| Atkins diet damages blood vessels: study
The high-fat Atkins diet can cause long-term damage to blood vessels, as well as some of the inflammation linked with heart and artery disease, US researchers reported on Tuesday. In contrast, low-fat regimens such as the South Beach and Ornish diets lowered cholesterol and appeared to benefit artery function, they said. "It really is the Atkins diet that is the worst," Dr. Michael Miller, director of preventive cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, said in a telephone interview. "The Atkins diet caused the LDL levels to go up by about 7 per cent, whereas in the Ornish and South Beach diets ... they went down 7 to 10 per cent." Low density lipoprotein or LDL is the "bad" cholesterol that clogs blood vessels.
Nigeria: AYAN Backs Yar'Adua On Immunity Clause
All Youth Association of Nigeria (AYAN), a coalition of youth organisations, has thrown its weight behind the removal of constitutional immunity for public officials being canvassed by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. President Yar'Adua had said at a dinner hosted by the Partnership Against Corruption Initiative in Davos, Switzerland, last week that he would support the removal of constitutional immunity for the president, vice president, governors and deputy governors. .
The A - Z of menopause
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YMCA Tackles America's Health Crisis
David MacLeod, a Central Michigan University historian who has studied American nonprofits and youth groups, said the new health initiative fits with the Y's long tradition of change. "The YMCA is an excellent case study of adaptation and survival," he said. "They have a history of openness to new ideas." .
Mom's Low Cholesterol Tied to Preemie Births
MONDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- While lower cholesterol is generally considered a good thing, new research suggests that very low cholesterol levels in pregnant women may harm the health of the fetus. Expectant mothers whose total cholesterol levels were under 159 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) gave birth -- on average -- to babies weighing about one-third of a pound less than babies born to mothers whose cholesterol levels exceeded 159 mg/dL, the researchers found. Additionally, 12.7 percent of white women with low cholesterol levels gave birth prematurely, compared to just five percent of those with higher cholesterol levels. No such association was found in black women, however. "To our surprise, we found that white women with very low cholesterol also have a significant risk of having babies born prematurely," said Dr.
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