Category: Education
Introducing solid foods for babies after six months of life increases risk of type 1 diabetes
A new study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics suggests that introducing solid foods to babies before and after the recommended time could increase the risk of type 1 diabetes, especially among babies who already have a higher risk of […]
Watch out for inflammatory foods
MALAYSIA – Inflammation has been clearly identified as the key culprit in many chronic diseases that kill millions of people every year, including heart disease and cancer. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), cardiovascular disease caused an estimated 17.3 […]
On liver cancer, your risks, and how to minimise it
MALAYSIA – The liver has the distinction of being the largest internal organ in the body. It performs several vital functions, like processing and storing many of the nutrients absorbed by the intestines, making some of the clotting elements […]
Meat-eating habits linked to cancer mortality
People who report eating the most red and processed meat before being diagnosed with colon cancer are more likely to die during the next eight years, a new study has found. Dr Marjorie McCullough, the study’s lead author from the […]
What needs to be done to improve tuberculosis treatment rates
In BioMed Central’s open access journal BMC Medicine, research finds that people with tuberculosis (TB) in China often delay going to see a doctor for more than two weeks. Reasons for this include a poor understanding of TB, increasing costs […]
Tick’s Spit Leads to Blood Clotting
There really is such a thing as tick spit. That is, the saliva of a tick and there’s something about it that might help fight heart disease and stroke. The link comes from a protein found in the spit of […]
Keeping mentally busy tied to less memory loss
People who spend a lot of time reading, writing and otherwise seeking and processing new information lose their thinking and memory skills more slowly as they age, a new study suggests. Researchers found being “cognitively active” both early and later […]
Drink more water, lose more weight?
Dieters who drink more water have greater weight loss, according to a new review of several prior studies. In one study that asked dieters to drink water before a meal, for instance, “the water enhanced the weight loss,” said Brenda […]
Can the body cleanse itself of small, toxic haze particles?
SINGAPORE – Three experts helped to answer Singaporeans’ questions about the haze at a special online forum organised by The Straits Times. The questions ranged from health concerns to more technical ones, such as how the haze is measured. […]
Night owls risk having expanding waistlines
Staying up late not only affects your alertness the next day, but it will also make you thicker in the waist. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States found that study subjects who were kept up until […]
