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Mediterranean-style diet may halve womb cancer risk, study suggests
Italian researchers claim women with a diet comprised mainly of nine key elements and only moderate alcohol are at a lower risk of developing the diseaseA Mediterranean-style diet, already associated with good health and prevention of heart disease or a stroke, could also significantly cut the risk of womb cancer, an Italian study suggests.Researchers who looked at the eating habits of over 5,000 women report that those who adhered most closely to food groups within such a diet lowered their risk of developing the disease by more than half. There were benefits too for those who stuck only slightly less strictly to the diet...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 26, 2015 Category: Science Authors: James Meikle Tags: Health Cancer Food & drink Life and style Society Women Italy Europe World news Source Type: news
More evidence that chocolate may be good for the heart, say researchers
Study of 21,000 people finds rate of heart disease and stroke decreased with amount eaten up to modest limits, but scientists warn it may not be a direct linkNew research has added to tentative evidence that eating chocolate in modest quantities may be good for the heart.Scientists in Britain looked at data from nearly 21,000 people who filled out questionnaires about their lifestyle and had their health monitored for more than 11 years. Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 16, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Agence France-Presse in Paris Tags: Medical research Heart attack Society Science World news Source Type: news
Mediterranean diet 'as effective as statins' in reducing heart attack risk
Leading doctors call on medical bodies such as Nice to do more to promote healthy lifestyles rather than relying on cardiovascular drugsPeople at risk of a stroke or heart attack should reduce that risk by adopting the Mediterranean diet rather than necessarily taking statins, leading doctors are urging.Eating more healthily, being more physically active and stopping smoking can be just as effective as starting to take the cholesterol-lowering drugs, they have said in a paper published on Monday. Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 6, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Denis Campbell Health policy editor Tags: Statins Society Heart attack The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) NHS & wellbeing Drugs Science Medical research Diets and dieting Source Type: news
How too much medicine can kill you | Aseem Malhotra
It’s patients who lose out if doctors and professional journals stop asking the right questionsDuring a recent clinic consultation, I saw Mary, in her early 60s, with type 2 diabetes. She was concerned that the muscle pains in her legs may have been a result of the cholesterol-lowering statin drug she was taking. “But I’m scared of stopping it.” She explained how a specialist nurse had told her a clot could break off from her aorta, travel to her brain and cause a massive stroke.I assured her that even in those with established heart disease, who stand to gain most from taking the drug, the risk of death from stopp...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 1, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Aseem Malhotra Tags: NHS Health Pharmaceuticals industry Drugs policy Politics Science Doctors Society Business UK news Source Type: news
Delhi's air pollution is causing a health crisis. So, what can be done?
The city’s toxic air has been linked to allergies, respiratory conditions, birth malformations and increasing incidence of cancers. But as a recent car-free experiment showed, action to cut pollution can be effectiveFor a few hours one morning two weeks ago, private cars were banned from driving into the heart of old Delhi. It was hard to tell at the messy road junction in front of the historic Red Fort and the shopping street of Chandni Chowk, though, which was still crammed with auto-rickshaws and buses barrelling along the roads with seemingly little regard for any traffic rules. But Delhi’s so-called “car-free da...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 3, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Alok Jha Tags: Pollution Environment Delhi Health Asthma Society India South and Central Asia Cities Climate change Greenhouse gas emissions Global development Source Type: news
How mindfulness gave a boy peace and confidence
James Doty’s prospects were bleak, but then one summer he was taught a new, compassionate way to thinkWhen I speak in my capacity as a professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University or as an entrepreneur with a company worth $1.3bn, there is an assumption that I had a privileged background, one of affluence. In fact I grew up in poverty on public assistance with an alcoholic father and a mother impaired by a stroke who was chronically depressed and attempted suicide many times. My father was jailed repeatedly and we were evicted from our home on quite a few occasions. Related: Why babies are so good with wookiees Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 6, 2015 Category: Science Authors: James Doty Tags: Mindfulness Neuroscience Child rights Life and style Psychology Source Type: news
Blood pressure treatment guidelines should be revised, study says
Based on trials over two decades, study says millions of lives could be saved by lowering threshold at which pressure is treatedMillions of lives could be saved by giving blood pressure lowering drugs to people at risk of heart attack and stroke even if they have normal pressure, researchers have said.Based on an analysis of 123 medical trials involving more than 600,000 people over two decades, the team called for an urgent review of existing treatment guidelines. Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 24, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Agence France-Presse in Paris Tags: Medical research Health Heart attack Diabetes Society Science World news Source Type: news
Women have more empathy, but do even we care any more? | Christina Patterson
People are becoming more self-centred, says new research. The shocking death of Louise Wolstenholme suggests this may be truePsychopaths don’t yawn. They might yawn when they’re tired, or bored, or when the conversation switches to a subject that isn’t linked to them, but when other people yawn, psychopaths don’t. They don’t yawn because they don’t give a monkey’s what other people feel.In this they are different to orangutans, which apparently laugh when another orangutan laughs; and from elephants, which use their trunks to stroke an elephant in pain. They are different to macaque monkeys, which make an eff...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 5, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Christina Patterson Tags: Psychology Science UK news Society Source Type: news
The Church of England is absolutely right to pray for Richard Dawkins | Peter Ormerod
The C of E tweet praying for the atheist’s recovery isn’t trolling. Many Christians have reason to be grateful to himIt should make no odds, really. If prayer works, then praying for Richard Dawkins may help him recover more quickly from his stroke. If it doesn’t, then it won’t. No harm done, either way.That a well-wishing tweet from the Church of England should lead to quite such a reaction says something about the febrile nature of Christian-atheist relations at present. But we’ll lay aside for the moment any scepticism regarding what may have motivated the tweet in question. What’s more important is that bel...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 15, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Peter Ormerod Tags: Richard Dawkins Science Religion World news Anglicanism Christianity Source Type: news
Obesity linked to memory deficits
Young adults with a high body-mass index perform worse on memory tests than those who are leanerMost of us are well aware of the health risks associated with obesity. Being overweight or obese is associated with an increased risk of numerous other conditions, from high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke, to diabetes, gout and some forms of cancer. Related: Self-control saps memory resources Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 3, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Mo Costandi Tags: Science Neuroscience Source Type: news
The foul reign of the biological clock | Moira Weigel
It seems like the concept of the biological clock has been with us forever. In fact, the metaphor was invented in the late 1970s. And it has been used to reinforce sexist ideas ever sinceI wasted years with x!” I have never heard a straight man say this. But when a woman does, after a breakup, everyone immediately understands what she means. We are raised to believe that female bodies are time bombs. Any relationship that does not “work out” – which is to say, does not get a woman pregnant by a man committed to helping her raise their offspring – brings her closer to her expiration date. At the stroke of midnight...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 10, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Moira Weigel Tags: Fertility problems Women Pregnancy IVF Source Type: news
A moment that changed me: the chance to use new life-saving cancer drugs
A stroke of luck at a bleak time meant I got to take the ground-breaking Herceptin. It allowed me to live, and follow my dream of becoming an authorThough I loved being an English teacher, my dream from childhood was to be a writer. Aged 34, I was head of English in a secondary school, newly married, and about to start a family. Just three weeks after the wedding I found something strange in my right breast. It was more of a mass than a lump.On the 11 November 2004 at 1.35pm, I was told I had cancer. The words I remember were “no cure”, “mastectomy”, and “breast cancer and pregnancy don’t mix” – all said in...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 2, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Emma Carroll Tags: Breast cancer Health Medical research Books Source Type: news
If you can't imagine things, how can you learn?
We know some people can’t conjure up mental images. But we’re only beginning to understand the impact this “aphantasia” might have on their educationNever underestimate the power of visualisation. It may sound like a self-help mantra, but a growing body of evidence shows that mental imagery can accelerate learning and improve performance of all sorts of skills. For athletes and musicians, “going through the motions,” or mentally rehearsing the movements in the mind, is just as effective as physical training, and motor imagery can also help stroke patients regain function of their paralysed limbs.For most of us,...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 4, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Mo Costandi Tags: Students Education Higher education Neuroscience Psychology Source Type: news
Lab notes: welcome to the Guardian's weekly science roundup
Welcome to the first weekly roundup of the best of the Guardian’s science coverage. And what a week it’s been. Without question, the biggest story of the week has been the news that scientists in California trying to grow human organs inside pigs have successfully created part-human, part-pig embryos. Chimeras aside, we’ve also had the shocking news that air pollution is now a major contributor to stroke worldwide, and excitement as researchers discover the fossil remains of what appear to be the ancestors of the Flores ‘hobbits’. Noel Edmonds also distracted the internet with claims that an electronic box could ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 10, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Guardian Staff Tags: Science Source Type: news
