With the holiday season just around the corner there is plenty of excuses to overindulge with alcohol and it is very easy to do. Without realising it someone who would consider themselves a moderate drinker can easily have too much alcohol too regularly and start to see their health suffering […]
A new study has found that cannabis has an even greater effect on children’s IQ levels than once thought. It was found that regular use destroys brain power and lowers IQ. The drug is already known to slow reaction times, block memory and cause panic attacks, drowsiness, confusion and hallucinations. But […]
A diet rich in fruits and vegetables, high in nutrients and low in calories, are your best bet for a long life. Additions of some healthy food into our diets make a huge difference to our health. Try adding some of these great superfoods, as snacks or part of a […]
People with HIV are living into old age – something that was inconceivable a few years ago. But while longer lives are of course welcome, it brings new challenges. Hailed as the medical miracle of our lifetime, early HIV drugs got people off their death beds and back to lives […]
It is well known that poor lifestyle choices can create or worsen diabetes, but normally when we think of the causes of this illness we are likely to connect it to being obese or having a very poor diet. However, new findings show that poor sleep habits can have a […]
The virus has been decimating populations since the the early 1980s. It insinuates itself into the body’s deepest recesses, hiding out to evade drugs and vaccines alike. It spreads in blood, breast milk and sperm – making the most intimate human encounters deadly. It has exploded across the world – […]
This is an interesting article writen by Sean Coughlan who is a BBC News education correspondent. In a recent study the findings seem to prove something that we have known for a very long time – we do like to be beside the seaside! The study of 2,750 people presented […]
He’s not just the president of Weight Watchers, he’s also a client. David Kirchhoff, president and CEO of what must be the most famous weight-loss support group and corporation in the world, joined www.abcnews.go.com to tell his personal story and explain how Weight Watchers is now reaching out to men. His […]
A new study appears to debunk the notion that new mothers who engage in exercise may change the composition of their breast milk in ways that could hinder their babies. Researchers pulled together the few clinical trials that have measured growth among breastfed babies whose mothers exercise, and found no […]
It may be one of the biggest medical advances since the scalpel: Doctors have discovered a way to treat non-cancerous tumors with sound waves instead of surgery. CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes reports that the procedure may one day be used to battle cancer and other diseases. This full report […]
