Unstable Proteins Can Cause Premature Ageing
The normal ageing process has long been linked to problems with cell respiration, the process through which the cells extract energy from nutrients. Researchers...
Herbal Viagra Recalled In Singapore
Tadalafil, a pharma ingredient commonly used in Viagra-like drugs by men with erection problems, has been detected in a herbal supplement by Singapore health...
Chemicals Found In Fruit And Vegetables Offer Dementia Hope
A group of chemicals found in many fruits and vegetables, as well as tea, cocoa and red wine, could protect the brain from Alzheimer’s...
Baking soda: For cooking, cleaning and kidney health?
Sodium bicarbonate appears to slow progression of chronic kidney disease. A daily dose of sodium bicarbonate—baking soda, already used for baking, cleaning, acid indigestion,...
New silver nanoparticle skin gel for healing burns
Scientists in India are reporting successful laboratory tests of a new and potentially safer alternative to silver-based gels applied to the skin of burn...
Daily potassium citrate wards off kidney stones in seizure patients on...
Children on the high-fat ketogenic diet to control epileptic seizures can prevent the excruciatingly painful kidney stones that the diet can sometimes cause if...
Celiac Disease Four Times More Prevalent Now Than in 1950s
Celiac disease is an immune system reaction to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley or rye. In patients with celiac disease, ingesting gluten...
Could Vinegar be a Natural Fat Fighter?
Ordinary vinegar – acetic acid – may prevent the build up of fat, and therefore weight gain, according to results of a study with...
Lack Of Sleep More Dangerous For Women Than Men
Women who get less than eight hours sleep a night are at higher risk of heart disease and heart-related problems than men with the...
Tamiflu Resistance Emerges in European Flu Pandemic
The National Health Board of Denmark has announced the first known case of pandemic H1N1 flu resistant to the antiviral drug Tamiflu, stressing that...
Few Survive Cardiac Arrest, Even With Hospital CPR
As the recent death of Michael Jackson has shown, few patients in cardiac arrest survive, even when given CPR by a trained health professional....
Traditional Chinese Herbs For Arthritis
Arthritis is a generic term for more than 100 different disorders, such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout and fibromyalgia. Osteoarthritis, or wear-and-tear arthritis, is the most prevalent and disabling of all chronic conditions, affecting approximately 80 percent of all U.S. adults over 65.
