Category: Education
Perfumed Products Could Affect Our Health: Study
Fragrance from air fresheners, scented candles and other perfumed products could cause allergies, asthma and migraine, states recent study. The report suggested that perfumed products could affect people’s health, causing problems including allergies, asthma and migraine, and even interfere with […]
Painkillers can Cause Severe Headaches
Completely preventable severe headaches caused by taking too many painkillers, warn experts. The warning came as part of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence’s (NICE) first guidelines for treating headaches. They also recommend acupuncture as a way to […]
Pacifiers may Slow Boys’ Development
In a recent study it was found that pacifiers may stunt the emotional development of baby boys. Three experiments by a team of researchers led by psychologists from the University of Wisconsin–Madison tie heavy pacifier use as a young child […]
Food Supplements Don’t Improve Weight of Malnourished Children
A recent study reveals providing energy dense food supplements within a general household food distribution has little effect on the weight of children at risk of malnutrition. Giving energy dense food supplements— Ready-to-Use Supplementary Food (RUSF), a lipid-based nutrient supplement—to […]
Keeping Mother and Baby in Same Room Encourages Breastfeeding
A team of Malaysian researchers suggests that keeping a new born baby and its mother in the same room in the first few weeks after the birth could encourage breastfeeding over a short term. Using randomized controlled trials, the authors […]
Severe Asthma may Cause Mental Health Issues
Researchers at University of Western Australia and Columbia University have found that children who are suffering from a severe or persistent form of asthma may be prone to developing mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. In the report, […]
NUS paves the way for treating deep cancer
National University of Singapore researchers have discovered a new technology using nanoparticles that paves the way for a safe and non-invasive method of treating deep cancer. The team had so far proven that their technology could inhibit tumour growth and […]
The link between blood pressure and age
Persistent elevation of high BP can manifest itself by the presence of damage to brain, heart, major blood vessels, kidneys and eye. Should I treat the high blood pressure? Beyond the wrinkles and the blemishes that come with advancing years, […]
Research Finds Increased Dietary Fructose Linked to Elevated Uric Acid Levels
New research indicates that obese patients with type 2 diabetes whose diet is high in fructose have reduced levels of liver adenosine triphosphate (ATP). The latter is a compound involved in the energy transfer between cells. The findings, published in […]
Smokers With Lung Cancer Have 10 Times More Genetic Damage Than Never-Smokers
A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that lung cancer patients with a history of smoking have 10 times more genetic mutations in their tumors than those patients who have never smoked. “None […]
