Category: Education
Study Suggests Parents Should Let Newborns “Cry It Out”
Rather than getting up each and every time that a baby starts to cry, a new study reveals that parents should simply let the newborns “cry it out” instead of comforting them every time. The study, published in Developmental Psychology, […]
Being Slightly Overweight may Make You Live Longer, Say Researchers
A bit of extra weight can actually help you live longer, say researchers. According to an extensive research, men and women who are slightly plump have longer lives than those who are slimmer. Analysis of the results of almost 100 […]
Link Between Diabetes and Heart Attack Identified- Research
Diabetics are almost 50 percent more likely to have a heart attack than the rest of the population, say researchers. The new report reveals for the first time the scale of complications affecting people with diabetes, who also have a […]
Early Predictor for Glaucoma Discovered
Researchers identify that certain changes in blood vessels in the eye’s retina can be an early predictor for glaucoma – an eye disease that slowly robs people of their peripheral vision. Using diagnostic photos and other data from the Australian […]
Smoking Is A Big Health Risk For Women- Study
It is said that women who are addicted to cigarettes and other tobacco products are at increased health risks by reason of their biology. Since women biologically conceive and produce children, a coating of tar on their lungs, poisoning due […]
Beat Arthritis With Exercise, Early Treatment
Regular exercise and early treatment can help ease pain of arthritis, say researchers. A review of scientific research concluded that physical activity could cut the risk of disability and help relieve the pain of a range of conditions including arthritis, […]
Adults Most Likely to Swallow Chicken Bones and False Teeth
A new study reveals that false teeth and chicken and fish bones were the most likely objects that adults swallow accidentally though eight times out of ten, they simply pass through the body without any problems. But doctors say there […]
Partying may kill you- Study
SINGAPORE – For years, researchers have noticed a disturbing pattern during the winter holidays in temperate countries: There would be an increase in the number of deadly heart attacks. It was initially thought that low temperatures, which constrict blood vessels […]
Unintelligible Text Messages Can Point to a Risk of Stroke
Scientists found that apart from symptoms such as inability to move limbs and disorientation, there could be another significant sign of an impending stroke. Typing unintelligible texts or also called ‘dystextia’, a recently-coined term by doctors to describe aphasia (language […]
Eating too Much is the Same as Jet Lag of Our Body Clock
A study that was published in the Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed that when normal laboratory mice were given food during their regular sleeping hours they adjusted their food clock. They would therefore wake up from […]
