http://www.healthandwellnesstimes.com Health, Wellness, Nutrition, Wealth, Living Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:50:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Europeans and the Americans do seem to take a different approach to HRT, with the former being more sceptical and sometimes disagreeing with US findings. This is the case with some new research from Sweden which has reported that women who receive hormone replacement therapy appear to be at ... http://www.healthandwellnesstimes.com/hrt-linked-to-42-increase-in-cataract-risk/ Personally the daily use of low dose aspirin as a preventive for heart health has never really convinced me, and recent reports back that up. Researcher F. Gerald R. Fowkes, PhD, of the University of Edinburgh has found that “aspirin appears to have ‘marginal benefits’ for reducing initial cardiovascular events ... http://www.healthandwellnesstimes.com/fruit-juice-can-replace-low-dose-aspirin-for-heart-health/ Flying these days can present some challenges: risk of DVT, food poisoning from inadequately heated food, and all those airborne viruses so a round of applause for Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates based in Abu Dhabi. No, I have never heard of them either, but ... http://www.healthandwellnesstimes.com/the-world%e2%80%99s-healthiest-airline/ We all get tired from time to time, but apparently today’s women, and men too, could do with an extra day in the week to get everything done. You could of course argue that they would do best to cut down what they do, but realistically that isn’t always possible ... http://www.healthandwellnesstimes.com/too-tired-to-socialise-an-eastern-natural-remedy/ I love technology that makes life better, and reminds me that most of the things I read about in 1930’s sci fi books have now mostly come true – how we laughed at the idea of a complete meal cooked in minutes from a box in the wall – hello ... http://www.healthandwellnesstimes.com/the-sound-asleep-mp3ipod-comfort-pillow-and-how-it-can-help-tinnitus/ This information comes from the US, but it is likely to be highly relevant for all women on a western diet. Before menopause, women have a lower risk of stroke compared to men of similar age, but this situation reverses after menopause and women with a high fat intake at ... http://www.healthandwellnesstimes.com/high-fat-diet-linked-to-strokes-in-post-menopausal-women/ If you enjoy winter sports, or have been watching the 2010 Winter Games a surprise health fact has emerged. It is well documented that alpine athletes are particularly in danger of developing skin and lip cancers due to prolonged exposure to harmful ultraviolet radiation while training and competing at high ... http://www.healthandwellnesstimes.com/something-you-didn%e2%80%99t-know-about-winter-sports/ Although gout is characterised as a disease of old colonels who have drunk too much port, the reality is it can affect men and women who may never have had a drink in their lives. It is often genetically inherited and although more common in older men and women after ... http://www.healthandwellnesstimes.com/women-with-gout-at-increased-heart-risk/ Pfizer are I believe the second largest drug company in the world, and research articles published on their drugs run into the thousands. Now in the US, Dr. Scott Reuben, a former member of Pfizer's speakers' bureau, has agreed to plead guilty to faking dozens of research studies that were ... http://www.healthandwellnesstimes.com/lies-research-and-drug-companies/ If you are suffering from angina, you may well carry a drug containing nitro-glycerine to put under the tongue in the event of an attack. Nitro-glycerine is used because it dilates the vessels to lower the blood pressure and dilates the coronary arteries to bring rapid relief from symptoms such ... http://www.healthandwellnesstimes.com/prostate-cancer-and-nitro-glycerine/