Research

Dizziness And Tiredness

Dizziness and tiredness were linked with low systolic blood pressure in a health analysis of 10,314 British civil servants. In the British Medical Journal, London researchers suggested that more attention be focused on the health effects of Hypotension, which is usually only treated if dizziness is sufficient to cause falls. »

Sunscreen Usage

Physicians could bolster teenagers’ use of sunscreens if they explained how sun expo­ sure causes skin cancer and prematurely ages the skin, claimed researchers from Johns Hopkins University. Most adolescents fail to use sunscreen, even if they have a family history of skin cancer, according to a survey of 220 Virginia teens, 81 %... »

Migraines Effect

Headache experts at Lon­ don’s Charing Cross Hospital reminded physicians to consider migraine when men complain of weekend head­ aches. Although migraines effect three times as many women as men, men are more likely to suffer weekend attacks, the team wrote in a letter to The Lancet. Friday­ night drinking, stress with­ drawal, reduced caffeine... »