Category: Education
Study finds ‘cell phones do up cancer risk’
A new study has showed heavy cell phone users’ saliva shows higher risk factors for cancer. Dr. Yaniv Hamzany of Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine and the Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department at the Rabin Medical Center, […]
Gum disease linked to increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease
People who have bad teeth and gum disease could have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a new study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease reveals. An analysis of the brains of twenty dead people, 10 of whom […]
Breastfeeding tied to kids’ intelligence
Children who were breastfed for more of their infancy scored higher on language and intelligence tests at three and seven years old, in a new study. Researchers found that for each extra month women reported breastfeeding, their children performed slightly […]
Scientists discover new drug targets for aggressive breast cancer
Genes that are potential targets for therapeutic drugs against aggressive breast cancer have been discovered by Genome Institute of Singapore scientists. Out of the 1.5 million women diagnosed with breast cancer in the world annually, nearly one in seven of […]
Women’s height linked to cancer risk
A recent study finds that taller women may face an increased risk of many cancers than their shorter counterparts. Researchers looked at a sample of nearly 145,000 postmenopausal women aged 50 to 79 for the analysis published in the US […]
The full moon may make it hard to sleep: Study
Swiss researchers said Thursday that people really do have a hard time getting a good night’s sleep when the moon is full, even when they can’t see it. The results of a study on 33 volunteers published in the journal […]
Drinking Coffee Lowers Suicide Risk
In men, coffee consumption reduces the risk of suicide by 50 percent, say researchers. Reviewing data from three large-scale US studies, the team from the Harvard School of Public Health compared the risk of suicide for adults who consumed two […]
Food Fungus Worsening AIDS?
A fungus that coats stored corn, wheat, nuts and rice in developing countries could be worsening the AIDS epidemic, a new study suggests. Kept in sacks piled in barns and warehouses, food stores in countries near the equator are contaminated […]
Huge viruses may be new life form
Two newly discovered viruses are twice as large as the previous record-holders and may represent a completely new life form, French scientists reported in the US journal Science. Researchers say they were “extremely surprised” by the discovery of what they […]
H7N9 could efficiently spread from human to human someday: study
The H7N9 bird flu virus may be highly transmissible among ferrets, a common animal model for studying how flu might spread in humans, Chinese researchers reported Thursday. Though H7N9 appears to have been brought under control, the researchers warned in […]
