Fat can be turned into muscle
There has always been the thought that muscle can quickly turn to fat, but it seems that the opposite is also possible, which should bring hope to many people who are struggling with their diets.
However, as we, all know there are good and bad types of fat, unfortunately, it is only the good fat that [...]
All Americans overweight in forty years
In research funded by the US Government, it has been announced that all Americans will be overweight in forty years.
That may seem a long way off, but that sort of time can quickly come around and the problem is that once it reaches that point then there is a long way back for everyone.
The [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 5, 2008Drinking 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 [...]
Medicine or Food the ingredients are the same
For years people have been using natural products for treatment of ill health, however many of these treatments are also foods which has to bring up the question: it someone has all of these foods in their daily diet, should they not be the healthiest person around?
Just in case you have any doubts as what [...]
Men want alcohol more than women
Recently there has been a lot of bad press regarding how it is women these days who have taken over the yob culture from men, quite simply because they have become victims of cheap drink. But in a study from researchers at the Yale University School of Medicine the findings are quite different.
The results found [...]
Living off the fat of the land
Scientists have come to aid of many people who are over weight but find it so hard to lose weight and so find themselves in a position where they want to lose weight and get fitter, but simply cannot shift the pounds needed to make any significant weight loss.
In a joint but separate effort by [...]
It’s all in the urine
With a renewed interest into all things medieval, we have seen programmes that are following how they people of the time thought, lived and died. But before this interest blossomed there were research teams who have been working relentlessly on finding out the facts on how these people really lived and thought.
Scientists at the Imperial [...]
Frogs skin to help diabetics
A team of scientists studying the small South American Paradoxical frog have found that it may have some unique properties that could help to make millions of peoples lives much better and it is all down to the unique properties that can be found on the frog’s skin.
As the frogs get older they shrink slightly, [...]
Doctors not to treat old and unhealthy
This is a very serious situation brewing here, doctors who are paid to look after the everyone in the UK are calling for the NHS to withdraw treatment from people who are either too old or people that lead an unhealthy lifestyle.
There are four main categories that the doctors want to be able to say [...]
New Year’s health resolutions
For a lot of people making a new years resolution would normally involve either dieting or giving up smoking, but as smokers are now in the minority these days, it would seem that getting fit and healthy would be the favourite one to be concentrating on this year and order to do this it is [...]
November 30, 2007Skin patch could replace injections
In collaboration HP and Crospon have been developing a new system of administering drugs in a virtually painless and indeed a completely safe way of delivering drugs over a certain amount of time.
The skin patch has a chip which can be programmed to deliver an assortment of drugs directly into the system through tiny needles [...]
Obesity affects a third of Americans
There are concerns in a America still about the obesity problems especially as research has thrown up some astonishing figures. It appears that there are about a third of all US citizens that are classified as being obese, whereas this used to be the status of the so called lazy, this problem is now affecting [...]
November 22, 2007Stem Cells from skin
In the US and Japan there have been two groups working on how to produce stem cells from human skin, and it would appear that they have succeeded, and this success could end the long running problems with using stem cells from embryos.
The cells developed from skin cells could be used in the treatment of [...]
Coffee the healthy drink
Apart from the obvious pick me up qualities that coffee appears to have, there has been research that proves coffee could have more benefits than many of us may have imagined.
In fact drinking coffee is being linked to having more than one health benefit; these include the possibility that it may prevent cancer, Parkinson’s disease, [...]
Drugs and Diabetes connection
Insulin has for a long time been the treatment for diabetes, but researchers from the Vanderbilt University Medical Centre have discovered that the insulin actually has an affect on the brains Dopamine system, this system is a factor in drug addiction and neuro psychiatric conditions.
There may be a connection also between getting the right dosage [...]
Diabetes enzyme identified
Research at the Garvan Institute in Sydney, Australia has pin pointed an enzyme which is key in the blocking of insulin, the hormone that is found within the pancreas that converts the sugar in blood to energy.
Treatment for diabetes is done by trying to control the insulin levels by adding this to the body, but [...]