Japan: Home exercise programmes can improve fitness and well being, Japanese researchers report. Adults who walked at an aerobic rate for at least 20 minutes at least twice a week and to increase the total number of steps they walked … Continue reading
As a lack of vitamin D is linked to various diseases including the return of rickets, cancer, heart disease, tuberculosis and diabetes. Since it is produced in the skin on exposure to sunlight, those living in Scotland and the North … Continue reading
Sydney: Elderly men with low levels of testosterone are more than twice as likely to suffer bone fractures as those with higher amounts of the sex hormone, researchers in Australia found. A study of men at least 60 years old … Continue reading
New York: A regular brisk walk may help women going through menopause improve their mental well-being, a new study suggests. Researchers found that middle-aged women who exercised regularly had lower levels of stress, anxiety and depression around the time of … Continue reading
A study in Japan has found folate, a vitamin found in green leafy vegetables, reduced the symptoms of depression amongst men by 50 per cent in over 500 subjects studied. This might be news to many of us, but it … Continue reading
A coalition of gynecologists, internists, allergists, ER physicians and general practitioners responsible for treating thousands of women today criticized the US’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for taking action that threatens to deny hundreds of thousands of women access to … Continue reading
This year, many Britons have reported cold and flu viruses after the Christmas and New Year peroid, so a significant proportion of us will start the year with a strict set of health resolutions to get themselves on the path … Continue reading
Copenhagen: Moderate exercise combined with a little alcohol may be the key to living a longer life, according to a new study published in the European Heart Journal. The study found people who drink moderate amounts of alcohol and are … Continue reading
Cambridge: People with dementia survive an average of four and a half years after diagnosis, with age, sex, and existing disability all having an influence on life expectancy, finds a study published on www.bmj.com today. The authors hope that these … Continue reading
Beauty from the inside out in the buzz for 2008. Whilst it is the creams and lotions of major high street brands that tend to grab the headlines, there are some more traditional remedies that people have been using for … Continue reading
Whether you need to keep calm in the face of chaos or simply keep your waistline under control, this system is no nonsense and it works, says fitness expert Dr Matthew Mills In his new book, Mind and Body Metamorphosis, … Continue reading
San Francisco: Resveratrol, a substance found in red wine, may cure the symptoms of adult onset diabetes, according to the results of a new trial of a drug based on this ingredient. The American company, Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, says the trial … Continue reading
Washington: Life expectancy in the US has hit an all-time high of 77.6 years, according to the latest government statistics. For men, life expectancy in 2003 was 74.8 years, for women 80.1 years. The report says deaths from heart disease, … Continue reading
Do you know someone who? * loses sleep worrying about what they havent done? * finds it difficult to list their achievements? * allows criticism to get them down? * feels terrible when they make a mistake? The inner critic … Continue reading
Simple Secrets to Easy Weight Loss is the new book by UK author and therapist Steve McNulty Steve makes a confident and sincere offer that if you do as he asks (and that what he asks costs nothing, is easy … Continue reading
Learn about how Trappist monasteries produce beer, sample rare European cured meats, including prosciutto from the Lombardian Alps in the far north of Italy. Try speciality sausage from the province of Ragusa in Sicily. Explore honey-based beverages, such as traditional … Continue reading
Bejing: Chinese people are living healthier and longer lives as medical and sanitary conditions in the country have greatly improved, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Health. Residents’ average life expectancy, a key measurement of economic development … Continue reading
Greensboro: A US company has launched the world’s first anti-wrinkle bed sheets. Cupron fibers in the bedsheets give consumers an alternative to the same old anti-wrinkle and skin beautifying creams and face washes. They are proven to reduce the appearance … Continue reading
Christmas parties, Christmas lunch, Christmas pudding, Christmas cake, mince pies and mulled wine, edible and drinkable Christmas presents the list goes on and on and results in many of us bearing a closer resemblance to the traditionally rotund Old Saint … Continue reading
MindWeavers plc, the company behind the unique computer-based brain workout MindFit, has set you to a memory test. The challenge comprises 12 simple questions covering events from throughout the year, each question designed to test the memory. Which teams … Continue reading
London: Non-medical staff giving advice, misleading claims, remote prescribing and pressure selling are just some of the findings from a new Which? investigation* into the UK cosmetic treatments industry. With nearly 1 in 5 UK adults saying they would consider … Continue reading
London: Pinolenic Acid, a natural plant extract, from the Korean pine nut (Pinus Koraiensis), has been shown to suppress appetite dramatically without causing harmful stimulatory side effects. A form of polyunsaturated fatty acid it attacks the underlying mechanisms involved in … Continue reading
London: One of the most popular new year resolutions made each year is to get fit, but how many see it through? Not many, according to research* released in December 2007 which stated that 71% of people failed in their … Continue reading
Adults with arthritis tend to be less fit than their peers, but a new study from the University of Carolina has found that moderate exercise increases fitness. Lead researcher Leigh F. Callahan of the University of North Carolina at Chapel … Continue reading
London: Congratultions to Minnie Smith who celebrates her 110th birthday today. Miss Smith who never married or had children has been alive during three centuries, seen six monarchs and twenty-one prime ministers, and was a teenager when the Titanic sank. … Continue reading
