Study shows Alzheimer's hits earlier in smokers, drinkers

Heavy smokers and drinkers develop Alzheimer's years before people who don't drink or smoke as much, a new report says. The study, presented Wednesday at the American Academy of Neurology meeting in Chicago, suggests heavy drinking and smo [...]

Posted On : Apr, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

'Bad habits' link to Alzheimer's

Heavy drinkers and smokers develop Alzheimer's disease six to seven years earlier than those who do not smoke or drink, US researchers claim. A study of 900 people aged over 60 found early onset was most likely in those who also had a hig [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Depression among world's worst illnesses: study

Depression is not only emotionally debilitating - a new study has found it's more physically damaging than many chronic diseases. Researchers from the World Health Organisation (WHO) have studied data from 250,000 people in 60 countries. [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Worry Spot Found In The Brain

  Stanford researchers report that worrying about something before it happens might do more than just create knots in your stomach. They found that people who seemed to have higher levels of "anticipatory worry" - judged by b [...]

Posted On : Apr, 14 2008 | Comments : 0

How to Win Over Depression

Leslie Vernick, a licensed clinical social worker with a private counseling practice, has authored numerous books, including the popular How to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong. She completed postgraduate work in biblical counseling [...]

Posted On : Apr, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

Rotavirus Vaccine Given FDA Green Light

After a lengthy study of more than 15,000 patients, the vaccine that is being developed to combat rotavirus was approved.  The FDA approved Rotarix, the vaccine developed by GlaxoSmithKline PLC for usage in preventing gastroenteritis i [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

Smoking, Cancer May Be Linked By Genetics

It’s seemed such a mystery why some cigarette smokers develop lung cancer while others smoke all their lives and never develop the disease. Researchers studying the human genome may have finally solved that mystery. In a joint study [...]

Posted On : Apr, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

Depression

Posted On : Apr, 03 2008 | Comments : 0

Health and Wellness Supplement: Kicking it not so easy

Fifty years ago, the Surgeon General predicted cigarette smoking would not be a concern in the next decade because Americans would know it was bad for their health. Yet an estimated 22 to 25 percent still smoke today. Among Ohio State&rsqu [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2008 | Comments : 0

Daniel Johns smokes pot with Bono and Peter Garrett - then a...

Earlier in the week during an interview on "youth radio network" Triple J (see high-repetition emo music), lead singer of Silverchair, Daniel Johns, told the audience how he and his alleged wife, Natalie Imbruglia smoked pot wit [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Hookah-pipe Bars Want Exemption from Smoking Ban in France

France's hookah-pipe bars pleaded on Tuesday to be spared from a ban on smoking in cafes and restaurants which comes into force on January 1, warning it would put thousands of people out of work.     The number of tea shops [...]

Posted On : Mar, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

Depression Tied To Early Death

                            I had heard once that depression is a silent killer but did not believe it until I [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Without emotion, man would be nothing

Being clinically depressed is very different from the down type of feeling that all people experience from time to time. Occasional feelings of sadness are a normal part of life, and it is that such feelings are often colloquially referre [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

Cancer pill could affect women's fertility: report

Long-term use of the cancer pill Gleevec may produce fertility problems in women, Greek doctors reported on Wednesday. Chemotherapy and radiation have long been known to damage the fertility of patients, but little is known about more targ [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2008 | Comments : 0