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 »
It’s the last set at Wimbledon and Serena Williams needs a little magic to take the match. Her opponent makes an amazing shot, but Williams somehow knows where the ball is going, and she’s there. How could she have read her opponent’s mind?
She didn’t. But she may have been helped by a kind of human [...]
Filed under: Mind on March 4th, 2009 | No Comments »
The medicine has been designed originally to help treat Alzheimer’s disease, but could be adapted and licensed for sale in a weaker form within the next few years.
One brand of memory-enhancing pill is being developed by the multinational company AstraZeneca in collaboration with Targacept, an American company, while Epix Pharmaceuticals, also from the US, is [...]
Filed under: Mind on January 20th, 2009 | No Comments »
They say misery loves company, but the same may be even more true of happiness.
In a study published online today in the British Medical Journal, scientists from Harvard University and UC San Diego showed that happiness spreads readily through social networks of family members, friends and neighbors.
Knowing someone who is happy makes you 15.3% more [...]
Filed under: Mind on December 5th, 2008 | No Comments »
TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) — Although commonly taken to improve memory, new research suggests that the herb ginkgo biloba won’t help prevent dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.
“We found that giving a standardized dose of ginkgo biloba over a period of time does not slow down the incidence rate of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease,” said the [...]
Filed under: Disease, Mind, Vitamins on November 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
