Category: Education
Festive dishes high in calories: study
As the Lunar New Year holiday is fast approaching, the cardiovascular center at Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital disclosed a calorie chart of staple foods for the celebration. The festive dishes contain high levels of three major nutrients — protein, […]
Women more interested in styling hair than eating breakfast
Women would prefer doing their hair rather than starting their day with breakfast, a new study has revealed. The poll of 2,000 people, carried out online by One Poll Survey, found the most important meal of the day is sidelined […]
Love makes water taste sweeter
Love really is sweet. Both candy and water taste sweeter when people think about love, a new study has found. However, jealousy fails to bring out bitter or sour tastes, despite metaphors that say it might, researchers said. The finding […]
Fish oil can increase brain size
Eating more fish can give you a bigger brain and also protect against diseases such as Alzheimer’s, a new study has claimed. People with higher levels of the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil may have larger brain volumes […]
Men forget more than women
Ever wondered why men forget birthdays and anniversaries or the names of new neighbours? Men have problems remembering names and dates more than women do, according to a new Norwegian study. “It was surprising to see that men forget more […]
AMSilk advances silicone breast implant coating
New research paper about the coating of silicone implants with recombinant spider silk. AMSilk has completed preclinical testing of its proprietary silicone implant coating made from spider silk. AMSilk’s coating consists of a thin layer of spider silk proteins manufactured […]
Smoking pregnant mums may have ‘gay’ babies
A leading neuroscientist has claimed that smoking and drug use during pregnancy could raise the chance of having a baby who would turn out to be gay. According to Britain’s Sunday Times, Dr Dick Swabb, professor of neurobiology at Amsterdam […]
More than two drinks a day could speed memory loss
Men who consume more than two alcoholic drinks per day while in middle age may speed up their memory loss in later life by up to six years, said a study last week. However, there were no differences in memory […]
Sunlight may lower blood pressure
Exposing skin to sunlight may help lower blood pressure and cut the risk of heart attack and stroke, a new study has found. Research carried out at the Universities of Southampton and Edinburgh found that sunlight alters levels of the […]
What’s that lump in my breast?
The many causes, benign and otherwise, of breast lumps. THE other day, I attended a public forum where they taught us how to do a breast self-examination. I did it on myself, and to my alarm, I think I felt […]
