Pants Size and Cancer Risk
Cancer October 28th, 2009
Do not ignore the size of the waist and groin which gradually increasing diameter. Signs of obesity in the two parts of the body is a signal has occurred in the abdominal fat deposition.
Fat accumulation is usually hidden and surrounding organs in the abdomen and associated with type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and the risk of heart disease.
“For a long time has been hypothesized that the size of our clothing is a tangible sign of obesity and fat inside the abdomen,” said Dr. AE Laura Hughes, of Maastricht University, Netherlands.
Using information from 2500 men and women involved in the study of diet and cancer, the researchers tried to justify the link between clothing size and the size of the waist and thighs, with a body mass index. According to the researchers, the size of a skirt or pants in the present one associated with the risk of cancer in the future.
During 13 years of the study period, the researchers found that in women, the size of a large skirt can predict the risk of endometrial cancer. While the men, the size of a large trousers could be used to predict the risk of kidney cancer. Read the rest of this entry »
Love your heart in the Workplace
Healthy Lifestyle October 1st, 2009
Today many people are busy working to forget about his health. And health is important, especially heart health. Heart disease is influenced by factors other than derivatives can also be triggered by a job and work environment.
Heart disease has become the number 1 killer in the world. Besides heart disease regardless of gender, because now the ratio between men and women that heart disease has reached 1:1. And lifestyle play an important role in determining health.
Examination of blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol is necessary for workers to find out if she has a risk of heart disease or not. World health agencies (WHO) estimates that the loss of income of a company between 2005 until the year 2015 will continue to increase, due to the number of reproductive age who suffer from chronic diseases.
“The work that can trigger heart disease is a job that has a high stress level and work just sitting without any exercise or physical activity,” said dr. Goddess Andang Joesoef, Chairman of Indonesian Heart Foundation, when contacted detikHealth, Monday (28/9/2009). Read the rest of this entry »
