Monday, 5 March 2012

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Trans Fats May Raise Stroke Risk in Older Women

THURSDAY, March 1 - Here's one more reason to avoid trans fats in your diet, especially if you are an older woman: A new study found a 39 percent increased risk of stroke among postmenopausal women who ate the highest amount of this common... read more..


College Women's Condom Use Falls During Freshman Year

FRIDAY, March 2 -- Women become less likely to insist on condom use during the course of their first year of college, new research finds.Declining condom use was most notable among women who drank excessively, who had worse grades and who came... read more..


Cold Air May Raise Heart-Attack Risk During Exercise

FRIDAY, March 2 -- Breathing cold air during certain physical activities, such as shoveling snow, increases the body's demand for oxygen, which may put people with heart disease at greater risk for cardiac arrest or death, a new study finds."This... read more..

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