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 [...]
Early humans experimented on tools
It has been found that our ancestors did not just happen to come across the ideas for tools and early weapons. These were made through a rigorous process of trial and error, they actually experimented with the tools until they go them right.
Researchers from the University of Missouri in the US have found that over [...]
The sun is good for you
Researchers have been working on the theory that the sun can be a great healer, this is something that many peoples around the world have been trying to us all for centuries, yet there are still two sides to each story, some people believe that too much sun is bad for you, and now this [...]
June 9, 2008Is there a lazy gene?
Researchers from the School of Medicine at Swansea University have been looking into the world of the lazy person; apparently there are quite a few of these people around!
But there could be hope for these people as they have the lazy gene, yes these days there is virtually a gene for everything, which is why [...]
A device which helps you keep your balance
For people who for one reason or another have trouble in keeping their balance, this can be a serious problem and actually have life changing consequences. But thanks to researchers from the TIMC labs which are located near Grenoble in France may have the answer.
They have come up a sensor that using the sensitive underside [...]
Drinking red wine keeps you healthy
This has been knocking around for some time, and people who live around the coast of the Mediterranean coast have proved this as they seem to have one of the healthiest lifestyles around.
Now it seems the French have the better lifestyle than anyone else around the coastline. This shows that just by simply sipping a [...]
Tests fail to show all defects in unborn babies
Italian researchers have told a European Genetics conference that tests used by hospitals on pregnant women will only detect around half of all chromosomal abnormalities, which is bound to create some fear amongst expectant mothers.
Dr Francesca Grati, from the TOMA Laboratory in Busto Arsizio told the audience at the European Society of Human Genetics [...]
The Majority of DNA is junk
The great thing about the human genome project is that the researchers have been able to unravel some of the secrets behind DNA.
One of these findings is that they believe that the majority of the 3.2 billion pairs of base pairs are actually junk, which serves no purpose to help improve the human race.
In [...]