Some Interesting Facts

1) Women who eat lots of whole-grain foods can significantly reduce their risk of strokes - Those who ate the most whole grains - the equivalent of two to three slices of whole-grain bread daily were 30 percent to 40 percent less likely to have an ischemic stroke than women who ate less than half a slice or the equivalent daily.

2) A study found that people with high blood pressure are 2½ times more likely to develop adult-onset diabetes — what doctors call Type 2 or non-insulin-dependent diabetes — than are those with normal blood pressure.

3) The number of infants who get the AIDS virus from their mothers could drop by more than 40 percent if infected women avoided breast-feeding.

4) New research shows that a single 45-minute treadmill session significantly reduced blood pressure for almost a day in older men with mild hypertension.

5) The World Health Organization says there is still no evidence to prove that cellular phones pose any health risks, but further research is needed. It also said that investigations into whether radiation emitted by cell phones and their base stations increases head or neck cancer would last another three to four years.

6) Every 14 seconds a person between 15 and 24 is infected with the virus. They now account for half all new cases of the disease, the U.N. Population Fund said in its annual State of the World's Population report.

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