One billion will die from smoking
The World Health Organisation (WHO) have released some chilling statistics, one billion people will die in the 21st century due to tobacco.
However, the countries more likely to be affected are places like Russia and Bangladesh. In an attempt to prevent this from happening £250 million has been committed to the cause. £125 million by Mayor [...]
Cancer vaccine from Tobacco
This has to be one of the classics, something good coming from something that is considered now to be completely evil. Trials of a new vaccine could become the way to treat the potentially fatal disease non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
This would have been something really special in any case, but you find out that the vaccine has [...]
Sight saved with contact lenses
New type of contact lens is so advanced that it is like having your own personal eye doctor that you can carry around with you every where that you go.
This new type of lens which is a combination of electrically conductive, antibiotic nanosilver particles and this new style of contact lens that when they are [...]
Why do Americans suffer from fattigue?
In the US there is growing as to why the waste lines of a large proportion of the public are expanding.
The reason why people put weight on is that they are consuming more calories than they are using up through activity. Whatever the reasons, this is going to have long-term effects on the health [...]
The brain works while we sleep
Getting a good nights sleep can be more productive than most people think, many people produce their best thoughts while lying in bed getting a bit of rest and relaxation.
Research being carried out by Dr Sophie Schwartz, from the University of Geneva has found that a proper nights sleep will stimulate more connection within the [...]
Beating depression the natural way
Depression can be one of the things that effects many people, and can strike at any time it is not like people get depressed because of their circumstances although that does not help, this is something that can happen to anyone at anytime.
But instead of taking the first thing that the doctor hands out, you [...]
What tea is good for?
The use of herbal teas as always been thought of as a far eastern way of treating certain aliments, but recently the choice has become more and more available for many of the UK shoppers. But despite the choice it is still unclear what tea is good for treating the aliments.
Sage
Sage tea eliminates body toxins [...]
Coffee can affect fertility
Researchers in Holland have been looking into the effects of drinking coffee and the how it affects the fertility of women.
The research was based around nine thousand women who were planning were using IVF to get pregnant, but in the test they wanted to see what the rate would be if they tried the natural [...]
Magic mushrooms have long term benefits
There are many different opinions surrounding the use of the psychedelic drug Psilocybin which if the active ingredient of magic mushrooms. These can only be related to the sixties and the rise in the psychedelic movement which influenced art, music and the general way of the world.
But in tests being carried out in the US, [...]
The wonders of green tea
In a study that appeared in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, a team of Greek researchers have said that drinking green tea on a regular basis could prevent heart disease.
In the research, Charalambos Vlachopoulos, a cardiologist at the Athens Medical School in Greece also concluded that green tea also had the potential [...]
3D Mammogram in use
Getting the jump on cancer is essential to winning the fight against it in the long term, so in some cases the only way to be ahead of this disease is to have technology on your side. This is where the 3D mammogram comes into its own.
Being tested by scientist’s ay the Mayo Clinic in [...]
Cancer treatment tested on human patients
A treatment that has successfully cured cancer in mice, is about to be tested for the first time on humans. The treatment has been developed by researchers at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Centre in the US.
The process involves the white blood cells, in particular the granulocytes which are used as a transfusion. This [...]
The hazards of working in IT
Working within the IT industry is not the sort of place that you would expect to find work based health issues. But unfortunately for the people who do work within this industry there are plenty of health hazards to watch out for.
A slug’s life
SIT happens
So many headaches
The bobblehead syndrome
Hurting hands
Relax harder!
Noxious invaders
Eye strain
Heavy lifting
Something in [...]
Staying healthy the easy way
Keeping healthy is the priority of many people today, but maybe not enough people! As obesity seems to be on the rise this has become a real problem, but only because people get out of the habit if staying fit.
Here is what you can do to stay fit:
Fruits & Vegetables - Up to nine servings [...]
Research finds clues to Alzheimer’s
For a long the affects of Alzheimer’s disease have been known, this is due to the increase amount of publicity that charities and other organisations are doing to highlight these problems. This allows many people to spot the early signs of the illness.
But the actual causes have not been so publicly known, probably because there [...]
How a little shut eye can help
You only have to watch a cat or dog to understand that napping can be important, after all they seem to be doing that all day long, or most of it, which is probably why they the energy to run around all of the time.
So if we could take just a few minutes to have [...]
Cure for skin cancer found
For the very first time scientists are able to say that they have been able to cure cancer, this remarkable claim comes as a patients own cells have been used to create cloned cells outside the body and then reintroduced.
The patient was a 52 year old male from the US, and scientists from the Fred [...]
Coffee could extend your life
This could be great news for those people who love a cup of coffee, not just in the morning but all day long, after all there has to be a reason as to why there chains of coffee shops spread across the country.
Now it would appear that all of these people have been doing something [...]
TV is an asthma risk
In a study of Asthma sufferers, by researchers at the Catholic University in Rome they have found that children who are spending too much time sitting or lying in front of the TV could be increasing their risk of developing asthma.
It was found that the children who spent more than five hours a day watching [...]
Tea can cut the risk of heart attacks
Drinks like tea have not really been getting great publicity mainly because of the caffeine content, but in a study by the British Nutrition Foundation it has been found that tea could actually cut down the risks of a heart attack.
Its not just that, tea can also help with the general health matters like, increasing [...]