Category: Health alert
Drinking beer is a double-edged sword
A study shows that girl’s night out is a double-edged sword. Women who drink beer moderately were less at risk for heart attacks, but more at risk for cancer. How’s that for making awkward life choices? Researchers at the Sahlgrenska […]
Female gamers more likely to be overweight
A new research adds a new level of gender inequality for girl gamers to deal with. The study shows that female gamers were more likely to be overweight. The study didn’t find the same effect on men. In the current […]
Alphabet takes on mental health
Google’s parent company Alphabet takes on mental health and welcomes Dr. Thomas Insel to the company’s Life Sciences division. Dr. Thomas Insel served as director of the National Institute of Mental Health for 13 years and will formally step down […]
Smokers are more likely to lose their teeth
A study confirmed that compared to non-smokers, male smokers are 3.6 more likely to lose their teeth, while female smokers are 2.5 times more likely. Smoking can mask gum bleeding, a key symptom of periodontitis. As a result, the gums […]
Vitamin D deficiency linked to dementia
Vitamin D deficiency in the elderly is linked to mental decline and Alzheimer’s, says researchers from the UC Davis Alzheimer’s Disease Center and Rutgers University. Their research is published online in JAMA Neurology, a JAMA Network journal. The study was […]
Teens who use e-cigarettes end up smoking real ones
A small study funded by the National Cancer Institute showed that teens and young adults who use e-cigarettes are likely to move on to regular cigarettes. The study followed 694 participants, all between 16 to 26 years old. All of […]
South East Asian leaders sign declaration against tobacco
Health ministers from 11 countries in South East Asia signed a declaration to reduce tobacco use in the region. The Dili Declaration was signed yesterday in Timor Leste during the 68th Regional Committee Meeting of the WHO South-East Asia Region. […]
Middle East construction workers face health risk under extreme heat
Last June, authorities imposed a “summer hours working ban” to protect construction workers from the extreme summer heat. Labourers were only allowed to work three to four hours in midday. The ban was lifted in Qatar last week. UAE, Kuwait, […]
Feeling blue? Sadness impairs your color perception, study says
“Feeling blue” has never been so appropriate. Researchers found out that sad people have trouble identifying blues and yellows. In one experiments, 127 students were randomly assigned to either watch a sad animated clip or a standup comedy clip. They […]
People with low self-esteem handle thoughts of death badly
Do you want to know when you’re going to die? A more important question would be how would you handle it? The answer depends on your self-esteem. Researchers from the University of Kent’s School of Psychology discovered that people with […]
