Dragging a teenager kicking and screaming out of bed too early on a Sunday morning could be bad for their health. Scientists have shown that a weekend lie-in is more than lazy indulgence and could be vital for well-being.
Tests on volunteers showed that the occasional sleep-in provides an invaluable antidote to the harmful effects of sleep deprivation. The findings will be welcome by all those lucky enough to be able to enjoy an extra hour or two of slumber on Saturdays and Sundays.
< read moreThe world’s first experiments using embryonic stem cells to treat humans have been given the go-ahead in America.
California-based bio-tech firm Geron will begin clinical trials on patients paralyzed by spinal cord injuries.
Scientists hope that injecting cells from discarded human embryos into the spines of volunteers will trigger regrowth of damaged nerve cells and eventually allow the patients to recover feeling and movement.
The Vatican condemned the controversial read more
It’s one of the most infuriating things in the world.
Your best friend devours cream cakes by the plateful without putting on weight, but you gain 3lb by glancing at a chocolate bar. Now scientists think they know why.
A study suggests that the ‘propensity for obesity’ may be hardwired into the brain while we are in the womb.
Its findings will be welcomed by the millions of us who have struggled to lose weight despite sticking rigidly to calorie-controlled read more
Phases of healing
Early
Intermediate
Late
Terminal
Early wound healing events
Hemostasis
Platelet aggregation
Intrinsic and extrinsic coagulation cascade
Thrombin, fibrin
Vasoconstriction
Inflammation
Vasodilatation
Increase in vascular permeability
Chemotaxis
Cellular response
Intermediate wound healing events < read more
Factors which influence doctor-patient communication
Factors which influence doctor-patient communication
Having good friends can do wonders for your health, research shows. A life of booze, fags and slothfulness may be enough to earn your doctor’s disapproval, but there is one last hope: a repeat prescription of mates and good conversation.
A circle of close friends and strong family ties can boost a person’s health more than exercise, losing weight or quitting cigarettes and alcohol, psychologists say.
Sociable people seem to reap extra rewards from their relationships by read more
Do you have problems with erection? Erectile disorders aren’t quite rare, especially in those men who have blood sugar problems and diabetes. Erectile dysfunction is the most common sexual disorder in men, which is characterized by the decreased ability to get and keep erections hard enough for having penetrative sex. Despite the fact that ED has a purely physical manifestation, it is a psychological problem too, as it affects a man’s overall quality of life and causes relationship read more
Pregnant women need no longer give up their morning cup of coffee. A research review by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists had found that moderate caffeine consmption probably won’t increase the risk of a miscarriage or premature
birth.
Until recently, studies have had conflicting findings about the effect of moderate caffeine consumption on pregnancy complications but a College committee has reviewed the evidence.
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It’s not a laughing matter. Fear really can stalk the night. You can be lying in bed, enjoying the moment as sleep slowly overtakes you at the end of tiring day when, with just the merest warning, the pain can strike, usually in the calves. Or you can be jerked unceremoniously from sleep. Nothing seems to protect you. You wonder about hanging garlic above the windows, but reject it. You experiment with temperature, adding or rejecting coverings. But cramp is not to be frightened away like read more
A major public threat for more than 28 million Americans. 80 % are women.
One in 2 women and One in 8 men over 50 will have an osteoporosis related fracture.
The estimated cost for osteoporosis and associated fractures is 38 million a day!
What is it?
A disease in which bones become fragile and more likely to break.
Breaks usually occur in the hip, spine and wrist
What causes osteoporosis?
Scientist have not yet learned all the reasons this occurs.
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