Category: Health alert
Climate change is affecting the workplace
Manufacturing hubs in South-East Asia will be less productive in 30 years because of global warming. Global risk analytics company Verisk Maplecroft predicted that rising temperatures and heat stress will affect the employees. Verisk Maplecroft reveals that within a generation, […]
Red meat may cause cancer
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization, has evaluated the carcinogenicity of the consumption of red meat and processed meat. The experts concluded that each 50 gram portion of processed meat […]
Wives get sad, husbands get frustrated
Husbands and wives look marital problems in different ways. When a marriage has troubles, women become sad and frustrated. For men, it’s just frustration. In a new Rutgers and University of Michigan study, published in the Journal of Gerontology: Social […]
Moles on your right arm can gauge skin cancer risk
Researchers at King’s College London found that having more than 11 moles on your right arm is a red flag for skin cancer. Scientists found that females with more than seven moles on their right arm had nine times the […]
Malaria genes similar in chimps and humans
The malaria parasite molecules in humans have been shown to share key gene segments with chimp and gorilla malaria parasites, which are separated by several millions of years, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of […]
Stress during pregnancy affects child’s motor skills
A new study found that mothers who experienced more stressful events during their pregnancies had children with slower motor skills development. Children with low motor competence can have difficulty in everyday life with fine and gross motor tasks such as […]
Sedentary lifestyle killing Argentineans
Around 17% of all heart-disease deaths in Argentina are caused by not meeting the minimum exercise requirement set by the European Society of Cardiology, which requires just 30 minutes of brisk walking, five days a week. A current study investigated […]
Emotional abuse as bad as physical abuse
Emotional abuse, which includes ridicule, intimidation, rejection, and humiliation, may be as harmful to children as physical abuse and neglect. Emotional abuse occurs more often than physical abuse or neglect, but the study says that both emotional and physical pain […]
Compulsive Texting bad for girls’ grades
Too much texting is bad for girls’ grades, a study by the American Psychological Association. But boys can text all they want and remain unaffected. “Compulsive texting is more complex than frequency of texting. It involves trying and failing to […]
Drug-resistant bacteria found in community hospitals
Drug-resistant E. coli infections are on the rise in community hospitals in the US, according to a new study from Duke Medicine. The study reviewed patient records at 26 hospitals. By examining demographic information, admission dates and tests, the researchers […]
