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: 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: 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
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
A gadget which helps the user lower blood pressure without drugs, has been launched. It looks like a CDWalkman, helps open up blood vessels that have become narrowed, causing a build-up of pressure. It works by changing and slowing breathing … Continue reading
Lexington: A bulging midriff almost doubles a womans chances of developing gallstones and the need for surgery to remove them, finds an extensive study published in the medical magazine Gut. In the developed world, gallstone disease is the most common … Continue reading
Rotterdam:Treating everyone, or those at only moderate risk of cardiovascular disease, with the polypill would not save any money at all, even if the drug cost nothing to make, finds research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The … Continue reading
York: Doctors in the UK are investigating how bone can be grown from baby stem cells to replace diseased joints. At present stem cells from the umbilical cords of babies are used to treat leukaemia patients, but researchers at York … Continue reading
San Francisco: Omega-6 fatty acids, found in foods such as corn oil, resulted in the faster growth of human prostate tumors in cell culture , according to a study conducted at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. The study which … Continue reading
Edmonton: There is no evidence that melatonin is effective in treating secondary sleep disorders or preventing jet lag, finds a study published online by the British Medical Journal. Sleep disorders are a widespread problem and place a burden on society … Continue reading
London: UK women have the lowest life expectancy in the European Union, according to a new report from the Office of National Statistics. But UK men are living longer than most in other European countries. In a major report based … Continue reading
London: Experts are predicting that more than a million people born in the UK and now aged 30 could live to be 100 years old and more. Currently there are around 10,000 centenarians but this figure could grow to 1.2million … Continue reading
Cambridge: Eating red met does raise the risk of bowel cancer, scientists at the MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit in Cambridge. Earlier research, byt he UK’s Medical Research Council, has already shown that eating more than n 5 1/2oz a … Continue reading
Boston: The menopause does cause memory loss, doctors at the University of Rochester Medical Centre in New York have discovered. Research shows that the stress of women’s lives combined with a drop in the hormone oestrogen makes them struggle to … Continue reading
Montpellier: A family of drugs, commonly used to treat diseases in the elderly, may be responsible for causing mental impairment. Researchers at the Hôpital La Colombière, Montpellier, France say that anticholinergic drugs, used to treat irritable bowel syndrome, urinary incontinence, … Continue reading
London: A pioneering new treatment, in which a protein is used to attack amyloid plaques, the substance blamed for damaging the brain in Alzheimer’s disease, is being carried out in the UK for the first time. A small trial involving … Continue reading
London: Stem cells have been used to grow cartilage in a breakthrough that could eventually mean fewer patients need hip and knee replacements. Scientists from Imperial College London have used stem cells from embryos to make new cartilage that can … Continue reading
Chicago: Impotence, which affects 50% of men over the age of 40, may be an early wraning of heart disease, says new research published in the journal of the Archives of Internal Medicine. Scientists at the University of Chicago who … Continue reading
A shortage of vitamin D may be linked to an increased risk of stroke, according to research published in the journal Stroke. Stroke patients often suffer a number of vitamin D deficiency-related symptoms such as a lowering of bone mineral … Continue reading
London: Researchers have found stronger evidence for a link between a parasite in cat faeces and undercooked meat and an increased risk of schizophrenia. Research published today in Procedings of the Royal Society B, shows how the invasion or replication … Continue reading
New York: Taking regular walks can help prevent Alzheimer’s Disease in older people, new research from the National Institute of Aging in Maryland has found. Those who exercise three times a week during old age are a third less likely … Continue reading