Category: Health alert
Too much candy damages brain reward circuits
Too much candy during your early years damages the brain’s reward circuits, making it hard for you to have fun later in life. In a study on rats, Wiley researchers show that over-consumption of sugary food decreases the enjoyment of […]
Hookah delivers 25 times more tobacco than cigarette
Hookahs, or communal pipes, deliver 25 times more tobacco than one cigarette, says a new study by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Researchers reviewed past scientific studies to prove that compared with a single cigarette, one hookah session […]
Malaria treatment fails in Cambodia
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) confirm that dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, the first-line treatment for malaria infection in Cambodia, failed in certain provinces due to parasite resistance to artemisinin and piperaquine. Resistance to artemisinin in parts of Southeast Asia […]
UK releases new drinking guidelines
UK Chief Medical Officers releases a new drinking guideline to start the New Year. The new guidelines gave advice on regular drinking, single episode drinking, and alcohol intake for pregnant women. The guideline advises men and women to drink only […]
Proof that stress makes it harder to lose weight
Constant stress produces a protein called betatrophin which stops fat metabolism, making it harder for you to lose weight. “Betatrophin reduces the body’s ability to break down fat, underscoring a link between chronic stress and weight gain,” said Li-Jun Yang, […]
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 […]
