Category Archives: Anti-ageing medicine
Breast implants linked to blood cancer
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5300269/Mothers-breast-implants-triggered-rare-blood-cancer.html#ixzz5FTK7pJ7B The breast implants that may be linked to blood cancer: Linzy was baffled by her symptoms but doctors solved the mystery in time for her to make a full recovery. Linzy Bromfield, 48, believes she is lucky to be alive after her breast implants triggered a rare type of cancer. ‘My doctors said if […]
Is it possible to reverse Alzheimer’s?
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/is-it-possible-to-reverse-alzheimers-wvdk9scpp As the frazzled mother of four children under ten, Eleanor Smith didn’t think it was significant when she couldn’t recognise her children’s friends at the school gates. Then, when she started mixing up actors’ faces and couldn’t follow plotlines any more, she put it down to middle-aged absent-mindedness. As a former lawyer who had […]
Mo Zimmer:elderly run faster and faster
The Sunday Times 19 January 2014 EVEN people in their nineties can benefit from strength and endurance training usually reserved for elite athletes, according to a study. The research into the athletic capacity of the very elderly comes as a new breed of endurance athletes in their seventies and eighties are reporting that they […]
Cracking idea to thicken hair with windscreen fixer
The Sunday Times 12 January 2014 SCIENTISTS working for one of the world’s biggest cosmetics companies claim to have developed a shampoo that thickens hair by using technology devised to repair chipped car windscreens. Experts at L’Oréal say filloxane, a new ingredient in a forthcoming range of hair products, works like the silica gel particles […]
Should your grumpy old man be on HRT? Despite doctors’ concerns,growing numbers of men insist testosterone jabs have transformed their lives
The Daily Mail 1 January 2014 Like many men in early middle age, David Quincey felt the best years of his life were already over. At 42 he was putting on weight. He was depressed and irritated by the demands of his teenage children. He felt tired out, unsexy and generally past it. ‘I was […]
Flabby fellas in rush for testosterone
The Sunday Times 24 November 2013 THOUSANDS of men are receiving testosterone on the NHS to combat the male menopause even though there is little evidence it has any health benefits and may even increase their risk of a heart attack or stroke. In recent years testosterone has been seized upon by overweight, middle-aged males […]
Something in the water
The Sunday Times 20 October 2013 Having spent the best part of the past century trying to eliminate germs from our daily lives, scientists are now making discoveries almost every week demonstrating just how good for us many types of bacteria really are. The craze for probiotic drinks to colonise the digestive tract with health-giving […]
In the flesh: You might hate the fat on your thighs, but it could be the next big weapon in the fight against ageing
The Sunday Times 10 March 2013 Wouldn’t it be lovely if you could simply suck the fat off the bits of your body you seldom expose, mash it up and extract stem cells that would restore a plump, youthful glow to your face. Dr Alexis Verpaele, a Belgian plastic surgeon, believes he is about to […]
Laser test to tell us when we will die
The Sunday Times 11 August 2013 SCIENTISTS have patented a “death test” that can tell people how long they have left to live. The simple, non-invasive test is the first of its kind in the world. A painless laser pulse is applied to the surface of the skin through a wristwatch-style device. This measures how […]
The secret £10 wrinkle buster… and why the cosmetic giants don’t want you to know about it
The Daily Mail 10 June 2013 Matrixyl is found in everyday skincare products and cosmetics According to researchers, it can make a real difference to wrinkles Most brands include it in their creams but few are willing to admit it Can a cream really be better than Botox? It’s the cosmetic holy grail, surely […]