Category: Health alert
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 […]
Uninjured athletes may get concussion symptoms
Young athletes who experience concussion-like symptoms, but without a recent concussion should be checked for other illnesses like ADHD or migraines, says a new study. Grant L. Iverson, Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School, Boston, and coauthors sought to clarify factors […]
Infections may cause tripping and falling
Don’t blame the rug. A new study shows that tripping and falling may be caused by an infection rather than poor eyesight or things on the floor. Bloodstream, urinary and respiratory infections are the most common culprits for infection-related falls, […]
Half the world may be nearsighted in 2050
Half of the world, or 5 billion people, will be near-sighted or myopic by 2050. One fifth, o one billion people will have high level myopia and are at a high risk for blindness. The new research was done by […]
Smoking set to kill one in three young men in China
Two thirds of young men in China start smoking by the time they’re 20. Half of them may die of smoking-related diseases unless they quit the habit, according to a study published in the Lancet. The study was led by […]
Smoking increases risk for diabetes
Smokers and second-hand smokers have a higher risk of getting type 2 diabetes compared to non-smokers, a study finds. The researchers estimated that 11.7% of cases of type 2 diabetes in men and 2.4% in women (about 27.8 million cases […]
Induced hypothermia harmful for brain injury patients
Induced hypothermia, or cooling the patient’s body to prevent brain swelling after a head injury, will do more harm than good as it prevents the long-term recovery, a study finds. The researchers from the University of Edinborough found that induced […]
Too much internet may cause high blood pressure in teens
Teens who spend too much time on the internet are at risk for high blood pressure, according to researchers from the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Researchers suggest that parents should limit their kids’ internet time at home to two […]
