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Diabetes And Cancer: What’s Your Risk?
May 12, 2011 - 9:33pm
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Do you have diabetes or does it run in your family? Maybe you are pre-diabetic and not working very hard to lower your blood sugar. It’s time to pay attention and start working on your health because the April 2011 edition of Diabetes Care reported an increased risk between those with thosediabetes and developing certain cancers.
Obesity closely associated with depression: Cuban expert
Friday May 13, 2011 (1714 PST) |
ISLAMABAD: The word "fat" is fast becoming a social stigma and has a deep psychological toll on the individual, a Cuban health expert has said. Obesity is very closely associated with depression, Alberto Quirantes Hernandez, chief of Endocrinology Services at the Dr. Salvador Allende Teaching Hospital in Havana, said. An overweight person becomes frustrated and is unable to fully develop his personality, desires and interpersonal relationships. "Some diseases are very visible, but obesity is the only one that provokes disparaging remarks and condemnation," he said. Obese people may feel defenceless against verbal or other aggression, and their inner response may be one of guilt and shame, both in public life and in their most private relationships. |
Painkillers shoot up death risk in heart attacks
ISLAMABAD: Taking popular painkillers like Ibuprofen could kill people who have suffered a heart attack, researchers say.
Scientists looked at patients who had previously had a heart attack and started consuming the prescription drugs.
They found the use of the tablets, known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), was associated with a 45 percent increased risk of death or recurrent heart attack within as little as one week of treatment
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