Ra 4 Food - Health and Nutritional Tips

A new study published in the British Medical Journal looked at whether our teeth brushing habits are linked to the incidence of heart disease.
Over the past twenty years or so there has been an increasing interest in the possibility of there being a relationship between gum disease & heart disease. Experts don’t fully understand the [...]

Resuming sexual activity after having had a heart attack is perfectly safe for the majority of people, but unless this is discussed with patients by their doctor as part of the help & support they receive, they may worry about the possible consequences for their health.
Until recently little was known about what advice people receive [...]

The majority of British consumers want to buy sustainably sourced fish, but the information currently available from retailers is confusing, says a new report from consumer watchdog, Which?
Greenpeace give a good & simple definition of sustainability for those who are unsure of exactly what the term means: ‘a particular seafood is sustainable if it comes [...]

In a new study published yesterday, scientists found that vocal contact between mothers & daughters did not differ significantly from physical contact in terms of the impact it had on comforting the children in stressful situations.
The study took place in America with sixty one female children, aged between seven & twelve, & their mothers. The [...]

Headache is one of the most frequent reasons for seeing a doctor. However, the medications taken to relieve the pain – both prescribed & over the counter - are often misused, with the ironic effect of causing rather than alleviating headaches.
Almost everyone gets a headache at some point, & for many the initial reaction is [...]

In Britain there are seven hundred & fifty thousand people with dementia, & it is predicted that this will rise to 1.7 million by 2050. Now a new study - published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - shows that caring for a partner with dementia is associated with a six fold increase in [...]

New research published in the scientific journal Sleep, claims to have found definitive evidence of a link between abnormal sleep patterns & premature death.
The study was carried out by scientists at the University of Warwick in the UK & the Federico 11 University medical school in Naples, Italy. Together they analysed the data from sixteen [...]