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Health News Archive

2010

January 2010

  • Extra benefit from DASH-style diet with exercise and weight loss
  • Total dietary fat a risk marker in overweight young adults
  • Higher blood glucose levels increase risk of death from cancer
  • Healthy sleep and good brain function in kids and teenagers
  • Extra kilos increase risk of low back pain
  • Preventable warning signs of liver disease
  • Normal weight and good fitness reduce risk of heart failure
  • Poor sleep health common in elderly people with heart failure
  • Overweight young adults have higher blood pressure at mid-life
  • The built environment and health

 

February 2010

  • Abnormal body mass index linked to lower quality of life
  • Depression in diabetics decreases motivation for self-care
  • Positive outlook helps lower heart disease risk in adults
  • Genetic risk score of no benefit for heart disease in women
  • Better fitness improves quality of life in young men
  • Good routines help keep preschool kids healthy
  • Improving lifestyle important after heart-related chest pain
  • Obesity and use of prescription drugs for the heart and diabetes

 

March 2010

  • Regular leisure-time physical activity reduces job strain
  • Even adult brains can grow better
  • Social network and depression
  • Excess pregnancy kilos increase risk of long-term overweight
  • Good health linked to a better sex life
  • Overweight men with risky alcohol intake have much higher risk of dying from liver disease
  • Psychological distress linked to physical inactivity
  • Adolescent screen time reduces attachment to family and friends

April 2010

  • Natural rotten egg gas helps circulation
  • High screen-time increases obesity risk in Australian adults
  • Preventing mental health disorders - Beliefs of young Australians and health professionals
  • Circuit training improves exercise completion in overweight adults
  • Parental weight status and the risk of childhood obesity
  • Higher heart disease risk in mums bearing smaller infants
  • Excessive TV time and poorer mental health in adults
  • Obesity and the severity of breast cancer

 

May 2010

  • “Fit but fat” not as common as you might think
  • Misperception of overweight an ongoing problem
  • Chronic high blood glucose increases heart failure risk
  • Moderate red meat intake is heart and metabolism safe
  • Body fatness at young ages and breast cancer risk through life
  • Muscle power and activity prevent frail bones in older men
  • Daily fruit intake lowers future high blood pressure risk
  • High resting heart rate linked to higher diabetes risk in women
  • Obesity a heart disease risk even with normal blood pressure
  • Education, income and later life disability

June 2010

  • Stretching helps prevent soreness
  • Long-term benefit of physical activity in men
  • Family medical history ― worth taking note
  • Support is key to reduce unplanned pregnancy in young women
  • Poor sleep habits raise the odds of weight gain in women
  • Moderately raised blood pressure a heart disease risk even in healthy adults
  • Depressed mood reduces an ill smokers odds of quitting
  • No benefit from Vitamin E supplements for AMD in women

 

July 2010

  • Good aerobic fitness decreases internal body fat
  • Extended time spent sitting increases risk of death
  • Aerobic fitness level in men predicts heart disease risk
  • Being physically active reduces risk of death
  • Physical activity improves connections between brain regions
  • Smoking in diabetic women increases risk of bone fracture
  • Australians with low back pain need to exercise and stretch more
  • Genes play a small part in the obesity and type 2 diabetes story

August 2010

  • Body mass index and PSA level
  • Diabetes increases dementia risk
  • Hormone levels predict weight regain after diet-induced loss
  • High dietary acrylamide increases oesophageal cancer risk
  • Leisure-time physical activity helps prevent diabetes
  • Sun protection and severe sunburn risk factors
  • Preventing dementia in an ageing Australia
  • Low quality carbs, in high amounts increase diabetes risk
  • Good exercise habits reduce Parkinson’s disease risk
  • Neighbourhood factors that contribute to good health

 

September 2010

  • Beyond recreational activity: Being active at work and home helps reduce breast cancer risk
  • Exercise rehab helps heart disease patients calm their hearts
  • Arthritis supplements no better than placebo for joint pain
  • Greater fullness from higher protein meals during weight loss in men
  • High income improves evaluation of life but not emotional well-being
  • Smoking reduction prior to a quit attempt improves success rate
  • Resting heart rate helps predict future weight gain
  • Modest weight loss decreases urinary incontinence in women
October 2010
  • Genes only worsen body weight when combined with a high fat diet
  • Poor diet quality predicts increasing waist lines in Aussie adults
  • Public transport users burn more calories
  • Eating frequency is not a key weight-gain factor in women
  • Pre-diabetes increases heartburn
  • Effect of food portion-size on energy intake and bite-size
  • Poor sleep undermines dietary efforts to reduce overweight
  • Exposure to occupational noise increases heart disease risk
  • Lifestyle factors and productivity at work
  • Alcoholic intake and prostate cancer

 

November 2010
  • Physical activity reduces endometrial cancer risk
  • Pathways into women’s problem drinking
  • High salt intake increases stomach cancer risk
  • Vitamin D and physical function in men
  • Eating whole grains for healthier body fat 
December 2010
  • High physical activity level over 20 years and weight gain
  • Healthy lifestyles help prevent AMD in women
  • More prevention awareness needed for heart disease
  • Counseling leads to small improvements in healthy habits
  • Low physical activity increases depression risk in women
  • Extra body fat compromises healthy knees

  


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