Home

blood glucose

POSTED April 15, 2011 - 02:36 | POSTED BY Dipankar Roy

Brisk walks may help improve cerebral blood flow--study

According to a latest study, brisk walking for 30-50 minutes about four times a week may improve cerebral blood flow by 15 percent in elderly women.

old_couple_running.jpg

The study of three months, lead by Rong Zhang at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital's Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine in Dallas, comprised of 16 women aged 60 and older.

"There are many studies that suggest that exercise improves brain function in older adults, but we don't know exactly why the brain improves. Our study indicates it might be tied to an improvement in the supply of blood flow to the brain," said Zhang.

Training to increase blood flow

  • Read more
  • Share this
  • Comments
POSTED March 6, 2009 - 15:27 | POSTED BY Shikha Patial

Blood glucose reduction target harmful for diabetics: Experts

New York, March 6: The target of achieving tighter control on glucose level of type 2 diabetesdefine patients may instead harm them, experts opine.

Blood glucose reduction target harmful for diabetics: Experts

National Health Service (NHS) employers and general practitioners (GPs) had earlier agreed upon a target to reduce glucose level of the patients to below 7 percent.

Richard Lehman, a GP in Oxfordshire, and Prof. Harlan Krumholz, Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine in the United States, have condemned the move arguing that it is against medical evidences that show that lowering glucose to such level is of no help to patients and may cause harm to them.

Syndicate content

User login

Recent Comments