Most US women face stroke risk

1) In case you needed an incentive,here is a review of the advantages of exercise 2) Helps control weight 3) Maintains healthy bones,muscles,and joints 4) Reduces risk of developing high blood pressure and diabetes 5) Promotes psychological well-being 6) Reduces risk of death from heart disease 7) Reduces risk of premature death 8) Studies have also shown a link between exercise and a reduced risk of certain cancers. Being its long-term effects,moving your body has immediate benefits.The short-term results of exercise include helping people to think and move better,manage stress,improve mood,and get an energy boost.The excuses that people often give to not exercise are the precise reasons to exercise.People who say they are too tired or don't have tiem to workout don't realise that exercise gives people more energy and allows them to be more productive with the rest of their time.

Regular doses of vitamin E may reduce the risk of life-threatening blood clots in women,researchers reported recently.But they cautioned that more research is needed to confirm the link in the prevention of the clots,known as venous thromboembolism,and said patients should not stop taking prescribed blood thinners."The data indicated that,in general,women taking vitamin E were 21% less likely to suffer a blood clot," the American Heart Association,which published the finding in its journal Circulation ,said in a statement.

High levels of cereal fibre and magnesium are associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes melitus,according to reportin the Archives of Internal Medicine .The findings stem from an analysis performed by Matthias B Schulze and colleagues from the German Institute of Human Nutrition PotsdamRehbruecke.Compared to the subjects with the lowest cereal fibre intake,those with the highest intake had a 28% reduction in diabetes risk.Fruit and vegetable fibre intake,by contrast,did not affect the risk.

Elderly people who are depressed are more likely to become diabetic than those who are not,according to a study that suggests depression may play a role in causing the most common form of diabetes.Writing in the "Archives of Internal Medicine," the researchers said people with a high number of symptoms of depression were about 60% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes,formerly called adult-onset diabetes,than people not considered depressed.Unlike some other studies examining a link between depression and diabetes,this one looked at the effects not only of single bouts of depression but also of chronic depression and depression that worsened over time.It found an increased risk for diabetes in each of those scenarios.

The more alcoholic drinks that men have at any time of day-not just before bedtime-the greater are the risks of breathing problems druing sleep, a new study shows.However, this effect was not seen among women.Sleep-disordered breathing has been associated with high blood pressure and blood vessel disease,and many studies have found that drinking alcohol before going to sleep increases the likelihood of abnormally shallow breathing or even episodes in which breathing stops,Paul E Peppard and colleagues from the University of Wisconsin-Madison report.

Cigarette smoking appears to be a risk factor for tuberculosis infection, according to findings from a review of the literature and pooled analysis of studies,Kirk R.Smith,of the University of California ,Berkeley, and colleagues searched eight databases for relevant articles on the topic and identified 24 that met their inclusion criteria. Taken together, the data point to a marked increased the relative risk of TB infection and disease among current and former smokers compared with nonsmokers. There did not appear to be an increased relative risk for death from TB in association with smoking in people with active tuberculosis, the researchers note.