Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

New drug users

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 5th, 2009 | filed Filed under: Health

Asian women using Class A drugs is on the rise

Why playing golf may damage your hearing

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 5th, 2009 | filed Filed under: Health

Keen golfers are being warned by doctors that they could be risking their hearing for their sport.

Annus fabulous

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 5th, 2009 | filed Filed under: Health

Five ways to force yourself to be happy in ‘09

Scientists dismiss ‘detox myth’

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 4th, 2009 | filed Filed under: Health

Products that claim to help the body “detox” are often based on meaningless claims, scientists warn.

Cancer cells ‘cheat suicide call’

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 4th, 2009 | filed Filed under: Health

Cancer cells are able to escape death by reversing a process which triggers suicide in normal cells, scientists have shown.

Nano device ‘times drug release’

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 4th, 2009 | filed Filed under: Health

Researchers say they can harness the power of gold nanoparticles to devise a better way of delivering drugs to patients.

Hope of insulin cell transplant

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 4th, 2009 | filed Filed under: Health

Scientists working towards pancreatic cell transplants as a cure for diabetes have taken the first step to getting around the problem of immune rejection

Period pains

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 4th, 2009 | filed Filed under: Health

‘The strain of PMS cost us our relationship’

Touch of genius

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 2nd, 2009 | filed Filed under: Health

The sheer brilliance of Braille, by David Blunkett

‘Keep off dieting’ to avoid flu

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 2nd, 2009 | filed Filed under: Health

People should steer clear of New Year diets if they want to improve their chances of staving off flu, a study suggests.