Disease-free gums can help in reducing risk of heart disease and stroke. Studies have shown a link between gum disease and increased chances of heart disease or a stroke. But the reason behind this association was not known. A recent research has discovered the possible reason link between gum disease and heart disease

Professor Greg Seymour said that a number of theories have been put forward to explain the link between oral infection and heart disease. Chronic infections have been associated with a disease that causes "furring" of the arteries, called atherosclerosis, which is the main cause of heart attacks.

Wrinkles are symbol of old age. Sometimes wrinkles hide the youthful spirit of the person. Nobody likes to loose youthful look due to wrinkles. Various types of anti-wrinkle surgeries and treatment like cosmetic surgeries and Botox injections have developed from time to time. Treatment like Botox injections and other anti-wrinkle surgeries are painful as well as costly.

Planet Skincare has developed an anti-wrinkle face cream, which gives smooth skin without wrinkles. This cream is a boon for those people who want skin without wrinkles but can’t afford or desire a treatment like Botox injections and other anti-wrinkle surgeries

Britain’s ‘The Telegraph’ newspaper recently carried an interesting report about an anti-wrinkle face cream that has become a huge hit – surprisingly, it is ‘venomous as it is strikingly similar to the venom of an Asian snake.

Gwyneth Paltrow is reportedly a supporter of this ‘Planet Skincare’ daily moisturizer, the makers of which claim that the cream can actually ‘stuns’ the skin in the same way as a snake bite does, thereby resulting in facial smoothness.

Research has established that overweight men - particularly those who gain weight during adulthood, and surprisingly even those who are not clinically overweight based on their BMI (Body Mass Index) - are in the ‘high risk’ zone when it comes to colon cancer.

As per findings of a new study, pollution is a factor that determines whether a child is fat or not before he or she is born.  The research highlights: Exposure to common chemicals before birth, increases the chances that a baby becomes overweight or obese.

A recently conducted study indicates that an athlete runs lower risk of exercise-induced asthma when he sweats more. "The same mechanism that makes you sweat controls airway secretion," Dr. Warren Lockette, head of the clinical investigation explained at Naval Medical Center in San Diego. The report was published in Chest (September).