By Lara Holmes

The study, published in its latest issue the journal Neurology, involved 1450 elderly aged 70 and 89 years who were followed for three years.

In this period, a total of 296 participants developed this deterioration, which suggests an incidence rate of 6 percent annually. However, when analyzing the data by sex was observed that, among men, the incidence rate was 7 percent, compared with 5 percent found in women.

 

By Lara Holmes

Scientists have discovered a hormone responsible for a portion of the benefits of physical activity and health in the future, which could be used to treat problems such as obesity, according to a study released Wednesday by the journal Nature.

The research, carried out by scientists at Harvard Medical School and Cancer Institute Dana-Farber in Boston (US) has revealed that physical exercise stimulates the production of a hormone called irisin, which acts on white adipose tissue cells.

By Lara Holmes

The brain's capacity for memory, reasoning and comprehension begins to wane much earlier than previously thought, it suggests.

While 60 has been cited as the age people experience a difference in their thinking abilities, the new study found decline could actually hit the middle-aged.

Researchers from the Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health in France and University College London in the UK studied more than 7,000 people over a 10-year period.

By Lara Holmes

This is a pilot program to promote exercise and dance and thus combat being overweight and obese, Mauricio Hernandez Undersecretary of Health told reporters.

This program is part of a Mexican government initiative called Five Steps that seeks to promote healthy eating and exercise in a country where obesity and being overweight are considered a public health problem.

 

 

By Lara Holmes

The Dominican National Brewery launched its new product Brisa, the first non-alcoholic beer made in the Dominican Republic.

At present the product, the president of CND, Leon Franklin said was the initiative of meeting the objective to become a beverage company, serving the needs of consumers with high quality products and diversifying its brand portfolio.

 

By Lara Holmes

The properties so far recognized in soybeans, have now added protective benefits for controlling weight gain. Benefits that, and according to the research study conducted in Spain, are attributed to isoflavones, the active ingredient in soy in the diet which can be a good ally to avoid the problems of becoming overweight or obese, a condition of increasing concern to physicians.

Avoiding weight gain using a natural product may be the next step if the results are confirmed by the research study conducted by the Foundation IMABIS Málaga, part of the Biomedical Research Center in Red Pathophysiology of Obesity and Nutrition.

 

By Lara Holmes

When it comes to weight-loss diets, the most sought-after search term among Bing users this year was Weight Watchers.

According to the latest number-crunching by Microsoft’s search engine Bing, users looking to shed some pounds turned to Weight Watchers for help, making it the most-searched diet plan over the last year, trouncing the Atkins Diet, Calorie Counting, HCG and the Cholesterol Diet. The report was released November 28.

By Lara Holmes

For any politician it should not be easy to show publicly something so personal as a fight against cancer, but the way the former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has done it has specific meanings according to his relatives and experts.

The news of laryngeal cancer that affects Lula was known by the Brazilians on October 29, just hours after former President himself was diagnosed with the disease.