We can eat our chocolate Easter eggs this weekend without feeling quite so guilty, a new study this week assures us. Chocolate, and especially dark chocolate, can lower our blood pressure and reduce our risks of heart disease. Continue reading “Eating Easter eggs can lower blood pressure”
Star Wars technology kills late-stage breast cancer
A new technology that came straight out of America’s ‘Star Wars’ defence system could be the way forward for treating breast cancers. Continue reading “Star Wars technology kills late-stage breast cancer”
Positive outlook helps prevent a heart attack
There’s one thing that can dramatically reduce your risks of heart disease – and it’s the one thing that doctors never mention: be happy, and retain a positive outlook. A positive attitude can have a big effect on the health of your heart, and could even halve your chances of suffering heart problems, and even a heart attack, over a 10-year period.
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Acupuncture really does work – research shows
Acupuncture really can relieve pain in our joints, scientists have discovered – which suggests that the Eastern view of the body as a complex and inter-related energy system may have something going for it, after all. Continue reading “Acupuncture really does work – research shows”
Why great-grandma knew best
Think of the Victorians and characters like Fagin, The Artful Dodger, and Oliver Twist come to mind. And along with them come images of orphanages, malnourishment and short cruel lives.
But are these pictures a record of fact or fiction?
New research published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine contradicts everything you may believe about your great-grand parents’ era.
Not only did their generation live longer than we do today, but they were stronger and healthier. And their immune systems were better at fighting infection. Continue reading “Why great-grandma knew best”
Now we know WHY an apple a day keeps the doctor away!
It’s taken a few hundred years, but scientists have finally figured out why it is that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. An apple – and, indeed, oats and nuts, too – is rich in soluble fibre, which boosts the immune system. Scientists are recognising Continue reading “Now we know WHY an apple a day keeps the doctor away!”