Old and senile should do the right thing
The has been a lot of coverage regarding assisted suicide and how this effects the families etc. But it seems as if that was not bad enough there are suggestions that older people who are found to be suffering from dementia should do the right thing and stop wasting the resources of the NHS.
The right [...]
Is the legalisation of pot coming?
Work on marijuana as a medicine has been around for some time, but there has always been a shady line between what is the medical business and that of the recreational user.
The problem for business of science is that they understand the properties that marijuana has. This plant can then go on to be an [...]
Drinking coffee causes hallucinations
Sometimes there are some interesting pieces of research that pop up and this particular one is one of those that tick all of the boxes.
A research student at Durham University questioned two hundred students about their experiences with caffeine. This research threw up some interesting findings, where those students who consumed more caffeine reported seeing [...]
Even bees get hooked on coke
It is a strange thing, but bee’s can also get hooked on the chemicals found in the coca plant, and should they become influenced by the effects of withdrawal in the same fashion, as an addict would be.
Yet cocaine would normally repel insects, this is a natural defence mechanism produced by the plant to protect [...]
Illuminated cancer cells easier to track
The studying of cancer has been given a new tool to help with the studying of the disease; scientists have found they are able to use a fluorescent compound, which attaches itself to the cells. This means that they can track it to see if the cancer is growing, dying off or remaining the same.
This [...]
Anti depression drug could help brain disease
UK medical staff are about to start trails on lithium which is common in drugs for treating depression, however this trial is not going to be a study of treating depression, but rather to see the effectiveness of the drug being able to treat the devastating condition motor neurone disease.
These trails will start in early [...]
What the pharmacy does not say
These days it is sometimes preferable to visit one of the pharmacists in your area instead of taking time out to visit the local GP. This is because these days they do offer their customers a fuller services, which is come cases could save the time and effort of visiting the GP then going to [...]
October 1, 2008Coffee and sugar cannot replace sleep
In today’s busy lifestyles, people are often tempted to stretch out the days by sleeping less and in order to compensate the body for the lack of sleep and in an attempt to put off the tiredness, many people are trying to feed their bodied with caffeine and sugar.
Sugar is an obvious route to try [...]
Man dies in drugs trial
Being diagnosed with testicular cancer is blow for any man, however the chances of surviving the disease are getting better all of the time. Nevertheless, when Gary Foster aged 27 was told that he had the disease with a sixty per cent chance of survival; he wanted to get all the help that he could.
The [...]
Marijuana could fight superbugs
Plants and substances like marijuana can have a positive effect on those deadly bacterial infections known as superbugs according to reports from scientists in the UK and Italy.
There has been for a long time thoughts that marijuana could fight infections and at the same time being an environmentally friendly treatment, which could be included [...]
LSD a viable treatment
There is no doubt that LSD has had a bad press over that last forty years or so and it is probably right too, but like so many of these pioneering drugs, LSD could now be used to treat thousands of people who would otherwise be suffering in silence.
Rick Doblin of Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic [...]
New drug boost for cancer sufferers
A revolutionary new drug, which uses the body’s own immune cells, has left some cancer patients completely free of the disease.
These results have been met with excitement after a trial of thirty-eight patients who suffer from non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma saw fifty per cent of the patients see a reduction in the tumours, while four patients had [...]
Anti AIDS drug a success
Clinical trials of an HIV vaccine have been reported as being a success by the researchers at the Tuberculosis Research Centre in India.
Although this is an early stage in the first phase of the trial there have been some great reports coming in with regards to the safety and more importantly the effect that the [...]
Laugh then collapse
There is a rare condition known as cataplexy, where if the patient experiences any sudden or strong emotions, such as laughing can quite simply collapse. This is can be very embarrassing as well a dangerous and is connected with the sleeping disease narcolepsy, where the patient can suddenly and without any warning fall asleep.
There are [...]
Cannabis can help colon cancer
There would seem to be a whole host of medical treatments related to the cannabis plant, whether this is a product of the campaign to legalise the plant for medical treatments or just simply that the plant is one of those miracle plants that has just been given a bad image, it is hard to [...]
July 31, 2008New treatment for HIV
Millions of people worldwide could be set to benefit from a new treatment of HIV. Research undertaken jointly by the University of New South Wales’ (UNSW) National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (NCHECR) has shown that Raltegravir a new drug has had some good results in tests.
What this drug does is actually cut [...]
Sight saved with contact lenses
New type of contact lens is so advanced that it is like having your own personal eye doctor that you can carry around with you every where that you go.
This new type of lens which is a combination of electrically conductive, antibiotic nanosilver particles and this new style of contact lens that when they are [...]
Beating depression the natural way
Depression can be one of the things that effects many people, and can strike at any time it is not like people get depressed because of their circumstances although that does not help, this is something that can happen to anyone at anytime.
But instead of taking the first thing that the doctor hands out, you [...]
Magic mushrooms have long term benefits
There are many different opinions surrounding the use of the psychedelic drug Psilocybin which if the active ingredient of magic mushrooms. These can only be related to the sixties and the rise in the psychedelic movement which influenced art, music and the general way of the world.
But in tests being carried out in the US, [...]
Energy drinks linked to risk taking
Researchers at the University of Buffalo are looking into the effects of these so called energy drinks on younger people and teenagers. These drinks which are high in caffeine have become very popular of the past few years.
But it is not only adults who are drinking these drinks like Red Bull etc are very popular [...]