Tuesday, 31 March 2015

'Pain killer' Paracetamol does not relieve from spinal pain

Paracetamol may be the most effective to ward off pain, but it turns out the drug does not relive one from spinal pain, which includes neck and lower back pain, and osteoarthritis, which are also the leading causes of disability.



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Mice study shows cancer drug may help restore memory in Alzheimer's patients

In a new study, scientists tested cancer drug on Alzheimer's mice and found that it restored their memory.



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Australian researchers find unique way to combat dengue

Australian researchers have come up with a unique way of preventing the spread of the dengue virus, a mosquito-borne disease that currently has no approved vaccine, according to a media report on Wednesday.



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Election promises to make it easier to get GP appointments will be 'challenging', say experts


Labour and Conservative election promises to make it easier to get a GP appointment will be “challenging” to achieve within the next five years, experts have said.






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English social care service reforms are 'built on sand', says coalition of leading charities


Major reforms to England’s social care services, introduced today, are “built on sand”, a coalition of leading charities has said, because they are not backed up with extra money.






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The Clove Club: The restaurant where you will pre-pay for your food


It was the diner’s guilty secret and the restaurateur’s private fury. Tables would be booked, but the more polite patrons would cancel at the last minute and the rude ones would just never bother to show – leaving the establishment with empty tables and lost income.






















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British researchers call for control over e-cigarettes

A large-scale survey of e-cigarette use among high school students in England has revealed one in five have accessed them, according to findings published on Tuesday in the journal BMC Public Health.



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The art of washoku: taking Bento worldwide


A grey winter morning in Kyoto and I – along with several hundred writers, chefs, and nutrition experts from around the world – sit in a conference hall listening to the Michelin-starred French chef Alain Ducasse sing the praises of Japanese food.






















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Spain's pioneering Vall d'Hebron hospital rebuilds man's face and neck during complex 27 hour operation


A hospital known for pioneering face transplant surgery has carried out its most complex operation yet, reconstructing a man’s lower face and neck in a procedure that lasted for more than 27 hours.






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Easter recipes: healthy hot cross buns


Preparation Time – 20 minutes


Cooking Time – 20 minutes






















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Fasting-drugs combo may replace chemotherapy

Fasting combined with a less-toxic class of drugs may starve cancer cells to death so effectively that the new treatment may one day replace chemotherapy, suggests new research.



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Make food safety a priority: WHO

The World Health Organisation(WHO) on Tuesday urged each nation in the South-East Asia region to make food safety a priority.



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Health Minister urged to implement new notification

Civil society activists, international and national public health experts and tobacco control advocates today expressed shock at Union government's decision to defer the implementation of a notification for increasing the size of pictorial health warning on cigarette packets and various other tobacco products.



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Eating spinach once a day could halt mental decline by 11 years


Popeye may have eaten spinach to get his bulging muscles, but a new study has found that one portion of leafy greens a day could also be good for your brain.






















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Eating spinach once a day could halt mental decline by 11 years


Popeye may have eaten spinach to get his bulging muscles, but a new study has found that one portion of leafy greens a day could also be good for your brain.






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Swine flu claims 20 more lives, toll rises to 2,064

Swine flu claimed the lives of 20 more persons as the death toll in the country rose to 2,064 while the number of persons affected by the H1N1 virus breached the 34,000-mark.



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Decoded - that pungent armpit smell!

Identifying specific causal factors for that off-putting underarm smell, a recent research offers a new approach to inhibiting the formation of that pungent body odour which often keeps even your loved ones away.



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Nurses who don't report poor care or who cover up mistakes now face being struck off


Nurses could be struck off if they fail to escalate concerns about poor care or hide the truth about mistakes, under new rules unveiled by the profession’s governing body.






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The cost of binge drinking: in numbers


Harmful alcohol use has been identified as one of the leading preventable causes of death and a key risk factor for chronic diseases (such as cancer) and injuries worldwide. Specifically, alcohol use is responsible for 5.9% – about 3.3m – of deaths across the globe every year. While there is an existing body of research on the economic impacts of sustained heavy drinking, however, less is known about the economic cost of binge drinking and the size of its impact on road traffic accidents and arrests.






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Call for stricter controls on e-cigarettes as teenage use grows


E-cigarettes need to be more strictly controlled to stop teenagers using them, health professionals have argued.






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Multi-tasking could damage your brain: Study

Multi-tasking can hamper your performance and may even damage your brain, claim researchers from Stanford University.



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Worst time to be a parent revealed: Dinner, baths and bed time push stress levels to peak


The “perfect storm” of dinner, baths and bed time pushes parental stress levels to their peak, a new survey has claimed.






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McDonald's is finally trialling all-day breakfast


It might have taken the sacrifice of 58,000 McMuffins to Ronald McDonald, but McDonald's has finally listened to customers and started rolling out all-day breakfast.






















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