Current Health Issues

Recent article on BBC reports that Oxford researchers says the NHS should consider giving statins to healthy people. The NHS drugs watchdog, is reviewing the evidence.

The research suggests that thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be avoided if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more easily prescribed.

The researchers calculates that lowering the threshold for prescribing statins to a 10% risk of cardiovascular disease within a decade would lead to five million more people taking the drugs. This in turn would save 2,000 lives and prevent 10,000 heart attacks or strokes every year, he said.

However, statins like any other drugs do have side-effects such as kidney failure. 

What do you think about this recent research?

How much do we know about geneticlly modified food? Anything that has the word “modified” comes with problems. It is claimed that all processed foods in the United States contain genetically modified (GM) ingredients. These crops and other GM varieties are now planted in many countries.

There are too many health concerns relating to GM foods to list, but some of the most concerning uncovered to date include:

General toxicity
Allergic reactions
Provocation of inflammatory response
Damage to sperm cells
Fertility problems Altered DNA functioning

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Do you have or know anyone who has gluten-intolerance or is diabetic?
Do you know anyone who has allergies or illness of any kind?

I am sure we all know quite a few. These people find it hard to find food that is safe for them to eat as alot of food contain elements such as Gluten that can be harmful for some. Continue reading →

How many of us actually know about basic first aid knowledge? This knowledge could make a big difference in our lives.

For example, do you know what to if someone has had a fall?
What if your child is playing and suddenly is having difficulty in breathing?
What if you have scalded yourself with boiling water whilst making tea?
What are you supposed to do when one is having a nose bleed or has been stung by a bee?
What do you do in a road side accident, or if someone has had a head injury?
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Death is a certainty, however we live in a world where we get trapped into a lifestyle that perhaps shortens our life.  So what can we do to try to live longer or age well? How do we stay away from life threatening illness without having to resort to medication which can have side effects?

Here is a list of top 10 things one must try to improve on NOW inorder to age well and have healthy life: Continue reading →

In the previous post we looked at the signs of diabetes in women. This post we will try to identify the diabetes symptoms in men.

Is there a difference in the symptoms?
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In this post I want to try and find out whether there are any difference in the symptoms and signs of diabetes in women and men.

So what are the common signs of diabetes in women? Continue reading →

I think we all know that smoking is bad for you. So it comes as no suprise that people are now reporting improvements in certain areas since smoking ban was implemented.  For example, the number of emergency hospital admissions for heart attacks in England has fallen since the smoking ban was introduced three years ago. It is reported that the decrease has saved the NHS almost 8-and a half million pounds in just a year.

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