risk factors

In 2004, a report was released which claimed that a smoking ban in Montana had resulted in an almost immediate 40 percent reduction of admissions to hospital for acute heart attacks. The report led to a surge in research on the impact of…

Your environmental wellness, or your exposure to toxins, is intrinsically linked to your overall wellbeing. This has already been established in countless studies, but a new one has come into the fray to add to what we already know;…

Bones play many roles in your body — providing structure, protecting organs, anchoring muscles and storing calcium – but the problem is that they’re continuously changing. When you’re young it’s important to take care of bone health because…

Hearing loss is a common genetic disorder; in fact, approximately 1.4 out of every thousand children born in the United States has some form of hearing impairment. Even children who test normal as infants can develop a hearing impairment…

Go to Source HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM) are apparently at risk for sexual acquisition of hepatitis C virus (HCV), the National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project reports. Their risk factors are likely similar to those of…

The New England Journal of Diabetes published a research study in 2006 which came away with two very interesting observations. The first was that a variation of the TCF7L2 gene is linked to prediabetes, which is when blood sugar is high but…

High levels of cortisol, also known as the stress hormone, have been linked to cardiovascular disease in some previous studies, but not all of them. This is thought to be connected to the fact that the measurements of cortisol in the blood…

If your wellness is affected by one of two common conditions in pregnancy, your future wellbeing may be at risk to diabetes. This is according to a Canadian study of over one million women, published in PLOS Medicine, which found that…

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, causing heart attacks, stroke, high blood pressure, hardening of the arteries, heart failure and congenital heart disease among many other conditions. While heart disease can…

Last week, the American Diabetes Association celebrated its 25th annual Alert Day; a one-day “wake-up call” which encourages you to take the Diabetes Risk Test to find out if you are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. But why is this…

The amount of women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) greatly outnumbers the amount of men, but there are wellness factors that put both genders at risk of the condition. However, there are some risk factors that are exclusive to women, and…

Undiagnosed cases of type 2 diabetes number an estimated 850,000 cases in the UK. People who have the blood disorder but don’t yet know it are putting themselves at risk of health complications, such as stroke, blindness, kidney failure and…

Spring and summer time are always stressful times for some women, who feel self-conscious about the appearance of their legs. They may worry about the attractiveness of their legs or even have varicose veins. Some men may worry about their…

Gum disease is a bacterial infection in the tissues and bones around the teeth. Healthy gums should not bleed easily with brushing. They should appear pink and fit tightly around teeth. Gums that are swollen, tender, red, bleed easily, or…

A diabetes diagnosis would put anyone’s wellness at risk, but according to diabetes experts, nearly one out of every four senior citizens will be diagnosed with diabetes, and with those diagnoses comes risks that might not occur for younger…

Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory condition which generally affects the joints but can also cause inflammation in organs too. It’s an autoimmune disorder which means that the body misinterprets a threat where there isn’t one and…

It used to be that implementing an employee wellness programme meant simply putting a few posters up in the office encouraging people to take care of their wellbeing. Some companies may have stretched as far as having a gym in the office,…

In order to protect your sexual health – and overall wellbeing – against prostate cancer, you need to be well-informed. By knowing your enemy, so to speak, you can get proactive with your treatment in the best way for you as an individual,…