Archive for June, 2008

UK Breastfeeding Laws Set to Change in Six Months

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Debated for many years, it looks like finally mothers will be allowed to breast feed their children in any public place, including trains, bars and restaurants.
Later this year, laws will be introduced in parliament that will make it an offence to top a woman from breast-feeding a baby aged up to six months. At the [...]

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Piercings Place Burden on NHS

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Now-a-days one in ten people in England has a piercing somewhere on their body, but the majority of these people are unaware of the risks involved from having a piece of metal through their flesh.

The first study to examine the complications from body art has taken place and showed that more than a quarter of [...]

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Summers Almost Here

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Hands up if you love sitting in a relaxed beer garden sipping on a refreshing drink in the height of British summer. Yep, me to, so here’s a short guide to what wine’s you should enjoy this summer (in moderation of course).  
A perfectly chilled glass of white wine will help refresh you on a hot day [...]

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Migraine Sufferers Could have Cure by 2010

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

According to a leading British specialist, new drugs being tested for migraine sufferers cut the number of attacks and could help prevent them altogether.
The treatment is called Tonabersat and ‘turns down’ hyperactive nerves, which promote debilitating headaches.
Another pill, referred to as NK0974, is said to lift the pain from sufferers within two hours of taking [...]

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New Book Claims Patients often ‘misdiagnosed’ as Depressed

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Now-a-days it’s all too easy for doctors to diagnose a patient with depression. Can’t sleep? Probably depression, Feel a bit tired? Must be depression, Unmotivated? Most defiantly: depression. ‘Take two of these every day till you can’t feel feelings.’
Over two million people in the UK are taking prescribed anti-depressants, yet according to a new book, [...]

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Tomatoes Can Help Fight Prostate Cancer

Monday, June 9th, 2008

According to the June 1st issue of Cancer Research - a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research – a new study suggests that the form of tomato product you eat could be the key to unlocking its prostate cancer-fighting potential.
Valeri V. Mossine, Ph.D., research assistant professor of biochemistry at the University of [...]

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Want to succeed? Eat Cheese

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Scientists have discovered that people with high levels of serotonin are more likely to succeed in delicate negotiations affecting their own interests.

Serotonin is manufactured in the body from the amino acid, tryptophan, which is present in several foods like cheese, meat, soya beans, sesame seeds, chocolate, oats, bananas, dried dates, milk and salmon.

So perhaps eating [...]

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Studies Find Drinking Alcohol Reduces Arthritis

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Two studies from Demark and Sweden have found that drinking alcohol is not only good for your heart – it’s good for your joints too. A regular drink cuts the risk of rheumatoid arthritis by up to 50 percent – and the more you drink the greater the protection.
Rheumatoid arthritis affects 500,000 people in the [...]

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MSRA Strain infects UK

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

British people have been infected for the first time by an animal variant of MRSA, the hospital superbug that infects more than 4,000 patients a year.
Yesterday scientist’s revealed that three patients in separate hospitals were infected with the ST389 strain, which is found in factory-farmed pigs in the Netherlands. There are now concerns that the [...]

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Retailers Report Boost in Brain Food Sales

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

With exams just around the corner, parents have caused a huge increase in the sale of ‘brain foods’ in an attempt to make their children more intelligent. With no worthy scientific study in to how much a bag of nuts and seeds improves your brain power, parents are still happy to spend their hard earned [...]

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