What makes eating so satisfying?
Scientists are learning to enhance our enjoyment of food by analysing exactly how we experience it. So how do they deconstruct the multisensory interplay involved?There's no doubt that research into the elaborate multisensory interplay that makes eating and drinking so satisfying has resulted in a great deal of culinary fun in recent years. From dining-in-the-dark restaurants to Heston Blumenthal's introduction of popping-candy to Little Chef menus, edible celebrations of our growing scientific nouse in this area abound. Now there's even an unlikely collaboration between Heinz Baked Beans and those debonair self-styled "fo...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 23, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Amy Fleming Tags: Blogposts guardian.co.uk Food & drink Features Life and style Food science Source Type: news
ACE Inhibitor Can Limit Radiation Damage To Lungs And Heart For Cancer Patients
Unavoidable damage caused to the heart and lungs by radiotherapy treatment of tumours in the chest region can be limited by the administration of an ACE inhibitor, a drug commonly used in the treatment of cardiovascular disease, a group of Dutch researchers have found. [1] Common cancers such as breast, oesophagus, lung, and Hodgkin's lymphoma are frequently treated with radiotherapy, but the radiation dose that can be given safely is limited by the sensitivity of the health lung tissue which is also irradiated... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: news
Down The Gullet: A Guided Tour Of Your Guts
In Gulp. Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, science writer Mary Roach takes a journey through the gut, from the secret healing powers of saliva to the taxonomy of poop. Along the trip, she serves up odd medical anecdotes, such as the story of William Beaumont, an eccentric surgeon who once ate chicken from another man's stomach.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - April 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pioneering Stem Cell-Based Transplant Technology Is Being Developed And Tested On New Organs And Tissues
Surgeon Paolo Macchiarini has made his name by successfully transplanting bioengineered stem cell-based trachea, composed of both artificial and biological material. He now plans to use the technique to recreate more complex tissues, such as the oesophagus and diaphragm or organs such as the heart and lungs. He has also made an experimental attempt to regenerate brain in mice and rats. This is part of the news he presented during his seminar at the scientific AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Transplants / Organ Donations Source Type: news
Charity calls for boys to get HPV jab
This article was written by Hartwig et al. of Sanofi Pasteur MSD, which is a company specialising in vaccines. (This potential conflict of interest was stated clearly in the article.)
The study aimed to look into the burden of HPV-related disease in men in Europe, including genital warts and cancers of the anus, penis and head and neck cancers. The researchers used Eurostat population data, cancer incidence rates published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, and prevalence estimates of HPV viruses 6, 11, 16 and 18.
This modelling study reported that, every year, 72,694 new cancer cases develop in European...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer QA articles Source Type: news
Cancer death rates are a third higher in men
The fact that men are more likely than women to both develop and die from cancer has been covered by most of the media today.
The news is based on a report highlighting the excess cancer burden in men (both in terms of cases and deaths), and was produced by Cancer Research UK, the Men’s Health Forum and the National Cancer Intelligence Network.
The results of the report were widely and accurately reported in the media.
The report found that men are at significantly greater risk of both developing and dying from cancer, and the difference in risk increased further when breast and sex-specific cancers, for example cervi...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer QA articles Source Type: news
Pill-Camera Promising Alternative To Endoscopy For Cancer Diagnosis
Researchers in the US have developed a high-tech camera you can swallow that takes detailed images of the insides of the gullet (esophagus) and stomach. Promising results of a small study in 13 people suggest the device may offer a quicker, cheaper, safer, more comfortable way to detect the early signs of cancer of the esophagus than endoscopy, where a camera and light on the end of a thin tube is pushed down the gullet, often under sedation... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Pill-size camera may make cancer diagnosis easier
Recent news coverage has heralded the arrival of a new “camera you can swallow” that “could help detect early stages of cancer of the oesophagus”.
The high-tech device, about the size of a large vitamin pill, uses optical lasers to photograph the insides of the stomach and oesophagus in detail. It is hoped that this new investigative technique may help spot early signs of cancers of the digestive system, such as oesophageal cancer (also known as cancer of the gullet). The researchers suggest the cancer camera is a quick, simple and pain free imaging method that patients may prefer to endoscopy – the current m...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer Medical practice QA articles Source Type: news
The camera you can swallow: New capsule could help detect early stages of caner of the oesophagus
A new device the size of a vitamin pill has been developed and could revolutionise the treatment for cancer of the oesophagus. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pill-sized scanner images gullet
US doctors develop a pill-sized device that can take detailed microscopic images of inside the gullet, the passage which links the mouth to the stomach. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - January 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Thursday Throng author interview with Lesley Fletcher, author of ‘ 5 Pillars of the Gypsy ’
‘Throng’ is n. – A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.
Welcome to The Thursday Throng and this week I’d like to welcome Lesley Fletcher, a poet and the creator of 5 Pillars of the Gypsy – a work that combines her art and poetry in a beautiful volume that stirs the senses and the heart of the reader.
I have found myself reading more poetry recently as a result of finding new and inspiring writers around the web and Lesley is one such person. I was fortunate to be given a copy of her new book, 5 Pillars of the Gypsy and found myself ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - June 7, 2012 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Interviews author interview poetry Source Type: news
The Thursday Throng author interview with Lesley Fletcher, author of ‘ 5 Pillars of the Gypsy ’
‘Throng’ is n. – A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.
Welcome to The Thursday Throng and this week I’d like to welcome Lesley Fletcher, a poet and the creator of 5 Pillars of the Gypsy – a work that combines her art and poetry in a beautiful volume that stirs the senses and the heart of the reader.
I have found myself reading more poetry recently as a result of finding new and inspiring writers around the web and Lesley is one such person. I was fortunate to be given a copy of her new book, 5 Pillars of the Gypsy and found myself ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - June 7, 2012 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Interviews author interview poetry Source Type: news
Weight Loss: Do Calories Count?
Are you overweight? Are you battling to lose those excess pounds around your middle? If yes, you are definitely not alone in your struggle. According the NHS study, “Statistics on obesity, physical activity and diet: England 2011”, more than half of the adult population are overweight (66% of men and 57% of women). Included in these figures are nearly a quarter of people who are considered obese (22% of men and 24% of women). Would the figures change much if this study had included all of the UK? I suspect not.
Everyone knows that being overweight increases the probability of medical problems—but most peo...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - May 31, 2012 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health diet weight gain Source Type: news
