Sexually transmitted infections are on the increase in Kent with little indication the trend will stop.
Figures obtained by KOS Media via the Freedom of Information Act reveal cases of chlamydia and genital warts in particular have risen dramatically over the last three years.
Despite the increases, the number of gonorrhoea cases has remained relatively stable throughout […]

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World health experts are warning of an increase in diabetes patients because of rising obesity levels.
A recent report of International Diabetes Foundation has revealed cases of diabetes may reach 380 million worldwide by the year 2025.
Last year over 3.8 million people died from the disease, which is linked to an inactive lifestyle, unhealthy diet, smoking, […]

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As you push your chair back from the table, a molecule produced in the small intestine will be running through your bloodstream, ready to register on your brain the impact of the fat you’ve just consumed.
Researchers are excited but they have to be cautious. For now, the signal might keep body feeling full for a while. But, they are hoping […]

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One of the most dread terms feared by man is Prostate Cancer.  Perhaps it is not so much of the fear of cancer, but more so the psychological fear of losing his manhood or vigility. 
I was pleasantly delighted the other day by what one doctor told us in a seminar.  She quipped and I quoted […]

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Vitamin K slowed the development of insulin resistance in elderly men in a study of 355 non-diabetic men and women ages 60 to 80 who completed a three-year clinical trial at the Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA).
“Men who received vitamin K supplementation had less progression in their […]

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A new vaccine principle is being developed by scientists at the University of Copenhagen which if it works to its full expected potential could help to save millions of lives and revolutionise current vaccine technology.
The ‘InVacc’ platform, as it is known, represents an advance on the original DNA vaccines and generates new vaccines with greatly […]

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The glucose-regulated protein GRP78 has been identified as a crucial entity in the development of prostate cancer by promoting cancer cell proliferation, mediating oncogenic signaling and protecting cancer cells against cell death resulting from the stress of tumor development.
With the recent advances researchers hope that therapy may open up an entirely new approach to stop human cancer.

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Barack Obama’s Health and Human Services Transition Team was presented with a series of nearly 50 legal and policy recommendations designed to combat the nation’s obesity epidemic.
The recommendations include such areas as the economic and social aspects of dietary behavior, ensuring equal access to healthy food and physical activities, food marketing regulations, and menu labeling […]

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A recent study conducted by the team of Dr. Nabil G. Seidah, Director of the Biochemical Neuroendocrinology Research Unit at the IRCM, shows for the very first time that the degradation by PCSK9 of the LDLR receptor, which is responsible for removing the bad cholesterol (LDL-cholesterol) from the bloodstream, may be inhibited by a third protein, […]

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Red wine is not only beneficial for cardiovascular health, but can also fight Alzheimer’s disease. Now, a group of scientists has explained how the drink reduces the incidence of the disease.
We are all aware of the “French paradox,” wherein French people, despite consuming food high in cholesterol and saturated fats, has long had low death […]

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