by Christine M | Sep 3, 2016 | Genetics, Weightloss
Here’s another story about how your genes affect your behaviour in more ways than you might think. This time, it’s all to do with how you feel about your weight. We all know people who are as thin as whippets but moan at every opportunity about how fat...
by Christine M | Aug 26, 2016 | Food and drink, Genetics
How many do you have a day? One, two, three? More? If you’re not one of those people who can’t function without knocking back numerous cups of coffee, chances are you have a DNA variation in a gene called PDSS2. And there you were thinking it was something...
by Christine M | Aug 19, 2016 | Memory, psychology
Ever wondered why your memory’s not as sharp or expansive as it used to be? Blame the internet, say researchers at the Universities of California and Illinois. Well, more specifically, blame cognitive offloading, which is when you rely on things like the...
by Christine M | Aug 12, 2016 | Fitness, Mind/body, psychology
Writing about fitness and exercise means asking every personal trainer you come across for their tips on motivation – well, since the UK’s often decried as a nation of couch potatoes, exercise motivation is something we all probably need more of. But no...
by Christine M | Aug 5, 2016 | Dental health, Food and drink, General health
Dentists may get positively evangelical about the stuff, but dental floss has had a bad week. You could almost hear the sound of dental products firms’ share prices crashing to the floor, as The US Department for Health and Human Services and Agriculture was...
by Christine M | Aug 2, 2016 | Anatomy, General health
You know how when two drunks get into a fight in a movie or TV programme, then one of them punches the other in the nose and suddenly there’s blood gushing everywhere? Well I’ve been lucky enough never to have been punched in the face, so I always thought the...
by Christine M | Aug 1, 2016 | Mind/body, psychology
Ever found your mind wandering when you’re trying to focus on something important or can’t stop sneaking a peak at your emails/texts/social media when you should be hard at work? Sure you have. You’d have to be superhuman not to be able to resist the many distractions...
by Christine Morgan | Mar 7, 2013 | General health, Parenting
If you suffer from an autoimmune disorder, there’s a new website that offers information above and beyond the usual health website articles and blog posts. And since the majority of people affected by autoimmune conditions are women, the website targets mothers....
by Christine Morgan | Jul 4, 2012 | General health, Mind/body, psychology, Wellbeing
Anyone who’s met me knows only too well how enthusiastic I can get on the subject of positive thinking. Where health is concerned – let alone anything else in life – it has been shown to have a range of benefits, including everything from living longer to lower...
by Christine Morgan | Jun 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
After a long blogging absence, I am delighted to re-enter the fray with this week’s prize for the statement of the bleeding obvious. And wouldn’t you know, it involves research on diet. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) – brain scans to...
