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 Cardiovascular Information - December 1, 2008
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Jacob Cherian - All Headline News Contributor New York (AHN)-- A new study suggests that drinking 1 to 3 cups of coffee per day may help protect against cardiovascular disease and other illnesses with inflammation | | Religious activities may significantly lower blood pressure, according to a study of over 5,300 African-Americans. Sharon Wyatt, the author of the study, says hypertension is the foremost risk factor in the development of cardiovascular disease in African-Americans | | According to a new research an elderly person's ability to walk a quarter mile can help predict their future health and even how long they will live. The multi-center U.S. study involved nearly 3,000 healthy people ages 70 to 79 says the Health Day | | Persistent depression may indicate future nursing home admission for seniors, new research shows. Researchers from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Baltimore and George Washington University in Washington, D.C. surveyed seniors to investigate the link between depression and nursing home admission. A total of 13,261 of the 141,000 seniors surveyed said they had "felt sad or depressed much of the time" during the last year. At the end of the study period, 13 percent of them were living in nursing homes | | Scientists have found that cooked tomatoes contain a vital ingredient that could help fighting against cardiovascular disease, according to a report on the Website Alpha Galileo. Tomatoes contain lycopene which is an antioxidant, the Website quoted scientists from Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU)'s Nutraceutical Research Group as saying | |
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