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Health :: Investigation of the physical and psychological health of UK Armed Forces

The King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR) has received further funding from the UK Ministry of Defence to continue its research into the health and well-being of military personnel, many of whom have served in Iraq. The research, which began in 2003 as a prospective investigation of the physical and psychological health of over 12,000 UK service personnel serving in Iraq, will be monitoring service personnel more widely, including those deployed to Afghanistan.

Alzheimer’s Disease :: Alzheimer’s vaccine trial successful, can reverse the processes of Alzheimer’s

The first human Alzheimer’s vaccine trial in the UK is being resurrected in a study launched by the Alzheimer?s Research Trust. The charity hopes it will indicate whether immunisation against Alzheimer’s is an effective method of tackling the disease.

Alzheimer’s Disease :: Diagnosis before onset of Alzheimer’s disease

Proteins found in the blood can indicate an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to groundbreaking new research published today (30 October) in the journal Brain. It is the first time markers for the development of Alzheimer’s have been identified in blood. The findings take researchers a step closer to knowing whether a blood test can be used to diagnose and measure progression of the Alzheimer’s disease.

Stress :: Managing stressful life with better lifestyle

As we all know, life is very stressful these days, specially in corporate sector. People work more, skip meals and miss sleep. Everyone is trying to achieve the targets, and then result is stress. In stress, mind grows all the negative thoughts like fear, anger, guilt, anxiety, frustration, and so on. And in response to all these, body produces catecholamines which results in increased acidity, faster beating of hearts, tensing of muscles, shooting of blood pressure and restless mind. Finally, all these end up with hypertension, thyroid problems, diabetes mellitus, and many other chronic diseases.

Anorexia eating disorder in British women for hour glass figure

Anorexia – an eating disorder characterized by low body weight (less than 85 percent of normal weight for height and age), a thin body image, and an intense fear of gaining weight. A startling report has revealed that one in hundred British women suffer from some form of eating disorder like anorexia, bulimia, etc.

Osteoporosis :: Calcium microspheres, bioactive ceramics for bone repair in osteoporosis, cancer

Rapid and guided healing of bones has moved a step closer with research by two biomedical engineering students who have found new ways to deliver bone growth enhancers directly to broken or weakened bones. Major ongoing research at Queensland University of Technology focuses on biodegradable materials that carry bone growth enhancing substances to encourage bones to heal quickly with much less intervention.

Contraception :: Adjudin male pill – contraceptive pill with no side effects for men

A new study has revealed that a drug targeting the testicles could be an effective male contraceptive without unwanted side effects. Chuen-yan Cheng at the Population Council?s Center for Biomedical Research in New York City, US, and colleagues, injected a drug into the bloodstream of rats that stopped immature sperm cells from maturing properly.

Diet :: KFC to cook n fry chickens in less harmful trans fat

As of today, KFC Canada will immediately begin to phase in a Canadian-made trans fat free canola cooking oil, and virtually all of the menu items will be zero grams of trans fat when the trans fat free cooking oil conversion is completed in the new year.

Health :: ORIDIS Biomed Licenses NIH’s Proprietary Tissue Micro-Array Technology

ORIDIS Biomed, a biopharmaceutical company announced that it has entered into a license agreement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the worldwide commercial use of NIH’s proprietary Tissue Micro-Array (TMA) technology.

Health :: Learning lessons from Mexican health reforms – the Lancet

This week, The Lancet begins a six-part examination of the health reforms that have taken place in Mexico under the Presidency of Vicente Fox, and, specifically, Julio Frenk, his Minister of Health.