Softdrinks - even diet ones - may be linked with increased risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, US researchers say.
They found adults who drink one or more softdrinks a day had about a 50 per cent higher risk of…
Softdrinks - even diet ones - may be linked with increased risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, US researchers say.
They found adults who drink one or more softdrinks a day had about a 50 per cent higher risk of…
New study findings suggest that a preference for night-time over daytime activities may be associated with anti-social behaviour in adolescence, even in children as young as eight-years-old.
Those who prefer later bedtimes appear to exhibit more anti-social behaviour than those who…
A new research has shown just how a sensible diet, exercise and weight control helps people live a longer life.
Researchers from Howard Hughes Medical Institute have found that all these factors increase longevity by reducing signaling through a specific pathway…
Robert Veatch weighs his words carefully when he talks about how people pass away. Most simply die. Some “become dead”. Others are “made dead”.
Some end-of-life cases are so unclear, he thinks, that people should be able to choose in advance…
According to a new calorie-restriction study, accepting food cravings and keeping them in check may be an important component of weight management.
The first six-month phase of the study provides new insights into food cravings, specific types of foods craved, and…
Taking vitamin C to combat colds is a waste of time, scientists have revealed.
They found that the supplements, commonly perceived to be a tonic for winter ills, have little preventative effect and are no use at dealing with symptoms.
Only marathon…
Researchers have confirmed what common wisdom has long held – that people can suppress emotionally troubling memories – and said they have sketched out how the brain accomplishes this.
They said their findings might lead to a way to help patients…
When it comes to pain, it may really be possible to put mind over matter, new scientific studies show.
German neuroscientist Professor Herta Flor told an international brain conference in Melbourne yesterday that many people suffering from chronic pain can ease…
Attempts to improve breast cancer care are being undermined by government targets, leaving “alarming” numbers of women waiting too long for diagnosis, a study warns.
A “fast-track” system is actually pushing some women with cancer to the back of the queue.…
Diabetes is costing taxpayers ?ê10 million a week to treat, official figures have revealed.
Spending on NHS drugs and other care for sufferers of the disease reached ?ê562 million last year, up from ?ê167 million in 1998, according to the…
Treating people with depression - by means of either medications or psychotherapy - leads to a drop in suicide attempts, according to a new report.
The findings relate to the controversy about treating young people with antidepressant drugs, and the…
WASHINGTON - Researchers have confirmed what common wisdom has long held - that people can suppress emotionally troubling memories - and said on Thursday they have sketched out how the brain accomplishes this.
They said their findings might lead to a…
WASHINGTON - Helping switch on an energy-burning type of fat called brown fat may offer a way to prevent obesity, researchers reported on Tuesday.
They found a gene called PRDM16 in brown fat but not in white fat - the type…
ST. LOUIS - A new psychology study at Washington University was no laughing matter: It found that older adults may have a harder time getting jokes because of an age-related decline in certain memory and reasoning abilities.
The research suggested that…
A new study has challenged the popular notion that a high carbohydrate, low fat slimming plan only works if there,s little or no sugar involved.
The exclusion of sugar (sucrose) is normally advocated in a weight loss diet but now researchers…
WASHINGTON - A single pill appears to hold promise in curbing the urges to both smoke and drink, according to researchers trying to help people overcome addiction by targeting a pleasure center in the brain.
The drug, called varenicline, already is…
Almost twice as many children in Britain could have autism than previously thought, researchers say.
A study has found that as many as one in 58 may have some form of the condition - well above the widely-accepted existing estimate…
NAIROBI - South Africa,s top female politician warned Saturday that men must get fully involved in the war against HIV/AIDS if the disease is to be defeated.
“There aren,t enough men who are taking enough responsibility to go for tests and…
NEW YORK - Overweight women are known to have a greater chance of giving birth to a larger-than-normal baby. But new research suggests that these odds stay higher even when a woman loses weight before pregnancy.
In a study of more…
Organic tomatoes might save your heart, for a new study has found that they are far better than traditionally grown crops.
Dr Alyson Mitchell and his team at the California University used data from a long-term project using standardized farming…