HEALTH ALERTS

This is an interesting question, as different components of the diet can be more important for different types of cholesterol abnormalities. Knowing which of your numbers are too low or too high can help you focus your efforts more effectively, although getting to and staying at a healthy weight and eating an overall heart healthy diet like the one that I discussed in an earlier response is the most important overall strategy.
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Lifestyle blamed for many cancers
Simple lifestyle and environmental changes could significantly help to cut the number of cancer deaths around the world each year, research suggests. Experts linked more than a third of the seven million cancer deaths worldwide in 2001 to nine potentially modifiable risk factors.
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'Bad habits' link to Alzheimer's
Heavy drinkers and smokers develop Alzheimer's disease six to seven years earlier than those who do not smoke or drink, US researchers claim. A study of 900 people aged over 60 found early onset was most likely in those who also had a high-risk gene.
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Alzheimer's plaques 'big impact'
The sticky amyloid plaques linked to Alzheimer's disease may have a more widespread impact on the brain than thought, American research suggests. The deposits are known to damage neurons - cells that transmit signals throughout the nervous system.
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