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Drinking green tea could prevent artery explosion

August 30, 2016 SrijitaArtery, Could, Drinking, explosion, Green, Prevent, Tea

Drinking green tea could prevent artery explosion (Getty Images) Your love for green tea might save you from abdominal aortic rupture — a deadly condition of the main artery of the body that often turns out to be a silent killer, researchers say. The findings showed that green tea polyphenol, which is a major component of green tea, can help in preventing the abdominal aortic aneurysm — a condition in which the main artery becomes overstretched and bloated. In the study, the team treated rats with enzymes that induce abdominal…

Balanced Combination of Diet, Exercise May Prevent Heart Problems

August 30, 2016 SrijitaBalanced, Combination, Diet:, exercise:, Heart, May, of, Prevent, Problems

Shedding those extra kilos through a balanced combination of diet and exercise may provide strong protection against heart disease for people suffering from obesity, a new study has found. According to the study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a combination of healthy eating and exercise is the preferred roadmap to a healthy heart. “For men and women with excess body weight, modest weight loss provides powerful protection against cardiovascular disease, regardless of whether weight loss is achieved by using exercise, a healthy low-calorie diet, or both,” said…

Helmets Prevent Severe Head Injuries in Bike Accidents

August 24, 2016 SrijitaAccidents, Bike, Head, Helmets, In, Injuries, Prevent, Severe

Despite some criticism of bike helmets for not being protective enough, they do cut the risk of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) by half when riders suffer a head injury, a U.S. study suggests.Riders with helmets were also less likely to die from their injuries, and less likely to break facial bones, than those not wearing a helmet, researchers report in American Journal of Surgery. “It’s similar to wearing a seat belt, said Dr. Jerri Rose, a pediatric emergency physician at University Hospitals’ Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland,…

Virtual reality, treadmill training may prevent falls in elderly

August 12, 2016 Srijitaelderly, Falls, In, May, Prevent, Reality, Training, treadmill, Virtual

Virtual reality, treadmill training may prevent falls in elderly (Getty Images) Combining virtual reality and treadmill training is likely to help prevent falls in older adults better than treadmill training alone, suggests a research. The intervention, which combines the physical and cognitive aspects of walking, consists of a camera that captures the movement of participants’ feet and projects it onto a screen in front of the treadmill, so that participants may ‘see’ their feet walking on the screen in real time. “Our approach combines treadmill exercise and virtual reality to…

Leg Movement While Sitting May Prevent Arterial Disease

August 11, 2016 Srijitaarterial, Disease, Leg, May, movement, Prevent, Sitting, While

If you spend a lot of time in front of the computer or television, don’t forget to move your legs every now and then. A new study has found that fidgeting while sitting can protect the blood vessels in legs and potentially help prevent arterial disease.”We wanted to know whether a small amount of leg fidgeting could prevent a decline in leg vascular function caused by prolonged sitting,” said lead author of the study Jaume Padilla, Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri in Columbia. “While we expected fidgeting to…

Leg movement while sitting may prevent arterial disease

August 8, 2016 Srijitaarterial, Disease, Leg, May, movement, Prevent, Sitting, While

Leg movement while sitting may prevent arterial disease (Getty Images) If you spend a lot of time in font of the computer or television, don’t forget to move your legs every now and then. A new study has found that fidgeting while sitting can protect the blood vessels in legs and potentially help prevent arterial disease. “We wanted to know whether a small amount of leg fidgeting could prevent a decline in leg vascular function caused by prolonged sitting,” said lead author of the study Jaume Padilla, Assistant Professor at…