March 2, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
‘Bigger brains’
By Clare Kingston BBC Horizon " I think cooking is arguably the biggest increase in the quality of the diet in the whole of the history of life " Professor Richard Wrangham of Harvard Unive
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March 2, 2010 / Healthy Life
Cocaine use rise alarms advisers
Drug advisers are to review the effects of cocaine, amid concerns youngsters increasingly take it in the mistaken belief it is "relatively safe". The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
March 1, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
Diets ‘can help blocked arteries’
Three diets - Mediterranean, low-fat and low-carbohydrate - are equally effective in helping reverse blocked arteries, say Israeli researchers. The study of 140 people, reported in the journal Circul
March 1, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
Campaign warns of dementia stigma
One in three people are uncomfortable around people with dementia, a government survey has found. Launching a campaign to raise awareness of living with dementia, care services minister Phil Hope sai
March 1, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
Heart warning in obese children
Obese children as young as three years old show signs of future heart disease, say US researchers. A study of 16,000 children and teenagers showed the most obese had signs of an inflammatory marker w
February 28, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
Gene test aid to cancer treatment
Scientists have developed a gene test which predicts how well chemotherapy will work in cancer patients. Starting with 829 genes in breast cancer cells, the team whittled down the possibilities to si
February 27, 2010 / Healthy Life
Family ties
By Jane Elliott Health reporter, BBC News When Lisa Simmons heard her younger brother needed a kidney transplant she did not hesitate - immediately offering him one of hers. Having lost both her pare
February 26, 2010 / Healthy Life
NHS urged to buy Fairtrade tools
A new campaign has been launched to put pressure on the NHS to examine where its medical instruments come from. The British Medical Association (BMA) wants more Fairtrade and ethically-sourced kit to
February 26, 2010 / Healthy Life
‘Health tourists’ face crackdown
Visitors to the UK could be required to hold health insurance before they can enter the country, the government says. The move is an attempt to crack down on "health tourists" who come for
February 26, 2010 / Healthy Life
Slimming sixties not a myth
Despite fewer visits to gyms and a love of high-fat foods, people in the 1960s were slimmer simply because they were more active, the government says. Rates of obesity in English adults have risen fr
