Drinking beetroot juice regularly can reduce the risk of heart disease and high blood pressure, a new study has found. Researchers at University of Guelph in Canada found that dietary nitrate, a compound found in beetroot juice that dilates blood vessels to decrease blood pressure, may reduce overstimulation of the sympathetic nervous system that occurs with heart disease. Activation of the sympathetic nervous system include elevated heart rate and blood […]

Just a week of painkiller use can elevate the risk of heart attack, warns a new study. According to the study published in The BMJ journal, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to treat pain and inflammation could be raising risk of having a heart attack as early as in the first week of use and especially within the first month of taking high doses of such medication. Previous studies suggested that […]

Study at Iowa University found running at slow speeds is good for you Analysed 55,137 adults aged between 18 and 100 and determined healthy exercise ‘does not have to be exhausting or time-consuming’ Runners had a 30% lower risk of death from all causes and a 45% lower risk of death from heart disease and stroke They also lived, on average, three years longer than non-runners. Running for just seven […]

People who watch television for three hours a day or more are twice as likely to die in the next few years as people who watch little or no TV, a new study has found. It’s the latest in a series of studies that show sitting still can kill you. But this one has a few twists. TV watching seemed deadlier than sitting at a desk or driving a car […]

It was breakfast time and the people participating in a study of red meat and its consequences had hot, sizzling sirloin steaks plopped down in front of them. The researcher himself bought a George Foreman grill for the occasion, and the nurse assisting him did the cooking.   For the sake of science, these six men and women ate every last juicy bite of the 8-ounce steaks. Then they waited […]