Category: Education
Carbs, sugar no link to PMS
The amount of foods containing sugars or other carbohydrates that a woman eats is not linked to the likelihood that she will start experiencing premenstrual syndrome (PMS), researchers say. “While there are dietary recommendations to alleviate symptoms, such as increasing […]
Recreational soccer is medicine, researchers find
People who play recreational soccer have lower cholesterol, blood pressure and resting heart rates as well as less fat mass compared to inactive people,, a research review suggests. Compared to some other forms of exercise, including running and Zumba, soccer […]
For perfectionists, self-compassion may prevent depression
A small-scale study of Australian teens and adults have found that learning to respond to your failures with kindness, or self-compassion, may help offset the negative effects of perfectionism at any age. “We know that perfectionism can often lead to […]
Large-scale study finds that anti-depressants work
A large-scale study, which analysed data from 522 trials involving 116,477 people, found 21 common anti-depressants were all more effective at reducing symptoms of acute depression than dummy pills. This settles the long-standing debate whether anti-depressants work. However, the study […]
Chronic boozing causes dementia – study
A new study published in The Lancet Public Health has found that chronic heavy drinking is a major risk factor for all types for dementia, especially early onset of the disease. Researchers examining more than 57,000 cases of early-onset dementia […]
Short kids may risk having stroke later on in life
Children who measure a few inches shorter than their peers are more likely to suffer a stroke in adulthood, a large Danish study suggests. Adult women who were unusually short girls at age 7 years were 11 % more likely […]
Spouses have huge influence on someone’s s drinking habit
People whose spouses have uncontrolled drinking problems may be influenced to abuse alcohol themselves, according to a long-term study in Sweden which looked at the alcohol-consumption habits of married couples. After a husband was first diagnosed with alcohol use disorder […]
Women should be given more time to give birth and make choices – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has advised that women in labour should be given more time to give birth, be given less medical interventions and more opportunity to participate in decision-making. Among 26 new recommendations, it rejected a traditional benchmark […]
A certain form of industrial chemicals has been linked to greater weight gain, especially among women
A class of chemicals used in many industrial and consumer products has been linked with greater weight gain after dieting, particularly among women. The study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that the chemicals—perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)—have been linked […]
Survivors of heart disease in childhood might develop dementia later on in life
People who survive childhood heart defects may have an increased risk of developing dementia before age 65, a Danish study suggests. “Previous studies showed that people born with heart defects . . . may be at higher risk of neurodevelopmental […]
