Drinking a moderate amount of alcohol each day could protect against arthritis, a study of mice has found. In the Swedish study, mice whose water contained 10% alcohol had a lower risk of rheumatoid arthritis. The team said it was not possible to say exactly how much alcohol would have the same effect for humans.
Following the Government announcement on the future of Post Office Ltd, Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions Spokesperson, Danny Alexander MP has called for the successor to the Post Office Card Account (POCA) to be freely available to all citizens.
Scientists at Sheffield University have developed a computer model of the human brain to help doctors learn more about disorders such as Parkinson's disease.
New research out today shows one in seventeen (6%) people lose their home after being diagnosed with cancer and one in six (18%) have difficulties in keeping up with their mortgage or rental payments, according to Macmillan Cancer Support. For those with cancer who are self-employed, the figure is higher still with one in nine (11%) losing their home. Each year over 250,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in the UK.
It's common knowledge that as we get older we get shorter. But UK researchers have now found that men who lose 3cm or more of height as they age have an increased risk of heart attack and death. The study of 4,200 men published in Archives of Internal Medicine took into account other risk factors for heart disease and poor health.
Multiple sclerosis charities have said they are "bitterly disappointed" at a decision not to prescribe an anti-MS drug in Scotland. Both the MS Society and the MS Trust believe the drug Tysabri could help slow the progression of disability in hundreds of sufferers. But the Scottish Medicines Consortium said the economic case for the drug had not been demonstrated. The charities urged sufferers to fight for Tysabri on an individual basis.