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“Fish could protect against Alzheimer’s,” reported The Daily Telegraph. Several newspapers said that people who eat baked or grilled fish once a week are up to five times less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. The story is based on an abstract o...

“Fish could protect against Alzheimer’s,” reported...

In 2010, around 43% of cancer cases seen in the UK were caused by lifestyle and environmental factors, according to several news sources today. This equated to around 134,000 cancers caused by potentially avoidable behaviours such as smoking, drinkin...

In 2010, around 43% of cancer cases seen in the UK...

BBC News has reported that there is “strong evidence of a link between exercise and academic performance”. The news service says that a review of previous research found a link, which could be due to exercise increasing the flow of blood and oxygen t...

BBC News has reported that there is “strong eviden...

“Drinking water can help dieters lose at least five per cent of their bodyweight,” the Metro has reported. The story is based on research that hoped to find evidence to support the common sense theory that replacing high calorie drinks with water or ...

“Drinking water can help dieters lose at least fiv...

“Just a few minutes of relatively strenuous exercise can dramatically change a person’s DNA,” according to the Daily Mail. The newspaper said new research has found that 20 minutes of exercise can “crank up the genes needed to burn fat and sugar and ...

“Just a few minutes of relatively strenuous exerci...

Fatal cases of liver disease are rising, according to media reports today. In under a decade there has been a 25% increase in deaths from the condition, with alcohol causing more than a third of total cases. In contrast, other major causes of death, ...

Fatal cases of liver disease are rising, according...

“Shift workers getting too little sleep at the wrong time of day may be increasing their risk of diabetes and obesity,” according to the BBC, which reported new research showing that changes to normal sleep can cause the body to struggle with control...

“Shift workers getting too little sleep at the wro...

“Going for a brisk stroll could play an important role in fighting depression,” BBC News has reported. Current evidence suggests that physical activity can be useful for reducing the symptoms of depression, but previous examinations of research have ...

“Going for a brisk stroll could play an important ...

Exercise can dramatically alter the rate of mental decline in elderly people with early signs of dementia, the Daily Express reported today. The news reports are based on a small study that compared how different types of exercise may affect the ment...

Exercise can dramatically alter the rate of mental...

There is “no convincing evidence” that mobile phones cause cancer, according to a major report issued by the Health Protection Agency. The report has received a great deal of press attention. Most newspapers stressed the lack of clear risks but other...

There is “no convincing evidence” that mobile phon...

In order to understand the milieu in which Islamic medicine was born, one has to understand the salient events in the advent of Islam and a few events just preceding the Islamic era. Arabia which was a large area covered mostly by an arid desert that...

In order to understand the milieu in which Islamic...

Islamic Medicine in its true context, can thus be defined as a body of knowledge of Medicine that was inherited by the Muslims in the early phase of Islamic History (40-247 AH/661 -861 AD) from mostly Greek sources, but to which became added medical ...

Islamic Medicine in its true context, can thus be ...

Islamic Medicine continues to be practiced in many of the Islamic countries today. However western traditional modern medicine has replaced the core of the health care systems in most of these countries. The only countries where it has to some degree...

Islamic Medicine continues to be practiced in many...

One of the greatest sciences that had a great impetus on Islamic medicine was the development of pharmacy and phamacognosy. Chemistry or 'Alchemia' had been studied by most Islamic Physicians and scholars. This study was furthered by concomitant deve...

One of the greatest sciences that had a great impe...

Contarary to popular belief, basic Sciences were were highly developed in Islamic Sciences. For instance Oriental historians of Medicine have erroneously emphasised that science of anatomy, during the Islamic era was rudimentary ,and did not progress...

Contarary to popular belief, basic Sciences were w...

The most famous and notable physican of this time and perhaps of the entire early Islamic era is no doubt Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Razi(born 251 AH/865 AD; died 312 AH/925 AD) called Rhazes by his Latinized name. Born in Rayy in northern Persia not ...

The most famous and notable physican of this time ...

The era of Islamic Medicine produced some very famous and notable physicians.These physicians were not only responsible to get all the existing information on Medicine of the time together but add to this knowledge by their own astute observations, e...

The era of Islamic Medicine produced some very fam...

The notable physicians during this period were as follows: Bukhtishu family of Physicians. The oldest amongst these was Jibrail Bukhtishu who was the Chief Physician at the Hospital in Jundishapur. He came from a Christain family and was summoned to ...

The notable physicians during this period were as ...

The idea of a hospital as an institutional place for the caring of the sick has not been recorded in antiqiuty. There were sanatoria and 'travel lodges' that were attached to temples where the sick were attended to by attendant priests. Most of the t...

The idea of a hospital as an institutional place f...

'Prophetic Medicine' although popular amongst the masses of Muslims because of its doctrinal and theological contents was considered by most Muslim historians and physicians as distinct from scientific and analytical Islamic Medicine. Ibn Khaldun (13...

'Prophetic Medicine' although popular amongst the ...

61 In order that We may bring in your place the likes of you and make you grow into what you know not. 62 And certainly you know the first growth, why do you not then mind? "We have ordained death among you and We are not to be over­come." Mawt, deat...

61 In order that We may bring in your place the li...