The experts of the Royal Surrey County Hospital reported that since the beginning of this year, hundreds of British men were sent for prostate cancer tests since their health care specialists had seen the signs of prostate cancer, including increased levels of blood protein (a prostate-specific antigen known also as PSA). PSA is considered one of the main indicators of this serious disease in men, but it turned out that PSA level rise was caused not by prostate cancer development but by regular bicycle riding. These interesting connections between cycling and prostate cancer signs were observed and briefly studied before, but this did not help a great number of men avoid quite painful (and useless in this case) procedure of biopsy. Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes PMS symptoms can be really hard and disruptive, that is why many women look for effective solutions, either healthy foods or herbal remedies, to feel better in those days. Specialists attribute the most common PMS symptoms to chemical changes in female body taking place due to a serious drop of progesterone and estrogen. These hormonal shifts can cause mood swings, irritability, depression, bloating, breast swelling, fatigue, insomnia and other sleep disorders, pain, digestive disorders, emotional and cognitive symptoms, and many others unwanted effects. Read the rest of this entry »

Nowadays, there are increasing public concerns about health risks related to pregnancy, namely excess weight gain by today’s pregnant women. Many experts and health care specialists point to the fact that obesity in expecting moms can be strictly linked to obesity in children and increased health risks related to childhood obesity. That is why specialists started looking for effective ways to prevent this tendency in pregnant women and support healthy pregnancy. Undoubtedly, pregnant women can not use calorie restriction or regular moderate intensity workouts known for their effectiveness for weight gain prevention.  However, having a pet like a dog can be a great idea for preventing weight gain in modern pregnant women. Read the rest of this entry »

The findings of an interesting study were published earlier this month in the journal Science Translational Medicine. Scientific experiments of the experts from the University of Southern California have shown that such factor as fasting could play a role in boosting the effectiveness of some treatments and therapies. In particular, after the experiments it became apparent that fasting could work pretty good for those patients who are fighting against certain types of cancers. Combining fasting with chemotherapy turned out to be a great approach to be included to cancer patients’ individual treatment programs. Read the rest of this entry »

Many of us believe that a good sleep can be a perfect remedy for stresses, negative experiences, bad memories, anxiety, and other related disorders. Certainly, sleeping can help us relax, get a good physical rest, restore our energy and get ready for all the challenges of a new day. However, a new study by American scientists has shown that sleeping after certain emotional or traumatic events can actually play a negative role and cement bad emotions or memories right in our mind for quite a long time. That is why the experts suggest that when something extraordinary and traumatic occurs, sleeping may not be too good idea. Read the rest of this entry »

A team of experts of University College London finished their extensive work on analyzing possible effects of prolonged smoking on modern men’s health. They worked with the findings of several previous studies and, in particular, teamed up with the employees of the British Civil Service on their individual research. In the end of the ends, they found out that such bad habit as smoking is actually strictly linked to more rapid development of cognitive disorders and cognitive decline in men. The detailed report about this research and other related comments were published this month in a peer-reviewed online medical journal Archives of General Psychiatry. Read the rest of this entry »