New treatment for HIV
Millions of people worldwide could be set to benefit from a new treatment of HIV. Research undertaken jointly by the University of New South Wales’ (UNSW) National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (NCHECR) has shown that Raltegravir a new drug has had some good results in tests.
What this drug does is actually cut [...]
The human brain changes
A damaged brain can be caused by many things, but mainly an illness or accident would be the main cause for some sort of brain damage, which means that some people are finding that things they used to take for granted not being there anymore.
These functions can be anything, which is why it can be [...]
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 [...]