Children of Older Fathers at Risk for Bipolar Disorder

TUESDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) — The older the father, the greater his child’s risk for bipolar disorder.
That’s the conclusion of a new study by Swedish researchers who compared 13,428 people with bipolar disorder to more than 67,000 people without the condition.
“After controlling for parity (number of children), maternal age, socioeconomic status and family history of psychotic disorders, the offspring of men 55 years and older were 1.37 times more likely to be diagnosed as having bipolar disorder than the offspring of men aged 20 to 24 years,” wrote Emma M. Frans, of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, and colleagues. Read More

Joga: mitai ir tiesa

Sveikata: joga mitas tiesa Joga – vis labiau populiarėjantis ir visgi daug kam dar paslaptimi esantis užsiėmimas. Apie jogą sklando daug įvairiausių mitų. Kas tiesa, o kas melas jums atsakys health.com. Kas svarbiausia, joga tikrai padeda mesti svorį. Ir tikrai sumažina nugaros skausmus. Visgi jogos pagalba jums nepavyks atjauninti savo odos ir netikėkite, kad joga padeda atsikratyti astmos.

The Benefits of Walking

Take a walk. Enjoy the sunshine. People who walk regularly are less likely to have a heart attack, according to the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. A daily walk can strengthen your heart muscle and help lower your blood pressure. It can also help keep your blood vessels clear by balancing your cholesterol.
Walking also delivers many other health benefits. For instance, a stroll each day aids the digestion and helps with weight control. The rhythmic movement can improve your flexibility, strength and endurance. As you grow older, walking helps keep your bones, muscles and joints healthier, so you’ll feel more limber and have less risk of falling.
Best of all, walking puts you in a good mood. There is scientific evidence that walking fights depression and improves mental wellbeing. So put a spring in your step. Take a stroll. Don’t forget sunscreen!

Aerobics

Aerobics is a system of physical conditioning designed to enhance circulatory and respiratory efficiency. It involves vigorous sustained exercise, such as walking, jogging, swimming, or cycling. Aerobics can strengthen your heart and lungs, burn calories, help control weight and make you feel wonderful.

Without your Health, you have nothing!

Far be it for me to coach someone on being healthy. For my 30th birthday my best friend Aimee Jo bought me Orchestra tickets to "Lion King" the musical a fabulous dinner at Crusteans in Beverly Hills which I had been dying to go to and my doctor let me know I was now a 30 year old diabetic! Well let me tell ya honey, it has been an up hill battle. Partly because it is hereditary and my grandmother and great grandmother both had it. As a young girl I can remember giving my grandmother her insulin shots. According to my doctor, my weight is the major contributing factor. The last thing I want you to have to do is prick yourself 3 times a day. Not be able to have your favorite Martini with girl friends. Wanting to have that piece of cake or ice cream, but you can’t totally sucks...
So can we do this together? Getting healthier that is. Let me start by saying I am sure there are many of things we can do to get healthy. I did not say lose weight but I am sure many of us could lose a couple of pounds. On the other side of that there are many women that are plus size and are very healthy. This is where we all want to be. I am not one of those however I know many of women who are.

A Healthier You

We do need to state for the record that we are not physicians. You should always consult with your physician before doing anything that involves your health.

Heart Disease and Sexual Function

Erectile dysfunction has many causes, one of which is cardio-vascular disease. It is not hard to see why this is. Blood flow is necessary for an erection to occur, and when blood flow is compromised, a man's erectile capacity is also compromised. But we're talking about science here and not philosophy, and in Western medicine, more concrete evidence is needed to establish the link between cardio-vascular problems and a man's erection capacity.The findings of an Austrian research team presented earlier this year at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association may just be that concrete proof. The research focuses on the presence of the amino acid homocysteine in the blood. High homocystein levels in the blood is a sign of heart disease. According to the research, two-thirds of the test subjects who have erectile dysfunction also had a high level of homocysteine in their blood.