Life Sciences

Findings from Harvard University in life sciences reported

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 16th, 2008

According to recent research from the United States, "The combination of healthy lifestyle factors is associated with lower risk of coronary heart disease, diabetes, and total cardiovascular disease. Little is known about the impact of multiple lifestyle factors on the risk of stroke."

"We conducted a prospective cohort study among 43 685 men from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study and 71 243 women from the Nurses' Health Study. Diet and other lifestyle factors were updated from self-reported questionnaires. We defined a low-risk lifestyle as not smoking, a body mass index < 25 kg/m(2), >= 30 min/d of moderate activity, modest alcohol consumption (men, 5 to...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-10-16)

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