Wandsworth Guardian: Families

Heart risk from working late?

5:04pm Tuesday 7th September 2010

“Men who work more than 45 hours a week are more than twice as likely to die from heart disease if they are unfit,” The Daily Telegraph has reported.

Bone drugs and cancer rates

6:02pm Monday 6th September 2010

Using osteoporosis drugs for long periods may double the risk of oesophagus cancer, The Guardian reported.

Egg development in older women

5:08pm Monday 6th September 2010

‘Clue found to why egg flaws seen in older women’, a BBC News headline announced. The website said that scientists may be closer to understanding why older women are more likely to produce abnormal eggs.

Sugar not a painkiller for babies

6:02pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

“Newborn babies should not be given sugar as pain relief,” read the headline in The Guardian. The newspaper said the routine use of tiny amounts of sugar before minor medical procedures is common practice but “it does not work and may damage their brains”.

Puzzling claims over brain games

6:03pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

"People who do puzzles and crosswords may stave off dementia longer,” according to BBC News. The website said that mentally stimulating activities may protect the brain from memory loss but also speed up mental decline once the disease takes hold.

Migraines linked to genetics

5:05pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

Scientists have discovered genes that may be behind migraines, “opening the door to a cure”, reported the Daily Mirror. The newspaper said that these genes normally control the levels of a brain chemical called glutamate, but a variant form of the gene may lead to a build-up of glutamate within the nerve cells. According to the paper, halting this build-up could help stop migraines.

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