Internet helps Women Navigate Menopause Map!
When a woman enters menopause, she stops menstruating and her body produces less of the sex hormones estrogen and progesterone. The process of menopause takes years. During that time, women experience moderate to severe symptoms, including hot flashes, interrupted sleep, vaginal dryness, and other symptoms that affect her quality of life. The “Menopause Map” is […]
Genetic Entrepreneur and Genomics X Prize
A relative newcomer to the genome sequencing world has thrown down its glove to challenge others to sequence 100 human genomes for $1000 each, during a one-month period. Ion Torrent announced that it will compete for the $10 million Archon Genomics X PRIZE, which was first set up in 2006 and was revised later. The […]
Nutritional Needs of Ageing and Food Science?
Older persons are vulnerable to malnutrition. Attempts to provide them with adequate nutrition pose many practical problems. The process of ageing also affects other nutrient needs. For example, while requirements for some nutrients may be reduced, some data suggest that requirements for other essential nutrients may in fact rise in later life. Life expectancy all […]
How healthy is your skin?
As you spend a fortune on high-end facial products, you strive to improve the quality and look of your skin; may be to treat acne, wrinkling and general ageing, etc. Dermatologist Susan C. Taylor, MD, FAAD affirms this by saying that medications or treatments should be applied immediately after washing your face. This will ensure […]
Early Lifestyle Choices – Impact on Heart Health Later!
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle from young adulthood into your 40s is strongly associated with low cardiovascular disease risk in middle age. A few adults can maintain ideal cardiovascular health factors as they age, said Kiang Liu, first author of the study. Many middle-aged adults develop unhealthy diets, gain weight and are not physically active. Such lifestyles, […]
Do men live as long as women?
Life expectancy is going up all around the world, so also the longevity of men, compared to women. Prof Mayhew, a professor of statistics at Cass Business School, analysed life expectancy data in England and Wales. He was working out how long 30-year-olds could expect to live. Heart disease His findings show men languishing far […]
Accelerated Ageing linked to Anxiety and Shortened Telomeres!
Aging is not a disease, and the biology of ageing, which varies between individuals. Telomeres play a central role in cell fate and ageing by adjusting the cellular response to stress and growth stimulation on the basis of previous cell divisions and DNA damage. At least a few hundred nucleotides of telomere repeats must “cap” […]
Video Games to promote Healthier Ageing?
Video Games Technology is proving to be a valuable tool for helping people of all ages improve lifestyle and health habits and manage disease. New research showw that exergames have significant benefits for older adults by providing cognitive stimulation and a source of social interaction, exercise, and fun. Thus, the games help them to lead fuller, […]
Do you know how male baldness occurs?
The male sex hormone testosterone plays a key role, as do genetic factors. They cause the hair follicles to shrink, eventually becoming so small that they are invisible, leading to the appearance of baldness. Baldness is hair thinning or partial or complete lack of hair. Male pattern baldness is characterized by hair receding from the lateral […]
Anti-Ageing Botox Prescription face to face?
Botox, an anti-ageing drug is a potentially dangerous medicine and can normally only be prescribed by a Doctor to patients .face to face The General Medical Council (GMC) says new rules will be published later this week to stop doctors remotely prescribing injectable cosmetic medicines such as Botox. These are prescription-only medicines and doctors should assess […]
Is Ulthera the Latest Device in Anti-Ageing?
Ulthera or Ultherapy or Ulthera Therapy is a non-surgical ultrasound based based procedure for lifting and firming the sagging areas of your face and neck. Ulthera provides micro-focused precise heating and vibration of both dermal and deep fibro-muscular supporting layers of the skin. The Ulthera(TM) system, which has recently been introduced in the US in […]
Do you listen to ‘Silver surfers’?
The stories that elderly people tell you have huge power. They are sad, funny, intimate, tragic, overwhelming and inspirational. Dr Paul Hodgkin of the feedback site Patient Opinion says social media channels are not just for the young. One recent posting we received said: “I am an elderly lady and it seems impossible for me […]
Caring for Skin during Winter!
For many people, the cold clear days of winter bring more than just a rosy glow to the cheeks. They also bring uncomfortable dryness to the skin of the face, hands, and feet. For some people, the problem is worse than just a general tight, dry feeling: They get skin so dry it results in […]
Various Ways you Die – How do you avoid it?
The leading causes of death are combined with the person’s odds of dying from a particular cause to determine, which the various ways a person is likely to die in his or her lifetime. Despite increased medical advances and an ageing population, the global death rate remains constant at 100%. There is no cure. Despite […]
Fruit and vegetables ‘give healthy glow’
It has been known for some time that certain yellow and red pigments called carotenoids found in many types of fruit and vegetables, can have an effect on skin tone. Even a few weeks of eating fruit and vegetables could improve your skin colour. . University of St Andrews researchers monitored diet in 35 people, […]