Psoriasis, a warning for the heart

Psoriasis is traditionally viewed as a skin disorder, but recent research shows people with the disorder have a higher risk of developing heart disease. Experts are now considering recategorizing it as a systemic inflammatory or immune-mediated disorder.

Coffee? Yes Please!

Coffee, once regarded as a health risk, is turning out to be at least a low-risk drink, if not a health food.

Previously, negative research failed to tease apart the effects of coffee and smoking because so many coffee drinkers were also smokers. The brew can protect against diabetes, liver cancer, cirrhosis and Parkinson’s disease according to new research.

Hand foot and mouth back for the season

Spring is on its way back, and so is hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD). Doctors say it is more common between early spring and autumn, and parents should pay special attention since it most often strikes infants and children under the age of 10. “The epidemic is on the rise, and more reports will come,” Deng ihua, the ministry’s spokesman, said.

Hold the beer, red face a cancer signal

Alcohol is a known risk factor for esophageal and other cancers: heavy drinkers are at the greatest risk.

But people whose faces are quick to turn red may need to curb their impulse to ganbei, doctors say.

Dentists say new uproar over crowns ungrounded

No one wants a mouth full of metal. But dental work is a fact of life, and it takes a lot of work to disguise a crown.
For years, the preferred method to conceal a crown was with a porcelain overlay on top of a nickel-chromium crown. But news circulating on many major Web sites said this method may be linked to kidney disease.

Is office radiation worth blocking?

Office ladies are notorious for their fear of computer use, and a whole array of products has been introduced to prey on their fears and superstitious ways to combat the evils of modern technology.
But do any of these remedies work, or is someone making a profit on a white collar placebo? Bao Jiali, a professor and researcher at the bio-electromagnetics lab at Zhejiang University has some answers about office radiation.

Breaking out of the lonely trap

Life is meaningless. Earth sucks. There is no reason to get out bed in the morning. These may sound like symptoms of a bad day, but when you actually feel this way, it may be a sign of loneliness and experts warn that chronic loneliness will deteriorate one’s health.

Too many zzzs can cause diabetes?

The post-lunch afternoon nap has long been imagined to be a healthy practice, but new British studies claim that nappers’ risk of developing diabetes rose by 26 percent. However, Chinese experts say the siesta is being made a scapegoat for other unhealthy habits.

Keep your children free of obesity, cancer

By Zhang Dongya
Cancer will supplant heart disease as the world’s leading killer by 2010, according to the latest report by the World Health Organization (WHO). Being overweight r obese has been shown to increase the risk of cancer, a disease hardly confined to the adult world.
On World Cancer Day, February 4, the International Union Against [...]