Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Beware a single espresso: Just one caffeine-packed cup can slow the blood flow to your heart
It may be the perfect morning pick-me-up. But a single espresso could be bad for your heart, research suggests. Just one cup of the caffeine-laden drink cut blood flow to the heart by more than a fifth, a study found. Decaffeinated coffee, in contrast, boosted blood flow.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...affeine-packed-cup-slow-blood-flow-heart.html
Prosthetics expert struck off after giving patient two left feet
An expert in prosthetics who gave an elderly patient two left feet by fitting the wrong artificial limb has been struck off after he admitted a series of misconduct allegations. Malcolm Griffiths fitted a left-footed lower limb instead of a new right leg to Patrick Morrison, 76, an amputee from Bathgate in West Lothian, and then failed to spot the mistake during two subsequent check-ups.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/11/prosthetics-two-left-feet
Could baked Yorkshire rhubarb help beat cancer?
Eating baked rhubarb could help fight cancer, research suggests. Scientists found baking British garden rhubarb for 20 minutes dramatically increased its levels of anti-cancerous chemicals. The chemicals, called polyphenols, could kill or prevent growth of cancer cells and could be used to develop less toxic treatments, even in cases where cancers have been resistant to other treatment.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...baked-Yorkshire-rhubarb-help-beat-cancer.html
Chocolate 'can help prevent stroke'
As if people needed any more reason to eat chocolate - now scientists find a bar a week could stop you from having a stroke. A study of nearly 50,000 people found that those eating chocolate were 22 per cent less likely to suffer a stroke than those that didn't. And those who did suffer a stroke but had indulged in chocolate were 46 per cent less likely to die as a result.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7213514/Chocolate-can-help-prevent-stroke.html
World's fattest man to disclose his diet tips
Clifford Hicks Mr Mason, 48, now weighs 49st after shedding 20st to make him eligible for gastric bypass surgery, but is still believed to be the heaviest man alive today. The former postman has now had the band fitted, and is understood to have told staff at Chichester Hospital, West Sussex, about his book plans during his three week stay.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...ds-fattest-man-to-disclose-his-diet-tips.html
Hospital admissions for obesity 'have risen eightfold in a decade'
Hospital admissions because of obesity have risen eightfold over the last decade, official figures show. The number of drugs given out for the condition is also 10 times higher than it was 10 years ago. The figures were released by the NHS Information Centre, which said that they showed the impact the nation?s growing weight problem was having on the health service.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...obesity-have-risen-eightfold-in-a-decade.html
It may be the perfect morning pick-me-up. But a single espresso could be bad for your heart, research suggests. Just one cup of the caffeine-laden drink cut blood flow to the heart by more than a fifth, a study found. Decaffeinated coffee, in contrast, boosted blood flow.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...affeine-packed-cup-slow-blood-flow-heart.html
Prosthetics expert struck off after giving patient two left feet
An expert in prosthetics who gave an elderly patient two left feet by fitting the wrong artificial limb has been struck off after he admitted a series of misconduct allegations. Malcolm Griffiths fitted a left-footed lower limb instead of a new right leg to Patrick Morrison, 76, an amputee from Bathgate in West Lothian, and then failed to spot the mistake during two subsequent check-ups.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/11/prosthetics-two-left-feet
Could baked Yorkshire rhubarb help beat cancer?
Eating baked rhubarb could help fight cancer, research suggests. Scientists found baking British garden rhubarb for 20 minutes dramatically increased its levels of anti-cancerous chemicals. The chemicals, called polyphenols, could kill or prevent growth of cancer cells and could be used to develop less toxic treatments, even in cases where cancers have been resistant to other treatment.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...baked-Yorkshire-rhubarb-help-beat-cancer.html
Chocolate 'can help prevent stroke'
As if people needed any more reason to eat chocolate - now scientists find a bar a week could stop you from having a stroke. A study of nearly 50,000 people found that those eating chocolate were 22 per cent less likely to suffer a stroke than those that didn't. And those who did suffer a stroke but had indulged in chocolate were 46 per cent less likely to die as a result.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7213514/Chocolate-can-help-prevent-stroke.html
World's fattest man to disclose his diet tips
Clifford Hicks Mr Mason, 48, now weighs 49st after shedding 20st to make him eligible for gastric bypass surgery, but is still believed to be the heaviest man alive today. The former postman has now had the band fitted, and is understood to have told staff at Chichester Hospital, West Sussex, about his book plans during his three week stay.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...ds-fattest-man-to-disclose-his-diet-tips.html
Hospital admissions for obesity 'have risen eightfold in a decade'
Hospital admissions because of obesity have risen eightfold over the last decade, official figures show. The number of drugs given out for the condition is also 10 times higher than it was 10 years ago. The figures were released by the NHS Information Centre, which said that they showed the impact the nation?s growing weight problem was having on the health service.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...obesity-have-risen-eightfold-in-a-decade.html