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Big Brother is monitoring your heartbeat
2007-12-01 00:00:00 It appears to be an average university canteen, but underneath it’s a state of the art research facility, discovering the eating patterns of over 300 staff and student volunteers. “We are all getting too heavy,” said Mr. Koster, an agro-technology economist. “But telling people they may become ill, or even die from their habits has ... More About: Big Brother , Brother , Monitoring
Turkey nutrition
2007-12-01 00:00:00 Which cut of turkey should be your favourite? Health authorities have long advocated choosing white meat, saying it contains less fat and fewer calories. But the nutritional differences between the two are not so great. Meat is darker if it contains higher levels of myoglobin, a compound that enables muscles to transport oxygen, which is ... More About: Turkey , Nutrition , Turk
Getting physical
2007-12-01 00:00:00 Alongside high blood pressure, diabetes and injury, the American Academy of Family Physicians offers this list of possible emotional causes for erectile dysfunction: depression; feelings of anxiety or nervousness; stress from work, family or financial problems; unresolved issues between you and your sexual partner; feelings of self-consciousness; fear of your partner’s reaction or rejection. In ... More About: Physical
Lower AIDS estimates
2007-11-27 00:00:00 UNAIDS will lower the number of people it believes are infected worldwide, to 33.2 million from the 39.5 million it estimated last year. The new figures reflect more accurate surveys, particularly in India and some African countries. Some epidemiologists had heavily criticized the way estimates were made, and the updated surveys of thousands of households ... More About: Lower , Aids , Estimates
Pah!
2007-11-23 00:00:00 OK, we are only in the realm of mice, but still. It seems that smoking and the fertility of your offspring are related. Researchers have identified the chemical pathway by which a mother’s smoking before and after pregnancy might reduce her daughter’s fertility by as much as two-thirds. Dr Andrea Jurisicova lead author, explained, “Mothers, ...
Health Aid to America
2007-11-23 00:00:00 Ever heard of Remote Area Medical? The group, most often referred to as RAM, usually provides help to those who don’t have good access to healthcare in countries like Guyana, India, Tanzania and Haiti, but increasingly its work is in the United States, where more than 15 percent of the population live without health insurance. ... More About: America , Health , Heal
Chronic pain
2007-11-23 00:00:00 In a survey last year by the American Pain Society, only 55 percent of all patients with non cancer-related pain and fewer than 40 percent with severe pain said their pain was under control. Aside from the normal array for pain relievers, an increasingly popular treatment for persistent as well as intermittent pain, acupuncture is ...
Ipod ear
2007-11-22 00:00:00 Call it acoustic trauma or noise-induced hearing loss. By any name, it’s the most important preventable cause of permanent hearing loss. Up to 28 million Americans have impaired hearing; for as many as a third, acoustic trauma is a significant contributor. Acoustic trauma is a product of modern life. On-the-job noise exposure is the most ... More About: Ipod
Young at heart
2007-11-22 00:00:00 Before you plop in front of the television for a day of football, pizza and beer, you might consider this: New research shows that in young adults, decades of hard-won progress in reducing the risk of heart disease appears to be stalling, as recent death rates from coronary disease remain almost unchanged in young men ... More About: Heart , Young
Think tasty, but healthful: People with Diabetes should watch their carbs
2007-11-22 00:00:00 Healthful eating and regular physical activity are crucial for diabetes patients because of the need to control blood sugar levels to prevent complications such as heart disease and kidney failure, but there’s no one single diet that works for everyone, experts say. It is held that diabetes patients must limit their consumption of carbohydrates, which ... More About: Watch , People , Diabetes , Heal , Carb
A test of strength
2007-11-22 00:00:00 Insight into the most popular workout exercise The bench press involves lying on a bench and pushing a barbell upwards with both arms from chest level until the arms are straight, then lowering it again. The main muscles worked are the pectoralis major, the fronts of the shoulders, and the triceps, or backs of the arms. ... More About: Test
Anemia drugs
2007-11-22 00:00:00 Anemia is a general term for a category of blood conditions that affect the red blood cells or the oxygen-carrying hemoglobin they contain.In anemia, there is either a reduction in the number of red blood cells in circulation or a decrease in the amount or quality of hemoglobin. There are many causes of anemia, including ... More About: Drugs
Energy drinks and blood pressure
2007-11-22 00:00:00 A small US study has found a link between consumption of “energy drinks” and high blood pressure or heart disease risk. The results suggest the drinks could be dangerous to patients with heart disease, or if drinking more than two cans a day led to even higher increases, to healthy people too. Energy drinks, unlike ... More About: Drinks , Blood , Blood pressure
Getting your vitamin D in winter
2007-11-09 00:00:00 A study released this week showed a connection between the sunshine vitamin, so-called because sunlight is our main source, and cancer prevention. It’s the latest indication that people deficient in the vitamin may be at higher risk for a variety of health problems, including cancer. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is found in ... More About: Winter , Vitamin D
Sleep tight
2007-11-08 00:00:00 Here’s another reason to get the kids to bed early: More sleep may lower their risk of becoming obese. Researchers have found that every additional hour per night a third-grader spends sleeping reduces the child’s chances of being obese in sixth grade by 40 percent. Of the children who slept 10 to 12 hours a ... More About: Sleep
Cardiovascular Disease Decreasing Among Adults With Diabetes
2007-11-06 00:00:00 Two studies report that adults with diabetes are doing better at the vital job of monitoring their blood sugar, and fewer are developing cardiovascular disease. This may be due in part to declining rates of cardiovascular disease risk factors such as smoking, high cholesterol and high blood pressure, and to increased use of preventive treatments ... More About: Diabetes , Disease , Cardiovascular
No smoking - even at home
2007-11-06 00:00:00 Should you be allowed to smoke in your own apartment, or should it be banned, like smoking in public places? About 60 public housing authorities across the country have smoke-free policies, compared with less than 10 three years ago. Health advocacy groups call housing one of the smoke-free movement’s final frontiers. Owners of apartment buildings ... More About: Home , Smoking , No smoking
A pain in the back
2007-11-03 00:00:00 You would not have thought it, but young fit tennis and soccer players have far worse back problems compared with all other kids. This is because when playing tennis and soccer, your lumber region has to stretch and react abruptly to changes in direction when in the middle of play. 85 percent of teenaged sportsmen ... More About: Pain , Back
Building up your back
2007-11-03 00:00:00 What, if anything, can you do to preserve and protect your spine? To build a better back, most experts agree, you need a solid core. To really include all of the elements that move and stabilize the spine, you have to go from your knees to your chest. The muscles, ligaments and tendons that make ... More About: Building , Back
Direct lifestyle links to cancer
2007-11-03 00:00:00 A third of cancers are caused by diet and lack of exercise and could be prevented, according to a report which urges people to stay slim and abstain from too much fast food, red meat and preserved meat such as ham and bacon, and alcohol. The report from the World Cancer Research Fund, which had ... More About: Lifestyle , Links , Direct , Dire
Hangover science
2007-11-03 00:00:00 Chemists working with technology designed to find life on Mars have created a device they say can easily detect chemicals that many scientists believe can turn wine and other beloved indulgences into ingredients for agony. The chemicals, called biogenic amines, occur naturally in a wide variety of aged, pickled and fermented foods prized by gourmet ... More About: Science , Hangover
Cancer trends
2007-10-30 00:00:00 There was good news about cancer last week, a report that death rates in the United States have begun falling by 2.1 percent a year, nearly twice the rate of previous declines. At the same time, some cancers seem to be becoming more common: myeloma and cancers of the thyroid and kidney in men and ... More About: Cancer , Trends
Skin cancer insight
2007-10-30 00:00:00 Non-melanoma skin cancers are normally considered to be the result of a build up of UV radiation over a lifetime. With sunlight becoming more harmful, skin protection is a growing concern among scientists and nutritionalists. UV rays, damaging lipids and other cell components, are responsible for skin inflamation and suppression of the immune system. So ... More About: Skin , Cancer , Insight , Skin Cancer
Your mind at night
2007-10-30 00:00:00 A big reason bad dreams offer insight into the architecture of dreams generally is that most of our dreams are bad. Whether research subjects keep dream journals at home or sleep in research labs and are periodically awoken out of rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep - the stage most often associated with dreaming - ... More About: Night , Mind
Anti-aging mouse genetics
2007-10-22 00:00:00 Scientists have found a gene that regulates lifespan in mammals which could one day lead to treatments to hold off aging and its related illnesses such as Alzheimer’s, cancer and heart disease. Experiments in male mice showed that those without a gene called IRS-1 lived 20% longer and had much healthier lives. Female mice without ... More About: Mouse , Aging , Anti , Genetics
Another energy depleter: Iron
2007-10-19 00:00:00 Lack of iron is another type of energy depleter that needs attention. If you are feeling low and don’t have a thyroid problem, consider anemia and its straightforward cure: iron. A regular dose of iron tablets will rebalance your body’s mineral store and quite possibly make the difference between a lacklustre week and brilliant go-getting ... More About: Energy , Iron , Eple
The wrong kind of tiredness
2007-10-19 00:00:00 It could be a case of overwork, but if you are sleepy and lacking in energy whatever you do, you could be suffering from a thyroid related problem. Your thyroid regulates your metabolism, or body’s rate of processing. If it is underproductive, you will never be able to get yourself going in the morning, and ... More About: Wrong , Tired , Tire
Break out from a pimple routine
2007-10-19 00:00:00 People typically get acne after hormones cause oil to build up in the hair follicles, trapping bacteria and triggering superficial pimples as well as deep, painful lumps. The most severe forms of acne can be disfiguring and emotionally devastating and are often treated with prescription drugs. But until recently, adults with less serious facial blemishes ... More About: Break , Brea
Honey, I?m healed!
2007-10-19 00:00:00 Patients who’ve undergone surgery should ask their doctors whether they should apply honey to their wounds to speed up healing and reduce infection. Honey is one of the oldest foods in existence and was an ancient remedy for wound healing. Researchers started to document the wound healing properties of honey in the early 20th century, ... More About: Heal
How to pick your diet to enhance both mood and brainpower
More articles from this author:2007-10-16 00:00:00 A low-carbohydrate/high-fat diet and a high-carbohydrate/low-fat diet both improve weight loss, enhance mood, and speed thinking, a recent study has shown, but the low-carb diet may offer less benefit in terms of the rate of cognitive processing. In overweight and obese patients, an energy-restricted dietary plan for weight loss is associated with improvements in mood, ... More About: Diet , Pick , Mood 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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