Puzzling claims over brain games"People who do puzzles and crosswords may stave off dementia longer,” according to BBC News. The website said that mentally stimulating activities may protect ... | 02/09/2010 18:23 |
Sugar not a painkiller for babies“Newborn babies should not be given sugar as pain relief,” read the headline in The Guardian. The newspaper said the routine use of tiny ... | 02/09/2010 18:12 |
Migraines linked to geneticsScientists have discovered genes that may be behind migraines, “opening the door to a cure”, reported the Daily Mirror. The newspaper said that these ... | 02/09/2010 17:35 |
Balanced diet cuts heart riskA diet combining fruit and vegetables with foods such as fish, poultry and nuts “can protect you against heart attack”, reported The Independent.
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Death risk from insomnia unclear“Men who find themselves unable to sleep during the small hours of the night may end up dying younger,” reported the Daily Mail.
This study ... | 01/09/2010 15:39 |
Exercise, genetics and obesityA “genetic excuse for obesity ‘is a myth’”, reported The Daily Telegraph. It said, “people could work off around 40 per cent of the ... | 01/09/2010 13:40 |
Cannabis for nerve pain studied“Smoking cannabis from a pipe can significantly reduce chronic pain in patients with damaged nerves,” reported the BBC. It added that improvements in sleep ... | 31/08/2010 12:00 |
Heart failure pill performs in trialThe lives of 10,000 patients could be saved each year by a “breakthrough pill”, according to the Daily Express.
The news story comes from a ... | 31/08/2010 11:31 |
Does broccoli aid gut problems?"Eating broccoli and plantain could reduce bouts of Crohn’s disease,” reported The Daily Telegraph. It said researchers have found that certain types of soluble ... | 27/08/2010 17:19 |
Stem cells converted to liver cellsYou will be able to “grow your own transplant liver in a lab within just five years,” says the Daily Mail.
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