‘My restless legs were like bees biting under my skin’
Source: BBC News By Sally Abrahams BBC News Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionRestless legs at night can be very disruptive and unpleasant For years, Mary Rose struggled to get off to […]
Birth Control for Men? Researchers Will Test a Hormone Gel in 2018
Source: Time By AMANDA MACMILLAN December 22, 2017 TIME Health A new kind of male birth control may be on the horizon. The largest clinical trial to date on hormonal […]
Just 10 Minutes of Exercise Can Help Your Brain
Source: Time By AMANDA MACMILLAN Just 10 minutes of physical activity can increase brainpower for a short time afterward, according to a new study published in Neuropsychologia. The finding may be important for […]
A new era in fighting disease
Source: BBC News By Melissa Hogenboom Our quest to understand how our genes work started in earnest in the mid-19th Century when a biologist and monk called Gregor Mendel came […]
Opioid Crisis Could Be Biggest Hit To U.S. Life Expectancy In A Century, CDC Say
Source: Huffington Post By Nick Wing The average American life expectancy ticked downward for the second straight year in 2016, on the back of surging drug overdose deaths, according to […]
Haemophilia A trial results ‘mind-blowing’
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher British doctors say they have achieved “mind-blowing” results in an attempt to rid people of haemophilia A. Patients are born with a genetic defect […]
Forget abortion: What women in Appalachian Kentucky really want
Source: CNN By Jessica Ravitz, CNN Pikeville, Kentucky (CNN)Perhaps it was the abstinence pledge she felt forced to sign or the promise ring she was told to slip on her finger. […]
Heat-not-burn tobacco ‘is a health risk’
Source: BBC News “Heat-not-burn” tobacco products are harmful to health even though they are safer than regular cigarettes, say UK experts. The advisory panel to the government said the devices […]
Huntington’s breakthrough may stop disease
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent, BBC News Image copyrightJAMES GALLAGHERImage captionPeter has Huntington’s disease and his siblings Sandy and Frank also have the gene The […]
Blood Test May Help Predict Which Breast Cancers Will Recur
Source: Time By MARILYNN MARCHIONE / AP December 8, 2017 TIME Health A blood test five years after breast cancer treatment helped identify some women who were more likely to relapse, […]
It’s Time to End Mammograms, Some Experts Say
Source: Time By ALICE PARK December 6, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. Prevention is the best medicine, doctors say, and nowhere is that truer than in cancer. Picking up […]
Having trouble sleeping? It is not just because of aging.
Source: The Washington Post By Barbara Sadick November 26 Many older adults have sleep problems that can be caused by aging. But other issues also contribute to the prevalence of sleep complaints, […]
Here’s a New Reason You Should Worry About Antibiotics
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin Updated: November 28, 2017 4:01 PM ET | Originally published: November 27, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. There’s a global push for doctors and patients to […]
Clearing Up the Confusion About Salt
Source: The Washington Post By JANE E. BRODY If you’re confused about salt, I’m not surprised. There’s been a steady back-and-forth on claims that reducing dietary sodium (which represents 40 percent of the […]
The health benefits of chia seeds
Source: BBC Food By Jo Lewin – Associate nutritionist\ What are chia seeds and do they deserve ‘superfood’ status? Discover their nutritional benefits and the research behind the health-claim headlines What […]
Despite dubious claims, manuka honey may be antibiotic powerhouse
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Three cups of coffee a day ‘may have health benefits’
Source: BBC News By Philippa Roxby Health reporter, BBC News Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionThe effects of caffeine can vary from person to person Moderate coffee drinking is safe, and three to […]
Mystic Mantra: The essence of happy living
PublishedNov 11, 2017, 1:50 am IST UpdatedNov 11, 2017, 1:50 am IST Dr. Moin Qazi ……Moin Qazi is a well-known banker, author and Islamic researcher. He can be reached at moinqazi123@gmail.com http://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/op-ed/111117/mystic-mantra-the-essence-of-happy-living.html In a world marked by strife and depression, it is time we renew those lessons on how we can […]
Want to Live Longer? Every Movement Counts, Even Cleaning the House
Source: Time You don’t have to break a sweat to reap the health benefits of physical activity, according to new research in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. In a […]
7 Surprising Health Benefits of Gratitude
Source: Time By Jamie Ducharme Now is the season to think about what makes you most thankful, but research supports making it a year-round habit. Many studies have found there are […]