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Heart attack rates fall 17% after smoking bans

According to two new studies on recent laws, community smoking bans have a dramatic effect on reducing heart attacks. Two separate studies each found that heart attack rates fall 17% within a year...

Started in Healthy Reader • 3 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: environment, heart attack, rates, smoking bans
Bayer Contour USB Meter for diabetics

If you are a diabetic, it can be a lot of work keeping up with your blood levels etc. Well, here’s a useful device. The Contour USB meter from Bayer Diabetes Care is the first and only blood...

Started in Healthy Reader • 3 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: wellness, bayer contour usb meter, blood, diabetics, glucose
3 Cancer Fighting Foods in the Kitchen

It is possible to prevent thousands of breast and colon cancer cases. All it takes is you making smart lifestyle choices, according to the World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer...

Started in Healthy Reader • 3 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: food & drink, cancer fighting foods, kitchen, tips
Anxious kids at risk for obesity as adults

New research suggests that children with emotional difficulties have a greater risk of becoming obese in adulthood. In the study, researchers examined data from about 6,500 members of the 1970...

Started in Healthy Reader • 3 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: diet & nutrition, adults, anxious, kids, obesity
New surgery uses patient’s tooth to restore her sight

Doctors in Miami performed a surgery that used a 60-year-old patient’s tooth. The surgery is the first in the USA. Patient Sharron Thornton was able to see for the first time in nine years....

Started in Healthy Reader • 3 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: wellness, camera, eye, restore sight, surgery
Cutting salt intake would save $18B a year in health costs

It’s better to be preemptive than suffer problems later. If the police could magically know when a crime will happen, they could intercede and wallah, no crime. It isn’t that easy with...

Started in Healthy Reader • 3 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: diet & nutrition, $18b a year, health costs, salt intake, save
Not So Obvious Heartburn Triggers

More than 60 million people experience heartburn at least once a month. For some heartburn can be a constant problem. Some causes are obvious. They are the usual suspects. Chili dogs, chocolate cake,...

Started in Healthy Reader • 3 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: wellness, food & drink, health, heartburn, triggers
Do Allergies Get In The Way Of Your Sex Life?

You don’t typically think allergies and sex in the same sentence, but when polled, 83 percent of people with allergic rhinitis said it affected their sexual activity at least part of the time,...

Started in Healthy Reader • 3 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: wellness, allergies, hay fever, health, sex life
Death rate for children under 5 declines

8.8 million children die every year before the age of five. 40% of them are in India, Nigeria and Congo, according to the U.N. children’s agency. Now new data from UNICEF shows a continuing...

Started in Healthy Reader • 3 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: environment, children, death rate, health, un
8 Things in Your Home That May Be Harming You

We recently came across an interesting article that highlights some things in our homes that may be hurting us. Some you may have already suspected, some may surprise you. Our homes are full of...

Started in Healthy Reader • 4 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: home & garden, danger, health, illness
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