High Street Coffee Bad for Pregnant Women
A new health report has shown that coffee that is sold in High Street coffee shops could be a risky thing for pregnant women as a result of the high levels of caffeine that are found in some cups of coffee. According to the report there are big variations in the caffeine levels that are [...]
Scientists have discovered that the human brain uses dreams and sleep to help rid itself of painful memories or traumatic experiences. The University of California, Berkeley used scanning technology to prove that this is how the brain utilised sleep to help heal emotional wounds. The study showed that there was a link between dreams and [...]
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A hospital in Australia has had to launch an investigation into how a woman who was pregnant with twins had the healthy twin aborted instead of the baby which was suffering from a congenital heart defect. The woman was told by doctors that one of her twins was developing with a heart defect that could [...]
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A new rule has been passed in the UK which means that a pregnant woman can ask for a caesarean section on the NHS. The new law states that women should be allowed the choice of how they are able to deliver their baby and should be therefore offered the chance of having an operation. [...]
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The tobacco company Philip Morris has started legal proceedings to sue the government in Australia for passing a law which makes it compulsory to make all tobacco products have plain packaging. The law should come into operation from 2012. The new law states that all packaging will need to be plain and in an olive [...]
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A new survey has revealed that around a quarter of people are not aware of the illnesses that antibiotics can help to cure. 25% of people who were surveyed said that they thought that antibiotics work on illnesses such as coughs and colds. The survey was carried out by the Health Protection Agency and was [...]
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The British Medical Association has called for a ban on smoking in cars in an attempt to try and protect passengers in vehicles from second hand smoke inhalation. It is currently illegal to smoke in a public place in the UK and doctors are calling for this law to be extended to cars. Research shows [...]
Continue reading …Scientists Develop Method to Communicate with Patients with Brain Damage
November 10, 2011 No Comment
Health experts are claiming that they have come up with a new method of communicating with patients who have suffered brain damage. Scientists from the UK and Belgium have been working together on a project that saw them measure the electrical activity in a person’s brain in order to measure their level of consciousness. The [...]
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People are being urged to watch out for the elderly members of their family in order to keep an eye out for the early signs of dementia. A campaign in the UK is asking friends and family to look out for the early warning signs when they go and visit the elderly. It is part [...]
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Scientists and researchers in the United States have come up with a solution that could possibly delay the onset of aging. According to their reports they have delayed and even in some cases halted the signs of aging in mice and this includes muscle wastage, wrinkles and cataracts. Put simply they said that they achieved [...]
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