Paris: Beta carotene, a precursor to vitamin A, slows the decline in lung power associated with ageing, reveals research in the medical magazine Thorax. Beta carotene belongs to a group of antioxidant substances called carotenoids, which give fruits and vegetables … Continue reading
Manchester: Including oily fish, containing Omega 3 fatty acids may prevent the spread of prostate cancer to other parts of the border, according to research by the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research at the Christie Hospital. Prostate cancer is the … Continue reading
Atlanta: A big waist increases the risk of heart disease, the American College of Cardiology in Atlanta has been told. It is not how fat you are but where the fat is, that indicates the risk of having a heart … Continue reading
Oslo: A Norwegian study of around 4,000 heart attack survivors who were given high doses of vitamins B6, B12 and folic acid increased their risk of a second attack or stroke, it has been found. B vitamins are one of … Continue reading
London: Deaths from coronary artery heart disease in Ireland have halved since the mid 1980s, finds research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Almost half of the drop is attributable to lifestyle changes, especially smoking and diet, it … Continue reading
Washington: The number of senior citizens in the US is expected to almost double within the next 25 years, says a new census report from the National Insititute on Aging. By 2030, almost one in five Americans will be 65 … Continue reading
London: The number of people who will get skin cancer in the UK is set to treble within the next thirty years, a top scientist has warned. Already over the last five years more people have died of skin cancer … Continue reading
Quebec: Chemicals in red wine may help reduce gum disease, scientists at the Universite de Laval have discovered. The reason is that red wine contains polyphenols, chemicals which give red wine its colour, help reduce the periodontitis, the damaging disease … Continue reading
London: Chronic kidney disease is rising rapidly worldwide and is becoming a global healthcare problem, warn experts in this weeks British Medical Journal. In the United Kingdom, the annual incidence of end stage renal disease is around 100 per 1,000,000 … Continue reading
London: NHS surgeons are being left to pick up the pieces after poor surgery at private treatment centres, warns a senior doctor in this weeks British Medical Journal. The number of patients we are seeing with problems resulting from poor … Continue reading
Boston: US doctors have found that having just one fizzy drink a day could equate to putting on almost a stone in a year. The warning follows a study of teenagers by US researchers assessing if home deliveries of ‘healthy’ … Continue reading
London: Exercise lowers LDL “bad cholesterol”, a new study has discovered. The Brunel University study also found that both fat and thin people who did not exercise both had high levels of LDL. Leader researcher, physiologist Dr Gary O’Donovan said … Continue reading
Botox injections may help treat cancer says scientists who discovered that tiny doses of the potentially-lethal toxin can significantly boost the effects of chemotherapy. The wrinkle-busting poison appears to speed up the destruction of tumour cells. It does this by … Continue reading
Oslo: Smokers are more likely to suffer from depression than non-smokers, researchers in have found. An 11-year study of adults found that the level of depression increased the more cigarettes smoked and heavy smokers – those on more than 20 … Continue reading
London: A UK government report has found a link between traffic fumes and deaths and other hospital admissions for heart disease. The Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollution concluded that pollution could trigger heart attacks and strokes and … Continue reading
London: One of Britains foremost experts on hormones today warned of the dangers of statins, the cholesterol busting family of drugs. Dr John Moran said that taking too much could deplete the body of vital hormones, such as testosterone and … Continue reading
London: At lease one in four children aged between two and ten is overweight or obese, a UK government report reveals. These children face a lifetime of weight-related health problems and cost the taxpayer more than £5bn by 2010. They … Continue reading
London: Children in the UK as young as nine years are suffering from adult type diabetes, according to new figures from doctors. Type 2 diabetes, which normally affects middle-aged adults, across the country, and is blamed on the huge increase … Continue reading
Swansea: Artificial sweetners, do not help slimmers to loose weight, says a top medical experts. Professor David Benton, a psychologist from Swansea University in Wales, said those who use artificial sweetners are more likely to eat more of other foods … Continue reading
London: Older mothers may live longer because of the hormone oestrogen and because they don’t have lots of children, according to doctors in a TV programme on the National Geographic Channel programme called Animal Ageing Secrets (12 March 2pm UK). … Continue reading
Los Angeles: Apples with half the calories of normal fruit have been created by researchers at the University of California Davis. The apples which have been created by boosting the fruits’ production of thatural sweetner sorbitol, are supposed to taste … Continue reading
Jerusalem: Eating one whole red grapefruit daily, decreases blood fat levels, researchers in Israel have discovered. The researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem tested white and red grapefruit on patients who had not responded to the cholesterol-lowering group of … Continue reading
Durham: Medical researchers in the US are investigating the use of stem cells for eye diseases. Early findings at Duke University indicate that stem cells may benefit those suffering from glaucoma, macular degeneration and the effects of diabetes. Ophthalmology researcher … Continue reading
Stanford: People in their 50s today can expect to live to 100, according to a leading US biologist. Dr Shripad Tuljapurkar, from Stanford University in California, speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual conference in St … Continue reading
London: British medical experts have developed a vaccine that could cure sufferers of Crohn’s disease. Professor John Hermon-Taylor, who developed the vaccine at London’s St George’s Hospital, says that trials have gone well. Prof Hermon-Taylor’s research shows that a bug … Continue reading