Lowered BP after ‘no salt added’ diet
Monday, November 19th, 2007Simply avoiding pre-salted foods and not adding salt to foods can
result in a modest but statistically significant reduction in blood
pressure, study findings suggest.
Simply avoiding pre-salted foods and not adding salt to foods can
result in a modest but statistically significant reduction in blood
pressure, study findings suggest.
Young girls who drink milk infrequently may have a higher risk of
asthma than their peers, particularly if they are overweight, a new
study suggests.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Friday presented its revised
anti-doping code aimed at harshly punishing offenders but also
offering leniency for accidental drug-taking.
Sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe has announced a working group to
look at how UK Sport and the police could join forces in the fight
against doping.
Baseball home-run king Barry Bonds used steroids and then lied
about it to a federal grand jury, prosecutors said on Thursday in
charging him with perjury and obstruction of justice.
Obese women are at increased risk of having their infant die soon
after birth, especially if premature rupture of membranes (PROM)
occurs before full-term, according to a report in the journal
Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Overweight people lose virtually no weight after suffering a heart
attack, according to the first study to evaluate factors associated
with post-heart attack weight changes.
Experts caution against prescribing drug to patients who are
already depressed
How to prevent packing on extra pounds
Archaeologists find traces of the sweet in pottery more than 3,000
years old