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The six-month-old baby who learnt to walk before he could crawl
When there's a whole world to explore it doesn't pay to spend all day lying about. Which might explain why little Xavier King decided that, at just six months old, it was time to get up and get on the move. His parents Mary and David were astonished when their son took his first steps so soon - in half the time it takes most babies.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1251159/Pictured-The-month-old-baby-learnt-walk-crawl.html
Saliva DNA test could determine future health
A fast, low-cost DNA test which can determine a person's chances of developing certain inherited diseases could soon be a reality, scientists said today. A drop of saliva will be enough to allow medics to pinpoint variations in patients' genetic code in a test being formulated by scientists at Edinburgh University.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/feb/16/saliva-dna-test-health
Baby boomers with middle-aged spread 'to be targeted by obesity campaign'
Baby boomers weighed down by their middle-aged spread are to be targeted as part of a multi-million campaign to tackle obesity. The Government?s flagship Change4Life campaign initially focused on children and young families. But from this weekend new television and print adverts will challenge the middle-aged to shrink their spare tyres. Almost one in four British adults are now obese, according to official figures.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...pread-to-be-targeted-by-obesity-campaign.html
High vitamin D levels 'cut chances heart disease and diabetes in older people by almost half'
High levels of vitamin D cut the chances of older people suffering heart disease and diabetes by almost half, the most comprehensive study of the evidence shows. Experts recommend eating a healthy diet including fatty fish and going out in direct sunlight for half an hour twice a week to keep levels of the crucial vitamin topped up. Researchers at the University of Warwick looked at 28 studies into the benefits of vitamin D, involving 99,745 people. They found that middle-aged and elderly people with high levels of the vitamin in their bloodstream, at rates which can be obtained through a healthy lifestyle, reduced their risk of developing heart disease or diabetes by 43 per cent.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...-diabetes-in-older-people-by-almost-half.html
When there's a whole world to explore it doesn't pay to spend all day lying about. Which might explain why little Xavier King decided that, at just six months old, it was time to get up and get on the move. His parents Mary and David were astonished when their son took his first steps so soon - in half the time it takes most babies.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1251159/Pictured-The-month-old-baby-learnt-walk-crawl.html
Saliva DNA test could determine future health
A fast, low-cost DNA test which can determine a person's chances of developing certain inherited diseases could soon be a reality, scientists said today. A drop of saliva will be enough to allow medics to pinpoint variations in patients' genetic code in a test being formulated by scientists at Edinburgh University.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/feb/16/saliva-dna-test-health
Baby boomers with middle-aged spread 'to be targeted by obesity campaign'
Baby boomers weighed down by their middle-aged spread are to be targeted as part of a multi-million campaign to tackle obesity. The Government?s flagship Change4Life campaign initially focused on children and young families. But from this weekend new television and print adverts will challenge the middle-aged to shrink their spare tyres. Almost one in four British adults are now obese, according to official figures.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...pread-to-be-targeted-by-obesity-campaign.html
High vitamin D levels 'cut chances heart disease and diabetes in older people by almost half'
High levels of vitamin D cut the chances of older people suffering heart disease and diabetes by almost half, the most comprehensive study of the evidence shows. Experts recommend eating a healthy diet including fatty fish and going out in direct sunlight for half an hour twice a week to keep levels of the crucial vitamin topped up. Researchers at the University of Warwick looked at 28 studies into the benefits of vitamin D, involving 99,745 people. They found that middle-aged and elderly people with high levels of the vitamin in their bloodstream, at rates which can be obtained through a healthy lifestyle, reduced their risk of developing heart disease or diabetes by 43 per cent.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...-diabetes-in-older-people-by-almost-half.html