Category: Health alert
Eating when not hungry is bad for your health
Cornell Food and Brand Lab advises us to ease up on the snacking since eating when we’re not hungry is bad for the health. The individuals participating in the study were 45 undergraduate students. The participants were first asked to […]
Too much sugar may cause breast cancer
Eating too much sugar may increase the risk of breast cancer and metastasis to the lungs, according to a study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. “We found that sucrose intake in mice comparable to levels of […]
Midnight snacks impair memory
New research on mice shows that eating at a time that you should be sleeping may impair learning and memory. Disrupting the body’s schedule affects the hippocampus, a brain region responsible for short and long term memory. The study was […]
Low zinc levels linked to breastfeeding problems
Zinc levels in breast milk may be able to serve as an indicator of breast function during lactation, according to Penn State health researchers. Researchers suggest that by identifying women with abnormally low levels of zinc in breast milk, they […]
E-cigarettes may cause cancer
A team from Veterans Affairs San Diego found that e-cigarettes damage cells in ways that can lead to cancer. The damage happens even in nicotine-free e-cigarettes. “Our study strongly suggests that electronic cigarettes are not as safe as their marketing […]
Moderate drinking reduces risk of death by Alzheimer’s
Drinking 2 to 3 units of alcohol every day is linked to a reduced risk of death among people with early stage Alzheimer’s disease, finds research published in the online journal BMJ Open. The research team analysed data originally collected […]
Asians weigh in on haze problem
YouGov ran a survey to investigate how the haze caused by forest fires in the Southeast Asia has impacted people’s habits and travel behaviour in the region. The organization polled 7,536 respondents online across Asia Pacific from Nov 17 to […]
Long nights and lazy days could send you to an early grave
Sleeping more than nine hours a night, and sitting too much during the day could be a dangerous combination, particularly when added to a lack of exercise, according to new findings to emerge from the Sax Institute’s 45 and Up […]
The global diet is getting sweeter
A paper published in the Lancet points out that food in the world is getting sweeter, beverages in particular. The paper is entitled Personal View paper and is written by Professor Barry M Popkin, School of Public Health, Carolina Population […]
E-cigarettes produce free radicals
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are found to produce free radicals, molecules that can damage cells and cause cancer, according to researchers from the Penn Stage College of Medicine. E-cigarettes use water vapo to deliver nicotine instead of burning tobacco. Instead of […]
