“Men who find themselves unable to sleep during the small hours of the night may end up dying younger,” reported the Daily Mail. This study looked at people’s insomnia and their risk of dying over a 14-year period

“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

“Eating broccoli and plantain could reduce bouts of Crohn’s disease,” reported The Daily Telegraph . It said researchers have found that certain types of soluble fibre from these plants can help to prevent bacteria from sticking to the gut’s walls, thereby limiting the progress of the disease. This study looked at whether fibres from various edible plants affected the transport of E

You will be able to “grow your own transplant liver in a lab within just five years”, says the Daily Mail.   This news story is based on research that demonstrated a method to develop skin cells into stem cells, which were then matured into liver cells. The researchers used this technique to develop lab-grown liver cells from patients with various inherited liver diseases, which they hope might aid future research into diseases.

On Sept. 2-3, 2010, the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) will convene a two-day conference on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: From Mouse Models to Human Disease and Treatment.

The Daily Mirror today hails grapefruit as a “fruity ‘cure’ for diabetes”.

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]”.

“A diet rich in green leafy vegetables may reduce the risk of developing diabetes,” reported the BBC. It said that one-and-a-half portions a day “cuts type-2 diabetes risk by 14%”

“Women who drank five or more beers a week doubled their chances of developing psoriasis,” reported the Daily Mail. This study examined the drinking habits of more than 80,000 US nurses over an average of 14 years, during which 1.4% developed psoriasis

“Eating just two small bits of chocolate a week can cut the risk of heart failure by up to a third,” according to an article in the Daily Express . The news story is based on a study of whether chocolate affects the risk of heart failure in elderly and middle-aged women