Dr Ching Li Chai-Coetzer from Flinders Uni devises simple questionaire for GPs to recognise sleep disorder
- Publish Date: 10-06-15
FEELING sleepy? Finding it hard to concentrate? Maybe you’re suffering from sleep apnoea. Award-winning sleep and respiratory physician Dr Ching Li Chai-Coetzer says the condition is “a lot more common than people think”, affecting “one in four men and…
Read moreThe latest superfood is an old favourite and it can fight asthma
- Publish Date: 10-06-15
THE humble tomato has emerged as the latest superfood and it is about to be deployed to help keep asthmatic children out of hospital this winter. Medical researchers have found the antioxidants found in tomatoes called lycopenes help the asthmatic cells…
Read moreBreaking your addictive food habit
- Publish Date: 10-06-15
CAN food be addictive? Food consumption — unlike alcohol, cocaine, or gambling — is necessary for survival and that is the reason some would argue that food addiction doesn’t really exist. Many experts say there’s limited evidence that any food,…
Read moreNew research shows link between birth month and the likelihood of developing certain diseases
- Publish Date: 10-06-15
“WE are still masters of our fate; we are still Captains of our souls”, or so goes the famous saying by Winston Churchill, who firmly believed that people shaped their own destiny. But according to a recent study, it turns out that the writing really is…
Read more’No evidence’ of placenta health benefits
- Publish Date: 10-06-15
EATING one’s own placenta after giving birth may be trendy but there is no scientific evidence that women derive any benefits from it, researchers have said. A review of 10 previously published studies showed no “human or animal data to support the…
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