By admin on Jul 30, 2008 in Featured | comments(0)
Scientists may have uncovered why some people naturally lose their ability to make new memories as they get older.
Using brain scans, University of Arizona scientists found differences in how older rats “replayed” their actions in the brain during sleep.
They say this night-time process might help them remember better the next day.
Not all experts agree. A UK sleep expert said there could be other reasons why older people are less able to form memories while asleep.
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By admin on Jul 24, 2008 in Uncategorized | comments(0)
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By admin on Jul 23, 2008 in Diet, Featured | comments(1)
Thousands of men with aggressive and incurable prostate cancer could gain years of life with a ground-breaking new drug, British researchers say.
Eight out of ten patients with advanced prostate cancer - which kills 10,000 men a year - may see their tumours shrink and be relieved of pain simply by taking a daily pill even if their disease has spread around the body, the study suggests.
Some men taking abiraterone have survived for more than twice as long as expected when all other treatments failed, suggesting that the most common cancer in men may in future become a manageable chronic disease.
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By admin on Jul 10, 2008 in Featured | comments(0)
A patient who was suffering from advanced skin cancer is seemingly cancer-free after doctors treated him with clones of his own immune cells.
The 52-year-old man’s tumours, which had spread to his lungs, disappeared after two months of treatment, scans indicated.
The astonishing outcome is the first solid evidence that the experimental T-cell treatment works.
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By admin on Jul 2, 2008 in Featured, Uncategorized | comments(0)
Mediterranean diet ‘cuts cancer’
The Mediterranean diet is rich in fruit and vegetables
Adopting just a couple of elements of the Mediterranean diet could cut the risk of cancer by 12%, say scientists.
A study of 26,000 Greek people found just using more olive oil alone cut the risk by 9%.
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By admin on Jul 1, 2008 in Child Obesity, Featured, Uncategorized | comments(0)
Recent media reports have suggested that children’s diabetes is sometimes not recognised until complications develop.
Many children are being admitted to hospital for emergency diabetes treatment. And many children are admitted to hospital with complications of diabetes, such as diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).
What are the signs of diabetes?
Many people may not know the symptoms of diabetes. Would you know what to look for in your child?
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By admin on May 21, 2008 in Featured | comments(0)
Step one: stop smoking
Giving up smoking can be hard, but it’s well worth the effort. Ditching the cigarettes means you could live on average ten years longer. If you want to give up smoking, there is a lot of help available to support you and make the process more manageable.
Everyone knows that smoking causes heart disease and cancer, but because we don’t see what’s happening on our insides, it’s easy to avoid the issue. Giving up smoking, at any age, greatly improves your chances of avoiding smoking-related conditions and dying early.
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By admin on May 13, 2008 in Featured, RSI | comments(0)
Repetitive strain injury (RSI) is a term that is used to refer to various kinds of injuries to muscles, tendons or nerves. These injuries are caused by repetitive movement of a particular part of the body. RSI can also be referred to as upper limb disorder (ULD). This is because the condition often involves the upper part of the body - the forearm, elbow, wrist, hands, and neck.
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By admin on May 5, 2008 in Featured, RSI | comments(0)
Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) is now a major industrial disease affecting millions of people around the world. RSI includes conditions such as carpel tunnel syndrome, tenosynovitis and tendinitis - often collectively referred to as upper limb disorders, musculoskeletal disorders, occupational overuse syndrome (OOS), computer related injuries or cumulative trauma disorders, or CTD. Often the position of workstations and the design of the pc and accessories can affect our health and safety.
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By admin on May 1, 2008 in Diet, Featured | comments(0)
How to Lose Weight
There was once a doctor who, when patients said they wished to lose weight, would say “read my book.” The book was nicely bound and, quite thick but, when opened all the pages were blank except for one upon which were written two words “Eat Less”.
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