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Dated: 29th July 2009
By:
Alistair Tweed
Source: New Scientist Magazine
Title:
Should you trust health advice from the web?
IF YOU regularly turn to a search engine to find out whether, say, you should put ice on a twisted ankle, you're far from alone. Sixty-one per cent of American adults seek out health advice online, according to a survey published last month by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
Around a third of those surveyed admitted they changed their thinking about how they should treat a condition based on what they found online. Yet a growing body of evidence suggests that much online health information is unreliable.
Click to Read Article.
There were four sites recommended by the New Scientist as some of the more reliable medical info sources and
Health websites you can trust,
all of these sites have HONcode accreditation, except for the NHS site cluster, part of which has accreditation, part of which does not.
HONcode accreditation is an external validation of the quality and accuracy of health and medical content. It is only awarded to those sites considered to have rigorously researched their subject material with demonstrable scientific integrity.
At the bottom of every page on this site, you will see the HONcode logo, so that you know you are reading health information you can trust.
We are not aware of any other site that offers supplements and supplement reviews having HONcode accreditation.
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Dated: 21st July 2009
By:
Dr Charles Tweed
Source: Physorg
Title:
Adopting low-risk dietary and lifestyle factors related to lower incidence of high blood pressure
Adherence to modifiable lifestyle and dietary factors including maintaining normal weight, daily vigorous exercise, eating a diet high in fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy products and low in sodium and taking a folic acid supplement was associated with a significantly lower incidence of self-reported hypertension among women, according to a study in the July 22/29 issue of JAMA.
Click to Read Article.
Although this study does not say anything earth-shatteringly new or surprising, the sheer force of numbers involved (83,882) and the time elapsed (14 years) put the conclusions beyond doubt.
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Dated: 10th July 2009
By:
Alistair Tweed
Source: Science Magazine - American Association for the Advancement of Science
Title:
Calorie-Counting Monkeys Live Longer
After 20 long years of waiting, scientists have concluded that rhesus monkeys that eat nearly a third less food than normal monkeys age more slowly. The results come as close as any can to proving that calorie restriction could significantly slow aging in humans - even if such a lean diet would not appeal to most of us.
Click to Read Article.
The evidence builds for the contraversial possibility that Calorie Restriction (CR) will work for humans.
At present, we feel that the Mediterranean Diet (MeDi) still has the best evidence base for reducing mortality in humans.
Several well designed and adequately powered trials on the MeDi have shown a 70% reduction in overall mortality.
Whilst we would welcome an improvement on this, a diet that considers the moderate consumption of wine beneficial
is likely to still get my vote. Perhaps the case for
Calorie Restriction Mimetics
continues to strengthen.
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Dated: 8th July 2009
By:
Dr Charles Tweed
Source: BBC News
Title:
Tests raise life extension hopes
A drug discovered in the soil of a South Pacific island may help to fight the ageing process, research suggests.
When US scientists treated old mice with rapamycin it extended their expected lifespan by up to 38%.
The findings, published in the journal Nature, raise the prospect of being able to slow down the ageing process in older people.
Click to Read Article.
Rapamycin?
Perhaps not one to add to your supplement regime just yet, but of interest never the less...
MIT`s Technology Review has also covered the story with commentary from Dr. David Sinclair in an article entitled
"First Drug Shown to Extend Life Span in Mammals".
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Dated: 18th June 2009
By:
Alistair Tweed
Source: New Scientist Magazine
Title:
Teenage "baby" may lack master ageing gene
Pioneering investigations have thrown the first scientific light on the highly unusual case of Brooke Greenberg, a child from Baltimore, Maryland, who is 16 years old, but whose size and development corresponds to that of an infant of 11 months.
The hope is that the investigation will throw up new clues to ageing. But the researchers involved say that Brooke`s condition is not a reversed version of conditions that lead to premature ageing.
Click to Read Article.
Will this investigation ignite debate about whether there are genetic causes of aging rather than a lack of ability to maintain normal cell function?
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Dated: 17th June 2009
By:
Dr Charles Tweed
Source: BBC News
Title:
Hope for test to measure ageing
Scientists are developing a simple blood test to measure how fast the body`s tissues are ageing at a molecular level.
Click to Read Article.
Scientists are already interested in the protein p16INK4a because it is known to play a role in suppressing the development of cancer.
p16INK4a is present in the T-cells of the immune system, which play a key role in fighting disease, and repairing tissue damage.
Not only did the North Carolina team show that levels were closely related to cellular ageing, they also found a strong link with certain behaviours, such as tobacco use and physical inactivity, which are known to accelerate the ageing process.
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Dated: 15th June 2009
By:
Alistair Tweed
Source: BBC News
Title:
Weekly curry "may fight dementia"
Eating a curry once or twice a week could help prevent the onset of Alzheimer`s disease and dementia, a US researcher suggests.
The key ingredient is curcumin, a component of the spice turmeric.
Click to Read Article.
Possibly not the strongest evidence for curcumin we have ever seen, but it is lovely to be able to bring you news of experiments that (almost) involve giving curry to mice. To make it more applicable to humans, I think they should give the mice beer as well. And maybe even get them to have fights in a car park afterwards although that is bound to upset the animal rights activitsts...
On a more serious note, we should expect to see more data coming out on curcumin over the next year or two. Hopefully, someone will find a way to make it more bioavailable soon.
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Dated: 28th May 2009
By:
Alistair Tweed
Source: Financial Times Newspaper
Title:
Growing Old Gracefully
The human yearning for longevity and eternal youth dates back to the dawn of civilisation. Yet research into healthy ageing, as opposed to the diseases of old age, only became a well-funded scientific endeavour in the 1990s.
Ageing research is now one of the hottest fields in biology, and scientists have accumulated a vast amount of information about the genes and proteins that influence how long we live. But how it all fits together into an overall theory of ageing remains uncertain – as does the more practical question of how much the healthy human lifespan can be extended by science and medicine.
Click to Read Article.
An excellent article on longevity from one of the UK`s most reputable publications. (Subscription required).
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