 days ago

Norwegian doctors are singing the praises of the camera phone, saying the tiny device installed in most mobiles these days can be a useful medical tool. In an unusual case reported in Friday's British Medical Journal (BMJ), obstetricians at St. Olav's University ...

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