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Your no-panic health guide: ages 40 to 50
Good Housekeeping online 17.08.2010Know what's normal and what's not, when you're 40 to 50. Health worries come and go, and it isn?t always easy to tell if that odd twinge is perfectly normal. Reassuringly, when you learn how your body changes over the years, you can tell what?s to be expected and what you need to treat more seriously. That way, you can future-proof your health. Diabetes UK mentioned.
http://www.allaboutyou.com/diet-wellbeing/Health-anti-ageing-guide-40-to-50/v1
Evolution's disease role studied
Evolution may be partly responsible for two major autoimmune diseases that afflict humans, research suggests. Gene variants linked to insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis may have led to advantages that prevented them being bred out by natural selection, say scientists. One possibility is that the changes protect against certain viruses and bacteria.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5h5wDTASohKcVg7pWCFmVZHh3oHFA
Under-18 ban 'cut teenage smoking rates'
The legal age for buying cigarettes was raised from 16 to 18 in 2007 Teenage smoking rates in England have dropped since the legal age for buying cigarettes rose from 16 to 18, research by University College London suggests. Researchers surveyed more than 1,000 teenagers aged 16 and 17 before and after the age rise in October 2007.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11001599
Health visitors 'can stop post-natal depression'
Health visitors in the study received training in spotting signs of depression Women who are given psychological support by specially trained health visitors are less likely to develop post-natal depression, says a report. The findings are in a study, from the universities of Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield, of more than 2,000 women following childbirth.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-10997753
Five out of six new prescription drugs don't work, doctor claims
Five out of six approved drugs offer "few if any new benefits" to patients, according to a leading critic of the pharmaceutical industry. Large firms hyped-up patented medicines, spent vast amounts on getting doctors to prescribe them and underplayed serious side effects, said Prof Donald Light, a sociologist and professor of comparative health policy at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey, US.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/7...escription-drugs-dont-work-doctor-claims.html
The Pill makes you brainier: It can swell grey matter essential for social skills and memory, say scientists
Taking the Pill makes certain areas of women's brains bigger, a study has found. In a further discovery that will give women plenty to talk about, the research showed the contraceptive enhances the brain's 'conversation hub'. Grey matter essential for memory and social skills also grows in size.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ey-matter-essential-social-skills-memory.html
Imposing NHS spending cuts 'could help people living unhealthy lives'
Imposing spending cuts on the NHS could actually help people?s health, a leading academic claims. David Hunter, professor of health policy at Durham University, says cutting the NHS budget would focus attention on weaning people off lifestyles that lead to preventable problems like obesity, diabetes and heart disease. In today?s British Medical Journal, he calls on the Coalition to end its ?populist act? of maintaining NHS spending at ?128billion, ?ploughing resources into rescuing people who are leading unhealthy lives?. This ?sends a perverse signal that being unhealthy may be preferable to remaining healthy? he said.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-cuts-help-people-living-unhealthy-lives.html
Good Housekeeping online 17.08.2010Know what's normal and what's not, when you're 40 to 50. Health worries come and go, and it isn?t always easy to tell if that odd twinge is perfectly normal. Reassuringly, when you learn how your body changes over the years, you can tell what?s to be expected and what you need to treat more seriously. That way, you can future-proof your health. Diabetes UK mentioned.
http://www.allaboutyou.com/diet-wellbeing/Health-anti-ageing-guide-40-to-50/v1
Evolution's disease role studied
Evolution may be partly responsible for two major autoimmune diseases that afflict humans, research suggests. Gene variants linked to insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis may have led to advantages that prevented them being bred out by natural selection, say scientists. One possibility is that the changes protect against certain viruses and bacteria.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5h5wDTASohKcVg7pWCFmVZHh3oHFA
Under-18 ban 'cut teenage smoking rates'
The legal age for buying cigarettes was raised from 16 to 18 in 2007 Teenage smoking rates in England have dropped since the legal age for buying cigarettes rose from 16 to 18, research by University College London suggests. Researchers surveyed more than 1,000 teenagers aged 16 and 17 before and after the age rise in October 2007.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11001599
Health visitors 'can stop post-natal depression'
Health visitors in the study received training in spotting signs of depression Women who are given psychological support by specially trained health visitors are less likely to develop post-natal depression, says a report. The findings are in a study, from the universities of Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield, of more than 2,000 women following childbirth.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-10997753
Five out of six new prescription drugs don't work, doctor claims
Five out of six approved drugs offer "few if any new benefits" to patients, according to a leading critic of the pharmaceutical industry. Large firms hyped-up patented medicines, spent vast amounts on getting doctors to prescribe them and underplayed serious side effects, said Prof Donald Light, a sociologist and professor of comparative health policy at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey, US.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/7...escription-drugs-dont-work-doctor-claims.html
The Pill makes you brainier: It can swell grey matter essential for social skills and memory, say scientists
Taking the Pill makes certain areas of women's brains bigger, a study has found. In a further discovery that will give women plenty to talk about, the research showed the contraceptive enhances the brain's 'conversation hub'. Grey matter essential for memory and social skills also grows in size.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ey-matter-essential-social-skills-memory.html
Imposing NHS spending cuts 'could help people living unhealthy lives'
Imposing spending cuts on the NHS could actually help people?s health, a leading academic claims. David Hunter, professor of health policy at Durham University, says cutting the NHS budget would focus attention on weaning people off lifestyles that lead to preventable problems like obesity, diabetes and heart disease. In today?s British Medical Journal, he calls on the Coalition to end its ?populist act? of maintaining NHS spending at ?128billion, ?ploughing resources into rescuing people who are leading unhealthy lives?. This ?sends a perverse signal that being unhealthy may be preferable to remaining healthy? he said.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-cuts-help-people-living-unhealthy-lives.html