Health

7 May 2007

The Most Common causes of back pain
Most back pain normally occurs when minor incidents happen e.g... slouching in chairs driving in hunched positions standing badly lifting incorrectly sleeping on sagging mattresses being unfit, and generally overdoing itUsually the problem is ...

7 May 2007

Fast Relief this Season with Benadryl
Nobody wants hay fever to spoil their summer. That’s why the makers of Benadryl offer treatments for both adults and children to help keep symptoms under control.Benadryl Allergy Relief – ...

1 May 2007

Drinking Speeds Up Breast Tumour Growth
US scientists have proved drinking alcohol when you have breast cancer fuels the growth of tumours.It has long-been said alcohol increases the risk of developing cancer but the effect of ...

30 April 2007

Pill to switch on fat-burning gene
Scientists in the US have devised a drug that can switch on a gene to burn body fat, offering hope of an exercise pill.Mice given the drug burned off fat, ...

30 April 2007

Bullfrog Cure For MRSA
US scientists have found a possible cure for MRSA from an unusual source, bullfrogs.St Andrews University researchers have developed a treatment which kills the bacterium, the ingredient is ranalexin, produced ...

29 April 2007

Anorexia Cost Newton-John's Daughter Her Memory
Olivia Newton-John's singer daughter Chloe Lattanzi was so ill at the height of her anorexia hell she lost her memory.Lattanzi, who is still stick-thin and desperately trying to return to good health ...

28 April 2007

Red wine can make you look fine
Red wine, cherries and onions could slow the aging process. All the signs of aging was neutralised in mice who were given a dose of melatonin, which in is found in ...

28 April 2007

Lower jobs mean lower health in old age
Men and women who have lower job levels health deteriorates faster than people’s who had higher positions.A study of civil servants by the University College London showed that the physical ...

28 April 2007

Designer babies could stop inherited breast cancer
Two couples with a long family history of breast cancer are planning to get their embryos screened to see if they carry the gene linked to the disease.The gene carry’s ...

28 April 2007

Asprin doesn't help Alzheimer's
Pills which are used to prevent Alzheimer's don’t work according to new research.Aspirin and other anti-inflammatory, non-steroidal drugs did not stop memory lose or dementia two American studies found.The first ...

28 April 2007

Women who get their drink spiked get dismissed as drunk
Imagine your out on a Saturday night, it’s busy and you see a women who looks a mess, can’t stand up and slurring her speech so much nobody can understand ...

27 April 2007

Health Gap Widens In Retirement
The health gap between the lowest and highest paid occupational groups widens in retirement, a study has suggested. A lifetime on a low wage physically ages a person eight years ...

27 April 2007

Dirty Contact Lens Wearers Risk Blindness
Almost three quarters of contact lens wearers are risking blindness because of their dirty habits, according to a new study out today. The new figures show one in five people ...

26 April 2007

Demand For Action on NHS bugs
A report from the Health Protection Agency demands more be done to protect people from potentially lethal hospital bugs, ahead of a report on the latest infection rates.Previous figures showed ...

25 April 2007

Asthma Inhalers set to Change
An estimated 5.2 million people are currently being treated for asthma in the UK.(1) Many of these will be affected when certain inhalers, containing environmentally harmful CFC gases, are removed ...

25 April 2007

Research - Binge drinking raises cancer risk
Women who drink the equivalent of roughly two bottles of wine over a weekend more than double their risk of breast cancer, say Danish researchers.A study of 17,647 nurses found ...

25 April 2007

Cacao Nibs
Is it a fruit…is it a chocolate… no it’s a superfood!The word ‘superfood’ has been banded about a lot over the last few months, but a South American bean, that ...

21 April 2007

Which? is trying to make cosmetic surgery safe
Which? Is launching an online guide to cosmetic surgery, after their research revealed 5 million Britons are considering going under the knife to look better.The tummy tuck is the most ...

21 April 2007

Fruit's healthier if you mix it with alcohol
Having fruit in alcoholic drinks such as cocktails can make fruit "healthier", according to a recent study.Researchers found out that alcohol boots the antioxidant properties in fruit which help to ...

21 April 2007

NHS facing Abortion Crisis
Experts are warning the NHS is going to have an abortion crisis because there is not enough trained doctors.An increase in the number of doctors who are "conscientious ...

21 April 2007

WAGS Come Together To Celebrate Race for Life’s One Big Day
WAGs Boutique stars launch Cancer Research UK’s search for the nation’s bridesFootballers’ Wives and real-life brides-to-be Charlotte Mears and Heather Swan are helping to launch Cancer Research UK’s search for ...

21 April 2007

1.1 million smokers quit on No Smoking Day 2007
Figures released today show that 1.1 million smokers (1 in 10) actually stopped smoking on last month’s No Smoking Day (14 March) and a third of all smokers took a ...

20 April 2007

HRT Linked Once Again To Increased Incidence And Death From Ovarian Cancer
Responding to the latest study which links long term usage of Hormone Replacement Therapy with an increased risk of incidence and death from ovarian cancer Annwen Jones, Chief Executive of ...

20 April 2007

1.1 million smokers quit on No Smoking Day 2007
Figures released today show that 1.1 million smokers (1 in 10) actually stopped smoking on last month’s No Smoking Day (14 March) and a third of all smokers took a ...