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A good night's sleep good defence against colds
Researchers in Pittsburg have concluded that getting a good night's sleep is a big step towards staying healthy. It has been understood that sleep and physical performance have been closely linked, read more...Alcohol sharpens the brain?
In good news for those who like to drink wine, researchers at the University College of London have found that drinking half a bottle of wine every day makes your brain work better, especially if yo read more...Anti alternative-health propaganda alive and well
Not content with the demolition job they did on Pan Pharmaceuticals (see Power Balance bands sham for a description of the TGA's role on Pan's collapse) Australian media continue to undermine, throu read more...Autism linked to environment?
Researchers at the University of California have linked soaring rates of autism and autism spectrum disorders with feotal and infant exposure to pesticides and household chemicals. California has se read more...Bacteria anticipate coming events
Just as humans have learned to connect dark clouds with rain, so too have bacteria and yeast learned to use one event to predict the arrival of another. "For multicellular organisms, there is a real read more...Brain efficiency genetic?
A new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience has demonstrated that our ability to problem solve, how organised we are able to be and some mental illnesses, can be traced back to genetically read more...Brains replay memories while asleep and store the highlights
In a striking similarity to how computer back-ups work, researchers have made some interesting discoveries about how the brain organises memories. It seems that the brain holds onto memories in sho read more...Cannabis more harmful than tobacco?
Popular wisdom amongst pro marijuana people is that smoking marijuana is a healthy activity while smoking tobacco is not. A study published in the New Scientist says that not only is smoking pure ma read more...Coffee can cause hallucinations
Ever wondered if you really saw or heard something? UK researchers have found that drinking seven or more cups of instant coffee a day can create hallunications. People who drink a lot of coffee, s read more...Coke Zero banned
Coke Zero has been banned in Venezuela by the government citing concerns that it is harmful to health. All Coke Zero in Venezuela as of 31/10/09 was to be removed from shelves and destroyed due to c read more...Do CT scans cause cancer?
Is it possible that Computer Tomography, (CT) scans, actually give you cancer while looking for it? According to a recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine by University of Califo read more...Excercise reduces Alzheimer's risk
In a study reported in Lancet Neurology researchers have concluded that exercise in midlife can reduce the risk of contracting Alzheimer's in the general population by as much as 50% and for those g read more...Exercise is good for memory
A study undertaken by the Columbia University Medical Center in New York has shown that people who exercise frequently have better memories than those who don't. People who exercise tend to absorb s read more...Fast food linked to Alzheimers
Research published in November 08 by researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institute shows how a diet rich in sugar, cholestorol and fat increases the risk of Alzheimers in mice and could do the same i read more...If it is advertised, it is not food
"The real food is not being advertised. And that's really all you need to know." In an interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! Michael Pollan states that as a rule of thumb, if a food is advert read more...Jetlag causes memory loss
A recent study published in the journal PLOS One shows that jetlag and other interruptions to circadian rhythms such as experienced by flight attendants, medical workers, rotating shift workers, can read more...Love spray - coming to a bar near you
In another twist in what is becoming 'the incredible shrinking romance of sexual attraction' scientists are developing drugs that boost the feeling of love. Studying the brain chemistry responsible read more...Mammograms causing breast cancer?
A report published in November 08 (Journal of the American Medical Association's Archives of Internal Medicine (Arch Intern Med. 2008;168[21]:2302-2303) ) concluded what many naturopaths and alterna read more...Marijuana does not cause cancer?
In June 2005, UCLA medical school professor Donald Tashkin reported that some components of marijuana smoke, while damaging cells in the respiratory tract, somehow prevent cancer cells from becoming read more...Minimising menopause, my magic salad
I can drink booze again! My migraines are gone. There’s not a whisper of a hot flash. I’ve stopped attacking my loved ones. And I sleep through the night. How did I do it? How did I make my meno read more...Nature or nurture, destiny or environment?
The nature and nurture debate has been raging for decades, particularly as it relates to human behaviour. Is a 'good' or 'bad' person born or simply a product of how he is raised, his environment? C read more...Not enough sleep connected to cancer
In a recent study of 6000 women it was found that exercise reduces the risk of cancer, and that this benefit is mostly reduced if she does not get enough sleep. Woman who slept less than seven hour read more...Organic diets keep kids pesticide free
Researchers have shown that children who switch their diet for just a few days to organic food from non organic food lowered the levels of pesticides in their bodies dramatically and immediately. Ch read more...Our ageing population, is it true?
Contrary to accepted wisdom, which tells us of an ageing population that will absorb an increasing amount of resources, in her book Good Health in the 21st Century, author and GP Dr Carole Hungerfor read more...Pesticides and ADHD link
A study published in May 2010 in the US Journal Pediatrics, shows that children exposed to pesticides found in commercially grown fruit and veggies, in particular organophosphates (an ingredient in read more...Sage improves memory
According to a UK study the herb sage can be used to improve memory and also may prevent Alzheimer's. In the study, young adults who took sage oil had markedly improved memory, performing significan read more...Sleep and madness linked
It may well be that many of the mental disorders that are diagnosed and for which drugs are prescribed for are just a result of poor sleeping habits. The impact of sleep deprivation is only recently read more...Sleeping to lose weight?
In a study reported in the International Journal of Obesity researchers found that children who slept less than 10 hours a night were 3/5 times as likely to be overweight. Of all the factors taken read more...Soft drinks can seriously harm health
A preservative E211, known as sodium benzoate, which is in most soft drinks, pickles and sauces, has been implicated in some serious health problems. Sodium benzoate has already caused concern as wh read more...Stem cells reverse MS?
According to researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago, doses of a subject's own stem cells reset the immune system and reversed any disability of early stages Multiple Sclerorsis. All s read more...Swimming in hormones
Over the past 50 years an increasing use of hormones, chemicals and pharmaceuticals is finally taking its toll on our waterways. Hormones are fed to our animals thus entering the food chain, plus sy read more...Swine flu - real or just a scam?
Is swine flu really dangerous or is it a media beat up, a corporate scam to sell $1billion worth of vaccines? Can public policy driven by shock jocks and their scare campaigns ever be good for anybo read more...Swine flu drug useless?
Stating that Tamiflu manufacturer, Roche, had withheld trial data, the Cochrane Review, published in the British Medical Journal yesterday (9/12/09), reported that Tamiflu shots, far from being the read more...Swine Flu exposed
A report by the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe into the Swine Flu pandemic released on June 4/10 (see) says that there was 'overwh read more...Swine Flu Vaccinations - Beware
With the current world wide panic about Swine Flu and the pandemic scare campaign being driven by big pharma via a compliant and 'bought and paid for' media, it is worth noting the results of previo read more...The business of sunscreen
Over the past 30 years the incidence of melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, has increased by around 160%. Skin cancer diagnoses have also increased, partly as a result of the increased aw read more...The excercise myth
There are lots of myths around exercise and losing weight and much pavement is pounded unnecessarily. Exercising smarter and longer, not harder, is the key to longterm health. read more...