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Early last week, Walter Breidigan felt tired and had a funny sensation of dizziness, like his blood pressure was plummeting down. The symptoms were familiar.
A good diet and exercise not only benefit the body but also can improve thinking, U.S. researchers at Duke University suggest. The researchers came to the conclusion after analyzing data of 124 men and women with high blood pressure who were 52 and overweight on average. A third of the participants went about eating and exercising as they usually did. Another third followed the DASH -- the ...
In a scientific breakthrough, a recent study headed by Professor Roland Stocker from Sydney University's Bosch Institute and Medical School has discovered a new way to control blood pressure.
Children, the elderly, people with high blood pressure or heart problems and golfers were warned yesterday to drink lots of water to prevent life-threatening heatstroke during this summer, as the mercury is soaring.
The DASH diet, combined with exercise and calorie restriction, improved mental functioning by 30 percent in overweight adults with high blood pressure compared to those who didn't diet or exercise, researchers reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. The DASH diet emphasizes eating low-fat dairy products, foods low in cholesterol and high in carbohydrates, and fruits ...
MU researcher provides safe alternative to medical treatmentsAccording to the Journal of Sexual Medicine, people who engage in regular sexual activity gain several health benefits, such as longer lives, healthier hearts, lower blood pressure, and lower risk of breast cancer. However, approximately 33 percent of women may not receive these benefits due to low sexual desire.
Researchers are currently testing a new drug, flibanserin, which was developed as an antidepressant and affects neurotransmitters in the brain, to treat women with low sexual desire. However, experts are concerned about the side effects of this possible treatment. Now, a researcher has found evidence that a low-cost, risk-free psychological treatment is effective and may be a better alternative ...
According to the Journal of Sexual Medicine, people who engage in regular sexual activity gain several health benefits, such as longer lives, healthier hearts, lower blood pressure, and lower risk of breast cancer. However, approximately 33 percent of women may not receive these benefits due to low sexual desire. Also, the marriages of women with low sexual desire may also be at risk, given a ...
Researchers are currently testing a new drug, flibanserin, which was developed as an antidepressant and affects neurotransmitters in the brain, to treat women with low sexual desire. However, experts are concerned about the side effects of this possible treatment. Now, a University of Missouri researcher has found evidence that a low-cost, risk-free psychological treatment is effective and may ...
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