Health and Suppliments

Sex addiction is about to become formally recognized as a psychiatric illness, reports the Daily Mail.
Experts are evaluating including the ‘addiction’, in which sufferers have relentless sexual urges that feel out of one’s control, in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manua…

According to a major study, girls aged 16 are getting drunk more often than their male counterparts.
The study reveals that rising numbers are knocking back the equivalent of half a bottle of vodka at a time.
From Dailymail.co.uk:

The study at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm found 80 per cent of al…

Laughter really is the best medicine, especially when it comes to putting you on the road to recovery more quickly than any hi-tech treatment, simply by increasing your circulation.
The report by the University of Leeds’ School of Healthcare disclosed that laughter actually speeds recovery from leg ulcers.
From Dailymail.co.uk:
In contrast, expensive ultrasound therapy does little to help, contrary to what the researchers had expected to find.
Traditional nursing care is also effective and this human contact is likely to lead to jokes and banter which is where the laughter therapy comes in.
The research, published by the British Medical Journal, said: ‘Forget technology. The best prescription for patients with venous leg ulcers is good quality nursing care and the occasional belly laugh!’
About 500,000 people suffer from recurrent leg ulcers in the UK. They are common in those with varicose veins or mobility problems and the condition is becoming more common with increased obesity.
It is worth noting here that previous studies have shown laughter can ward off heart disease.…

Lack of sleep is associated with an increase risk of colon cancer, according to a groundbreaking new study.
Individuals who averaged less than six hours of sleep at night had an almost 50 percent increase in the risk of colorectal adenomas compared with individuals sleeping at least seven hours per…