Category: Education
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 […]
Study Reveals Crazy Effects of Testosterone
Testosterone – the male hormone fosters social behaviour and honest interactions, say researchers. University of Bonn researchers gave 46 people testosterone gel and 45 people a placebo. The next day, all 91 people were invited to roll the dice in […]
Music Has Healing Power: Research
There had been little peer-reviewed research to back medical practitioners though they have been convinced of music’s health benefits for thousands of years. But recent studies are providing an empirical backbone for the anecdotal evidence. A 2012 scientific review collects […]
Bat gene clue to beating bugs- Research
SINGAPORE – Bats harbour viruses that can infect and even kill humans and animals, like Sars, Hendra and Nipah. Yet infected bats rarely fall sick. Now, a Singapore-led team of international scientists has worked out a possible reason and believes […]
High Vitamin D Doses Reduce Respiratory Tract Infection Risk
Patients who are prone to infections and are given high vitamin D doses for one year have a significantly lower risk of developing respiratory tract infection, compared to their counterparts who do not receive the extra daily vitamin, researchers from […]
Scientists find way to ‘switch off’ fat
SINGAPORE – Singapore scientists have come up with a fat-busting discovery that could make losing weight as easy as having an injection. They found that switching off a molecule called myostatin in the body could keep people in “fat-burning mode” […]
Diabetes, Blood Pressure Raises Risk of Colon Cancer Recurrence
A combination of colon cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure can be a deadly mix, finds a study. In a retrospective analysis of more than 36,000 patients with colon cancer, investigators showed that those with early stage disease and diabetes […]
