The PruHealth Vitality Index, a major study published today, reveals a clear gap between Britons’ perceptions of what it means to be healthy and having a real understanding of the impact of lifestyle, diet and fitness levels on current and future health. The Index - which will be repeated on a biannual basis to track the nation’s health trends - provides a comprehensive analysis of general health and wellbeing in Britain.
The report reveals Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for December 10, 2008
A healthy body stores fat in the form of so-called triglycerides in specialized fatty tissue as an energy reserve. Under certain conditions the delicate balance of the lipid metabolism gets out of control and fat is accumulated in the liver, leading to the dreaded fatty liver. This increases the risk of many metabolic diseases, such as the metabolic syndrome known as "deadly quartet". Read the rest of this entry »
In an effort to better understand how chronic stress affects the human body, researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, have created an animal model that shows how chronic stress affects behavior, physiology Read the rest of this entry »
Coating Improves Electrical Stimulation Therapy Used For Parkinson’s, Depression, Chronic Pain
10 Dec 2008
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have designed a way to improve electrical stimulation of nerves by outfitting electrodes with the latest in chemically engineered fashion: a coating of basic black, formed from carbon nanotubes.
The nanotube sheathing improves the signals received and transmitted by electrodes, which researchers say is a potentially critical step for advancing electrical nerve stimulation therapy. Read the rest of this entry »
Of the orphaned youth who are heading households in rural Rwanda can be
classified as depressed, according to a report released on September 1,
2008 in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine,
one
of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Rwanda has one of the largest groups of orphans in the world, a result
of the 1994 genocide and the epidemic of HIV infection. According Read the rest of this entry »