Health Update

‘Nine-Minute’ Cellulite-Eraser Serum To Hit Market Shelves In UK

‘Nine-Minute’ Cellulite-Eraser Serum To Hit Market Shelves In UKA miracle cream that claims to wipe out cellulite in just nine minutes will hit UK markets this week.

Priced at £68 per bottle, the serum called Adonia LegTone is made from plant stem cells.

Green Island Labs, the makers of Adonia LegTone, said that the product contains regenerative properties of plant extracts, which help tone up weak skin stem cells.

Hospital mobile phones ‘spread superbugs’

Hospital mobile phones ‘spread superbugs’Washington, Mar 6: Mobile phones used by hospital workers can be a source of hospital-acquired infections that kill thousands of people every year, say researchers.

These superbugs could easily be transmitted from patient to patient causing potentially fatal infections.

During the study, the team tested the phones of doctors and nurses in hospital operating rooms and intensive care units, and found 95pct were contaminated with bacteria of different types, that may cause infections ranging from relatively minor skin complaints to life-threatening illness.

Survey Report: Smokeless Tobacco Use Surges Among U.S. Boys

Survey Report: Smokeless Tobacco Use Surges Among U.S. Boys

Strained marriages affect health of women

Strained marriages affect health of womenRecent study revealed that strained marriage affects health of women more adversely as compared to men. Research team led by Nancy Henry of the University of Utah analyzed data collected from 276 couples who had been married for an average of 20 years in which men and women aged between 40 and 70 years.

Study subjects filled questionnaires having various question related to their martial life and relationship. Researchers also carried out medical screening that included blood tests and measurements of blood pressure and waist circumference.

10 pence increase in prescription charges

Obesity crisis in Britain costing tax-payers

Obesity crisis in Britain costing tax-payersSedentary lifestyle and unhealthy food habits have led to a spur in obesity cases. Nearly one is four adults is obese. It seems that an obesity crisis is not only crippling health care system it is also putting financial stress on the system. It has been found that last August, 2,130 Britons were receiving Incapacity Benefit after being diagnosed obese.

James Clappison, Tory benefits spokesman said that taxpayers were paying the price for Labour's failure to address the "ticking obesity timebomb".

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