Category: Education
Insomnia Ups Risk of Heart Failure
People who suffer from symptoms of insomnia are at an increased risk of developing heart failure, finds study. The study followed 54,279 people between the ages of 20-89 for an average of more than 11 years, and found that those […]
Study links HIV infection to heart attack risk
Being HIV-positive raises a person’s heart attack risk by about 50 per cent, said a study released Monday that confirms earlier findings. The study looked at 82,459 US veterans, the vast majority of them men. It was published in Archives […]
Clot-buster Pill With Aspirin Could Slash Stroke Risk: Study
By popping a clot-busting pill and an aspirin every day, thousands of stroke patients could cut the risk of severe repeat attacks. More than a third of stroke survivors suffer another one within five years – and second strokes are […]
These harmful bacteria are crawling on your smartphone
If you’re a squeamish clean freak, then you may feel like not using your smartphone after reading this. It may look sleek and shiny, but your smartphone is actually crawling with bacteria and germs. While some of these bacteria may […]
Health Risk and Adult Sleepwalking
A new study has suggested that sleepwalking may induce violent behaviors and affect the quality of life among adults. “We found a higher frequency of daytime sleepiness, fatigue, insomnia, depressive and anxiety symptoms and altered quality of life in patients […]
Can young people get colorectal cancer?
SINGAPORE – Colorectal cancer is the most common cancer in Singapore, having overtaken lung cancer as the top cancer for men and remaining second for women. “The life-time incidence of colorectal cancer in Singapore is roughly one in 50 patients,” […]
Olive oil, nuts dietary keys to cut heart risks: Study
A Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil, nuts, fish, fruit, legumes and wine reduced the risk of heart attacks, strokes and deaths from heart disease by 30 per cent, a major new study has found. The study, published by the […]
Eating too Much? May be Your Blood’s Messing Up
Your blood may be responsible for the spike in your appetite, says research. Bone marrow cells that produce brain-derived eurotrophic factor (BDNF), known to affect regulation of food intake, travel to part of the hypothalamus in the brain where they […]
Mother’s drinking tied to infant deaths, study finds
About one in six sudden infant deaths may be linked to heavy alcohol use by their mothers during or soon after pregnancy, according to an Australian study. Researchers writing in Pediatrics found that those deaths may result from babies being […]
Study boosts link between flu vaccine, sleep disorder
A study in England has strengthened evidence from Scandinavia that a vaccine used to prevent pandemic flu boosted the risk of sleep disorder among teens and children, doctors said on Tuesday. Using the Pandemrix vaccine increased the risk of narcolepsy […]
