Exercise May Be an Effective and Nonpharmacologic Treatment Option for Alcohol Dependence
Alcohol abuse is highly disruptive of circadian rhythms, and circadian disruptions can also lead to alcohol abuse as well as relapse in abstinent alcoholics. Circadian timing in mammals is regulated by light as well as other influences such as food, social interactions, and exercise. [...]
Filed under: Body, Disease, Mind, News on June 24th, 2010 | No Comments »
Seaweed could hold the key to tackling obesity after it was found it reduces fat uptake by more than 75 per cent, new research has shown.
Now the team at Newcastle University are adding seaweed fibre to bread to see if they can develop foods that help you lose weight while you eat [...]
Filed under: Body, Disease, Food, News, Vitamins on March 31st, 2010 | No Comments »
Scientists have discovered that everyday emotional stress is a trigger for the growth of tumours
They discovered that any sort of trauma, emotional or physical, can act as a “pathway” between cancerous mutations bringing them together in a potentially deadly mix
The findings, published in Nature, seemed to show for the first time that the conditions for [...]
Filed under: Body, Disease on March 19th, 2010 | No Comments »
The immune system can also be devastatingly destructive. The body’s tendency to reject organ transplants, attacking them as if they were dangerous foreign invaders, is well known. But more prevalent are autoimmune diseases, in which your immune cells attack your own tissues and organs. Left unchecked, these malfunctions can result in one of more than [...]
Filed under: Body, Disease, News on March 19th, 2010 | No Comments »
LONG-term mobile phone users could face a higher risk of developing cancer in later life, according to a decade-long study.
The report, to be published later this year, has reportedly found that heavy mobile use is linked to brain tumours.
The survey of 12,800 people in 13 countries has been overseen by the World Health Organisation.
Preliminary results [...]
Filed under: Body, Disease, Mind on October 30th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
