Late-starters can benefit from healthy habits

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Even in middle age, adopting a healthy lifestyle can lower the risk for heart disease and premature death within years of changing habits, researchers reported on Thursday.

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Quality of life of Lithuanian women with early stage breast cancer

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"Nine months after surgery, the study revealed a worsening of the overall quality of life in both groups of patients - those who had undergone mastectomy and BCT. The quality of life became considerably worse in the mastectomy plus chemotherapy group. Marital status was found to exert the most considerable influence on the women's quality of life in comparison with other social and demographic factors."

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Life on the farm may not be so healthy

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A study has shown,farm workers seem to have an elevated risk of developing a serious lung condition more typically seen in smokers.

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Deciding When To Have A Child, If Ever: The Impacts Later In Life

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How does having children or not having them affect a woman's happiness in later life? A new study examining nearly 6,000 women provides an unexpected answer —it's not so much whether you have children as when you have them.

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Stayin’ alive: How to avoid premature deaths

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"We all like to think we're going to die a peaceful death, maybe in our sleep, after a long, fruitful and healthy life."

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Strawberry daiquiris -- the extra-healthy cocktail?

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"Strawberries are good for you, but serving them in daiquiri form may make them even healthier, scientists show."

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Milk beats soy for post-weighlifting muscle gain

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A new study found that milk protein is significantly better than soy at building muscle mass, The study was recently published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. It compared how much muscle protein young men gained after completing a heavy weight workout followed by consumption of equivalent amounts of protein as either fluid skim milk or a soy drink.

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