New data provided by the Public Health England’s Longer Lives website shows that people in the north-west England are the most at risk of dying early. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the figures were ‘shocking’ and that authorities should drive action to improve health. He also hopes that the data could be used to tackle issues on smoking
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Malignant melanoma is the most common and most dangerous types of skin cancer. In the UK, there are 13,000 new cases of malignant melanoma each year, of which 2,000 deaths are recorded. The rate of this life-threatening disease has rapidly grown for over 20 years – faster than any other type of cancer. Malignant melanoma usually appears as a flat mole
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Every day, we feel diverse kinds of emotions – sadness, happiness, fear, excitement, anxiety, and so on. All these emotions play a vital role in our well-being. But for different reasons, most of us choose to suppress some of these emotions, particularly the negative ones. Maybe because we feel overwhelmed or uncomfortable with them, or we simply don&r
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For many people, sex drive is like a roller coaster ride. One second you’re up, another second you’re down. Well, there are plenty of factors that affect our sexual desire. Here is a compilation of the most common things that could ruin your sex life. Relationship Issues Among the top sex drive killers is relationship problems. Of course, no pa
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The Ancient Greeks were the first who documented and recognised changes in people’s energy levels and moods and coined the term “melancholia” (their word for depression) used to describe the symptoms or “mania” as they understood it. The term ‘bipolar’ as a basis of the modern understanding for manic depressive
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Understanding how faulty neural connections are formed during brain development is important for scientists to create new therapies and strategies that may possibly correct mental health disorders, such as autism and retardation. Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College studied how neural wirings are formed during brain development which takes place i
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Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia among the elderly, affecting approximately 35.6 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organisation. Treatments available today only ease the symptoms temporarily but do not slow down the progress of the disease. But many experts like Dr Michael Devous is very positive about devel
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Hormonal decline is common among ageing people. But it can be delayed, if not prevented. Whilst there are medical treatments that make it possible to restore our hormonal levels quickly, these approaches have potential side effects. There are however, natural ways to balance your hormone levels for as long as possible. Here they are: Consume Iodine-rich Foo
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It’s true – people are much busier these days than they were decades ago. It seems like everybody is in a rush to earn a living, level up their career, and achieve all of their dreams as if there’s no better time to do it than today. That is, they are too busy to have a life and enjoy it. If you find yourself juggling with the demands of yo
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Pioglitazone, a drug used to control Type II diabetes prevented the loss of the cell’s mitochondria and inhibited metabolic failure and oxidative stress – potentially threatening processes that may lead to mobility problems, paralysis, vegetative state, and worse, death. The new study looked at the role of mitochondria (the powerhouse of the cel
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