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Post by Baz Faz on Oct 28, 2014 1:09:53 GMT 2
It is difficult to keep up with the daily flow of medical research so I am starting this thread to keep us all alert.
Today I read that eating cocoa ( = chocolate) stops memory loss.
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Post by auntieannie on Oct 28, 2014 1:30:54 GMT 2
there's research and there's research and then there's how this research is presented...
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Post by Baz Faz on Oct 28, 2014 11:02:12 GMT 2
Researchers at the University of East Anglia, I read this morning, claim that 2 cups of tea a day help prevent a woman getting ovarian cancer.
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Post by OnlyMark on Oct 28, 2014 11:49:06 GMT 2
What kind of tea though? Builders tea? Nettle?
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Post by lumi on Oct 28, 2014 13:20:09 GMT 2
And what happens if you drink 3 cups per day?!
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Post by Voy on Oct 28, 2014 13:49:02 GMT 2
could it be iced tea? in an Arnold Palmer?? that might just be drinkable...
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Post by itsasmallworld1 on Oct 28, 2014 18:48:42 GMT 2
Let's focus on the OP... chocolate.. Do elaborate please?  |
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Post by Baz Faz on Oct 28, 2014 18:51:33 GMT 2
News just in...
Research by the University of Montreal shows that sleeping with several women protects men from prostate cancer.
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Post by lumi on Oct 28, 2014 19:43:55 GMT 2
I just saw that new research says that smelling farts prevents cancer - seriously!
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Post by Baz Faz on Oct 29, 2014 11:06:50 GMT 2
Research at Uppsala University shows that people who drink three glasses of milk a day are twice as likely to die early as people who drink less than one glass. Also there was no reduction in broken bones for men, and for women there was actually an increased risk of fracture.
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Post by Voy on Oct 29, 2014 15:22:18 GMT 2
lumi -- I just want to know how they DID that research!! sheeesh.
but ! as Itsa says...back to chocolate!
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Post by Baz Faz on Oct 31, 2014 11:13:43 GMT 2
Research at the University of Warwick suggests that Britons are genetically predisposed to be grumpy.
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Post by Voy on Oct 31, 2014 14:48:22 GMT 2
is that from environmental factors becoming "built in" after millennia of living the the rain?
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Post by Netsuke on Nov 2, 2014 15:53:09 GMT 2
According to a study carried out at Harvard Medical School, elderly people who eat plenty of blueberries (and strawberries) are less likely to suffer from cognitive decline, compared to other people of their age who do not.
Scientists at Texas Woman's University found that blueberries help in curbing obesity. Plant polyphenols, which are abundant in blueberries, have been shown to reduce the development of fat cells (adipogenesis), while inducing the breakdown of lipids and fat (lipolysis).
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 3, 2014 14:15:34 GMT 2
A new app for the iPhone can apparently predict when you are going to die.
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Post by Voy on Nov 3, 2014 19:56:20 GMT 2
1) glad I don't have an iphone
2) off to buy blueberries
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 4, 2014 1:06:32 GMT 2
Scientists at Edinburgh University have found that men under 5 ft 6 inches are 50% more likely to die of dementia than those above 5 ft 10 inches. I don't know about the people in that ignored 4 inches.
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Post by Netsuke on Nov 4, 2014 6:47:14 GMT 2
If you drilled a tunnel straight through the Earth and jumped in, it would take you exactly 42 minutes and 12 seconds to get to the other side.
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Post by OnlyMark on Nov 4, 2014 9:26:01 GMT 2
Gravity would pull you down to the centre of the Earth, your speed would shoot you a little past the centre, but then you'd yo-yo back and forth until you stopped. Dead centre.
No?
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Post by OnlyMark on Nov 4, 2014 16:05:48 GMT 2
Working antisocial hours can prematurely age the brain and dull intellectual ability, scientists warn.
Well, that's my excuse sorted then.
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 14, 2014 20:23:17 GMT 2
I read today that four cups of coffee a day (and decaf is better) lower the risk of getting diabetes. The research was done by an organisation funded by the seven largest coffee companies in Europe. Just saying...
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Post by auntieannie on Nov 14, 2014 22:35:19 GMT 2
I wonder what the results would be if the coffee companies weren't funding that research... (not really)
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 17, 2014 12:12:57 GMT 2
Dutch scientists claim that a 10 second kiss can transfer as many as 80 million bacteria.
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 25, 2014 17:37:07 GMT 2
Researchers at Harvard say that a yogurt a day keeps diabetes at bay (milk, butter and cheese don't have the same effect).
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Post by auntieannie on Nov 25, 2014 17:48:56 GMT 2
has to be plain live yoghurt though. doesn't it?
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 25, 2014 18:08:05 GMT 2
Of course. And if you accompany the yogurt with 4 cups of coffee (see my post of 14 Nov) you will be really well armoured against diabetes.
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 26, 2014 11:09:39 GMT 2
Researchers in the UK claim that 20,000 deaths a year of various cancers are caused by people being too fat.
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 27, 2014 14:22:32 GMT 2
A Swedish professor (not the Swedish chef you see to the left) claims that simply looking at Romanesco broccoli (never mind eating it) helps you relax.
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Post by auntieannie on Nov 27, 2014 14:32:03 GMT 2
love it!
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Post by happytraveller on Nov 27, 2014 14:54:17 GMT 2
Haha ! That's funny because I am quite fascinated with the shape of Romanesco and love looking at it, so this medical claim is probably true |
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