On an average of more than 16 women per minute die out of cardiovascular disease, including heart attacks and strokes. According 2005, roughly half of the 17.2 million victims of heart diseases (world’s biggest killer) were women. Women are more likely to be underdiagnosed and untreated. They are considered as the pillars of society and family, hence their health should be given utmost priority. Many foundations are working and taking actions to reduce the number of deaths and disabilities from cardiovascular diseases.

With the speeding and distorted lifestyle, huge intakes of junk foods, inefficiency towards health, smoking and other unhealthy ways of living has undoubtedly increased the number of affected victims. The symptoms usually seen are chest or stomach pains, nausea, breathlessness and unexplained tiredness. But by daily exercise, drinking loads of water, eating proper diet,reducing salt intake,controlling and monitoring cholestrol and quitting smoking can bestow you with a longer life. Maintaining healthy weight is essential. Obesity and overweight can pump up the heart risks. Staying on right track is important.

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Weight loss surgery in obese women can significantly lessen their chances of developing cancer, says a new study carried out by Swedish scientist
In a ten-year study, Researchers from Sweden found out that chances of developing cancer went down by 42% in obese women who underwent weight loss surgery s compared to similarly obese women who did not have an operation. The results of the study were published in the journal, Lancet Oncology.

Male patients who were included in the Swedish study did not display any particular benefit from weight loss surgery. Researchers said that this could be because several types of cancers had a direct link to the female hormones like estrogen or because men traditionally were less likely to undergo weight loss surgery.

Weight loss operations involve the modification of the anatomy of a patient’s digestive system so that the person is able to consume lesser amounts of food. Such surgeries have already proved helpful in reversing diabetes in some obese patients as well cutting down their risk of death from heart diseases.

The link between obesity and an increased risk of developing cancer has emerged in many recent studies and this led the researchers to see if a reduction of weight by surgery might prove useful in lowering the risk of cancer which turned out to be true in case of women patients.

Severely obese patients have reportedly lost weight by changing their diet and exercises perhaps would be as successful as those who lost weight after bariatric surgery and then retaining it. Reports say that while weight loss and maintenance were comparable between the two approaches, patients who relied on non-surgical methods had to work harder over a longer duration to maintain their weight losses,.

Sources also say that behavioural modifications and lifestyle changes are critical components to long-term weight loss maintenance. The participants who were involved in this diet changing exercise managed to lose an average of 60 kg and had maintained their weight loss for an average of 5.5 years at the beginning of its two-year study.