Health & Fitness
Could too much calcium be bad for your heart?
February 21, 2015
Could too much calcium be bad for your heart?
In a recent analysis from the National Institutes of Health, men who took calcium tablets were more likely to die…
Trouble falling asleep may signal high blood pressure
February 20, 2015
Trouble falling asleep may signal high blood pressure
Trouble sleeping, especially trouble falling asleep, may be associated with high blood pressure, according to a new study from China.This is…
Egyptian doctor invents new drug for infertility
February 19, 2015
Egyptian doctor invents new drug for infertility
Dr. Ali Farid won the 2014 best research award of the American Journal of Medicine and the American Journal of…
Obesity treatment progress is “unacceptably slow”
February 19, 2015
Obesity treatment progress is “unacceptably slow”
Global progress toward tackling obesity has been "unacceptably slow", health experts said on Wednesday, with only one in four countries…
Gradual smoking cessation may be possible with nicotine addiction pill
February 18, 2015
Gradual smoking cessation may be possible with nicotine addiction pill
A nicotine addiction pill can help smokers quit gradually when they can't go cold turkey, a study finds, suggesting that it…
Long-term meditation tied to less brain loss
February 18, 2015
Long-term meditation tied to less brain loss
Meditation over many years is tied to smaller age-related decreases in brain volume, according to a new study.People who reported…
Anti-gravity fitness combines yoga, ballet moves
February 17, 2015
Anti-gravity fitness combines yoga, ballet moves
AIRBarre, a new group fitness class, combines the dance-based moves of a ballet barre class with the suspension hammocks of…
Stem cells offer promising key to new malaria drugs: U.S. research
February 15, 2015
Stem cells offer promising key to new malaria drugs: U.S. research
Human stem cells engineered to produce renewable sources of mature, liver-like cells can be grown and infected with malaria to…
26% of Egyptians suffer hypertension
February 15, 2015
26% of Egyptians suffer hypertension
Dr. Mohamed Mohsen Ibrahim, head of the Egyptian Society of Hypertension, said official statistics indicate that 26 percent of Egyptian…
Hormone drugs boost ovarian cancer risk by 40%
February 13, 2015
Hormone drugs boost ovarian cancer risk by 40%
Menopausal women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) boost the risk of ovarian cancer by 40 percent, even if they…