“Smoking cannabis from a pipe can significantly reduce chronic pain in patients with damaged nerves,” reported the BBC. It added that improvements in sleep and anxiety were also seen
“Stocking up on vitamin D supplements and enjoying the summer sun could cut the risk of a host of diseases,” reported the Daily Mail . This news story is based on a study that investigated how vitamin D might influence the risk of certain diseases by affecting the activity of genes.
A “body clock pill” could cure both jet lag and manic depression, according to T he Daily Telegraph. The newspaper reports that a new study has identified a drug that can “slow down, kick-start and reset the body clocks of mice”. The lead researcher is quoted as follows: “It’s possible to use drugs to synchronise the body clock of a mouse and so it may also be possible to use similar drugs to treat a whole range of health problems associated with disruptions of [the body clock]”.
Scientists have “encouraged substantial re-growth in nerves controlling voluntary movement after spinal cord injury,” reported BBC News. This news story is based on experimental animal research that found that, by deleting a gene called Pten in mice, the growth of spinal cord nerve cells could be encouraged following spinal cord injury.
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“Children who have junk food diets are at greater risk of allergies as well as obesity,” reported The Daily Telegraph.
“Calcium pills increase risk of heart attacks,” BBC News reported.
“Disabled people could soon re-grow damaged or diseased limb joints,” said the Daily Mirror. The newspaper said that the prospect of a new technique, using people’s own stem cells rather than transplanted ones “offers hope to millions suffering crippling pain”.
Teenage mothers are “more likely to give birth prematurely and have underweight babies”, says The Daily Telegraph. This news is based on research that looked at records of babies born to mothers aged between 14 and 29 in the North West of England. The study found that teenage mothers aged 14 to 17 were more likely to have preterm babies than older mothers, with the risk being greater for teenagers who had their second child before the age of 17.
A diet of meat and potatoes “reduces the risk of lung cancer by half”, according to The Independent. The newspaper says that people with above average levels of vitamin B6 in their blood had a lower risk of developing lung cancer.
