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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
To provide you with strong protection from diabetes you should have a Mediterranean diet with abundant quantities of virgin olive oil, a study has shown.The diet, which consists of large quantities of fruit, vegetables, wholegrain pulses and cereals can help you fight cardiovascular disease and, according to some research, Alzheimer’s.
Scientists in Spain have discovered that [...]
The company who claimed to have the miracle cure for Dyslexia, which could solve children’s reading and writing difficulties with a programme of balance and co-ordination exercises, has gone bust. The controversial Dore programme has shut down all 13 of the UK centres due to financial problems.
The programme treated up to 40,000 children at a [...]
Can being lonely make you ill?
A study released this week is suggesting that loneliness or extended periods of isolation can actually change how the body functions at a molecular level.
Chronic social isolation is linked to heart disease and can also hurt our ability to fend off colds and other viruses. But the cause of those [...]
Researchers have found that women who are stressed during pregnancy may increase the risk of asthma or other allergies.
The study by Harvard Medical School, which studied 387 babies, found higher levels of a chemical linked to allergy in the blood of children and stressed mothers. The study will be presented tho the America Thoracic Society.
It [...]
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In one of the most significant advances in a decade, researchers say they have obtained powerful immune responses in 150 infants on whom the vaccine was tested, suggesting that it would be pro-active in defeating the group B type of the disease.An effective vaccine against meningitis B could virtually eliminate the devastating bacterial infection from [...]
A new study is set to be launched tomorrow to study the developmental disorder, Autism.
The new British Autism Study of Infant Siblings (Basis) will study 200 infants with autistic older siblings to see if any patterns emerge and whether they will also develop the condition.
The goal is to identify criteria that can be used to [...]