As crowds surge through Egypt’s streets in defiance of the authoritarian government of Hosni Mubarack, a few reports have surfaced of looting and attempted looting of the National Museum in Cairo and several other museums and in some cases, historic sites.
The Tracker over recent years has sent a few barbs flying toward Egypt’s autocratic and [...]
A new study by the Department of Agriculture of the United States found that cinnamon can reduce the risk of diabetes and heart disease. This study consisted of 22 obese people with irregular glucose levels, making them candidates for developing diabetes. When blood sugar is too high, the body produces a large amount of insulin, [...]
This ran more than a week ago but I just happened upon it. In the Charlotte Observer is a switch on the usual tobacco and health report. ‘Special correspondent,’ which presumably means freelancer, Whitney L. J. Howell reports experimental plantings of an easily gene-modified tobacco plant in Research Triangle Park. A Canada-based company, using an [...]
Vic McElheny, old pal and former (first too) Knight Science Journalism program boss, passes on a good suggestion – science writers should take a look in the current Nature at the “world view column” by Tim Radford, former science editor for The Guardian. He takes on and rubbishes the idea, often expressed by scientists themselves, [...]
One wonders how the state of US, gov’t-funded research into correlations of murder and mayhem with numbers of guns compares with, say, smoking and tobacco studies at NIH back when The Tobacco Institute was urging surgeons general to shut up about smoking and lung cancer. Or how federal support for greenhouse gas and climate science [...]
Hypertension is one of the most common chronic diseases. It is also surprising to know that most people with this problem do not control. Keep it under control depends periodically go to the doctor and taking medication required and follow a diet and change some habits, which we detail as follows: * Avoid being overweight. [...]
If you have already felt the advantages of CieAura, such as relaxing feeling, a better performance from your body, stronger body immune, have a better quality of sleep, more focus on concentration, and many other advantages of CieAura, you might feel curious who is the person behind the successful of CieAura? He is Ken Rasner. [...]
Diabetics should combine aerobic exercise with weight lifting to get the best results in reducing the level of blood sugar, according to a new study. The combination also proved to be the best for weight loss compared with the practice of only one of those sports. The blood sugar used to feed the muscles and [...]
Fewer new drugs were approved in 2010 than in 2009, according to the European Medicines Agency.
While there were 117 new licences approved in 2009, there were only 38 in 2010.I have been looking at the latest statistics for ?exception reporting? by GP practices. These figures show how many asthma patients were excluded from the calculation that practices make which determines the payments they receive from the NHS under the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
That sounds technical but stay with me for a moment. The reason practices are allowed to exclude certain patients is to remove any disincentive from taking disadvantaged patients onto their register. For example those who live in residential care homes are likely to have higher needs and worse outcomes. However, independent studies have suggested that exception reporting can be used to maximise returns.
Cancer is a dreaded disease that is preventable. According to the World Wide Fund for Cancer Research, 30% of the cases that are detected today are preventable with proper eating habits. Just as there are elements that represent a risk factor for cancer, such as snuff, there are foods that act as protection. While we [...]Decision-making in the UK often seems to go from one extreme to the other. Last winter, we were, in many people?s view, over-prepared for a flu pandemic, with the NHS ordering huge quantities of vaccines and anti-virals, many of which in the end went unused.
One of our main campaigning goals over the last two years has come a step closer to fruition in England. Throughout this time Asthma UK has been urging government to set clear standards for asthma care. These are needed for there to be a basic level of asthma care wherever you live in England. At present, there are wide variations in standards across England.