Word: health
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...Health Professionals Follow-Up Study tracked a class of men from 1986 to 1995. In 1986, the men were from 40 to 75 years old. Over that eight-year period, 204 men had an ischemic stroke...
...Nurses' Health Study followed a group of female nurses from 1980 to 1994. In 1980, the women ranged in age from 34 to 59. A total of 366 women had an ischemic stroke during that 14-year period...
Walter C. Willett, a co-author of the HSPH study, says no one nutritional component of produce is responsible for lower health risks...
...Previous health studies have shown that the nutritional parts of fruits and vegetables--like fiber, antioxidants and potassium--have been associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease...
Losing international markets would be catastrophic for the U.S. tobacco industry - luckily, for them, smoking hasn't yet lost its discreet charm in the developing world. The World Health Organization on Monday launched negotiations on a treaty to curb worldwide smoking and ban tobacco advertising, hoping to capitalize on the growing anti-smoking sentiment in the U.S. courts and political system. But curbing tobacco use in the developing world may require cultural as well as legal changes. "Despite accusations that the U.S. is dumping poisonous products on unsophisticated markets, a lot of people in the Third World actually like...