ME sufferers have been offered new hope following a landmark study which suggests the condition can be reversed with counselling and exercise. Researchers have now identified two forms of treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), both of which ...
“Big Snake Mak” has a secret weapon to fend off the threat of flu – it wriggles and hisses in a basket at his side. Snakes have been used in China for thousands of years to cure a host of ailments – snake-fermented wine for arthritis, snake genitals...
Although it sounds too good to be true, there is evidence amassing that pomegranate juice is the natural answer to a list of health problems, ranging from cancer and heart disease to diabetes and Alzheimer’s. There is, in fact, an impressive amount of...
One in five UK adults are unaware that HIV can be passed between a man and a woman not using a condom, research suggests. The same number do not know HIV can be spread between gay men having unprotected sex, and more than half (55 per cent) are...
A new medical study suggests a way to help men with early, lowrisk prostate cancer avoid being over-treated for a disease that in most cases will never threaten their lives. It found that a drug can slow the growth of these tumours in men who opt to be...
Overweight or obese people who wish to lose weight effectively and forever are being invited to take part in a professional programme to help get them started to making the lifetime changes needed to reach their goal. Pink magazine has partnered with...
Up to 10 per cent of rice grown in China is contaminated with harmful heavy metals stemming from pollution linked to the nation’s rapid industrialisation, a report said. This week’s edition of the New Century magazine cited studies showing that...
Zinc supplements can reduce the severity and duration of common cold symptoms, a study has found. Previous trials looking at whether zinc can combat a cold have produced conflicting results. The new findings are published in The Cochrane Library, which...
An ingredient in red wine can boost a drug’s ability to combat breast cancer, research has shown. Laboratory tests showed that the compound resveratrol enhanced the effect of the drug rapamycin. Cancer cells resistant to rapamycin alone had their...
Men who start losing their hair at the age of 20 double their chances of developing prostate cancer in later life, a study has found. Researchers suggest that an anti-baldness pill, finasteride, could be given to at-risk individuals as a...
Almost one in three breast cancers in UK are diagnosed between regular screenings, new research shows. The cancers are mostly picked up because the woman starts developing symptoms, such as a lump in her breast. It is the first time UK data has been...
A vaccine against pneumonia, the leading cause of child deaths around the world, has been rolled out in Kenya and is expected to save hundreds of thousands of lives in coming years. Pneumococcal disease accounts for 18 per cent of child deaths in...
Obesity increases the risk of dying from heart disease, regardless of whether or not people have other traditional risk factors, a new study has suggested. Researchers thought obesity contributed to the development of risk factors such as high...
A teenage cancer sufferer who is planning her own funeral says the decision not to prolong treatment has to be one that each person makes for themselves. Seventeen-year-old Donna Shaw decided she would rather die in dignity than have further...
China has ordered that smoking scenes in films and television series be restricted, amid concern it is failing to deliver on pledges to help its 300 million smokers kick the habit. The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, China’s...
US researchers said they have found that people who used two specific varieties of pesticide were 2.5 times as likely to develop Parkinson’s disease. The pesticides, paraquat and rotenone, are not approved for house and garden use. Previous research...
Children with a TV in their bedroom watch an extra 15 minutes a day compared to those without, experts have said. A study of 12 to 15-year-olds found having a TV pushed up overall viewing time, while parents who watched a lot of TV tended to have...
The World Health Organisation has warned that too few countries were taking steps to prevent alcohol abuse and raised alarm bells over major increases in alcohol consumption in Africa and Asia. “Too few countries use effective policy options to...
Running is quite literally, going places. Massive participation is expected at this year’s half and full marathons scheduled for later this month. Entering races is a great way to motivate yourself to train, and simply finishing a full or half...
Gone are the ‘Big Mamma’ stereotypes and the full figures of yesteryear – a new study has foundItalian women are the only ones getting thinner despite an obesity epidemic in the Western world. And experts told AFP it’s all thanks to major cultural...
Higher alcohol consumption in late adolescence often continues into adulthood and is associated with long-term alcohol problems including dependence, a new study has suggested. The findings published in the Public Library of Science journal...
Last week I began this subject trying to bust some myths about mental health in the workplace as set out in the seminars and workshops I recently attended in the UK. It seems that stress in the workplace has now received a new strap line, ‘mental...
Each day, 10 European citizens die while waiting for a suitable organ transplant. That’s almost 4,000 people on a yearly basis. Moira Mizzi delves deeper into the subject. Christmas is the time for giving as the popular saying goes, even if for most...
Stroke hospitalisations among Americans under 45, particularly teenage boys and men under 34, rose dramatically between 1994 and 2007 but fell among older people, said a study. Researchers said they could not speculate on the cause, since the study...
Almost one in three people have been in a relationship which has suffered because of work pressures, according to a new study yesterday. A survey of 2,000 workers by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health found that a poor work-life...
Studies on animals suggest that a new hybrid drug, made in part from the chemical in the yellow spice turmeric, could help regenerate brain cells after a stroke, according to US researchers. The molecular compound is made with curcumin, a natural...
Dementia needs the type of aggressive action seen for tackling HIV in the 1980s, according to Sir Terry Pratchett. The author said the world “still doesn’t take much notice” of the disease and much more funding is needed for research. His comments...
Surgery to repair a birth defect known as spina bifida is best done in the womb rather than after the baby is born, according to the results of an eight-year US trial. The method was so successful in boosting babies’ health and mobility that the...
Many people still believe that they will catch a cold if they go out in the cold without warm clothing or when they have wet hair or if they go out from a warm room into cold air or if they place themselves in front of a fan while sweating,...
Doctors in France announced the country’s first birth of a “saviour sibling,” selected at the embryonic stage to be a close genetic match to save a brother or sister suffering from a fatal inherited disorder. The baby was born at the Antoine Beclere...
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