(CNN)If you’re one of the third of all humankind who drinks alcohol, take note: There’s no amount of liquor, wine or beer that is safe for your overall health, according to a new analysis of 2016 global alcohol consumption and disease risk. Alcohol was the leading risk factor for disease and premature death in men
Read more →The author is: Linda Carroll Postmenopausal women who said they breastfed at least one child had a 23 percent lower risk of stroke in middle and old age compared with women who had children but didn’t breastfeed, researchers found. The effect was strongest among black women, whose stroke risk was cut nearly in half with
Read more →The author is: Angelica LaVito via CNBC Some women become sensitive to insulin during their pregnancies and develop gestational diabetes. The National Institutes of Health analyzed records of more than 2,000 pregnant women from the NICHD Fetal Growth Study to compare HbA1c levels, a blood test that measures average blood glucose levels over the past few
Read more →Article via Nicholas Bakalar | The New York Times Using accelerometers to precisely measure physical activity, researchers have found that even very light exercise, well below the generally recommended levels, reduces mortality in older women. The scientists had 6,382 women ages 63 to 99 wear an accelerometer for seven consecutive days, waking and sleeping, except
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