Category: Features
Many mothers unaware about child burn risk, treatment
Many mothers of young children lack knowledge on the biggest burn risks to their little ones and even what age group is most likely to get burned, Australian researchers say. The study team surveyed almost 500 mothers of young kids […]
Eat healthy for a better environment
Experts advise people who want to reduce their carbon footprint to switch to better diets consisting of more plants than meat. Scientists say that food production including growing crops, raising livestock, fishing, and transporting all that food to our plates […]
Stand more in the office, not sit, to lose weight – study
Doing desk work in a standing instead of sitting position can help you to lose weight, according to a new US study. Published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, the study found that when standing a person burns 0.15 more […]
Vaccines prevent the world’s poorest from dying and falling into further poverty
For the world’s poorest, getting vaccinated is critical: it not only keeps them healthy, but also keeps them from falling further into poverty, according to a new study led by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. They […]
Carbs, sugar no link to PMS
The amount of foods containing sugars or other carbohydrates that a woman eats is not linked to the likelihood that she will start experiencing premenstrual syndrome (PMS), researchers say. “While there are dietary recommendations to alleviate symptoms, such as increasing […]
Recreational soccer is medicine, researchers find
People who play recreational soccer have lower cholesterol, blood pressure and resting heart rates as well as less fat mass compared to inactive people,, a research review suggests. Compared to some other forms of exercise, including running and Zumba, soccer […]
For perfectionists, self-compassion may prevent depression
A small-scale study of Australian teens and adults have found that learning to respond to your failures with kindness, or self-compassion, may help offset the negative effects of perfectionism at any age. “We know that perfectionism can often lead to […]
Large-scale study finds that anti-depressants work
A large-scale study, which analysed data from 522 trials involving 116,477 people, found 21 common anti-depressants were all more effective at reducing symptoms of acute depression than dummy pills. This settles the long-standing debate whether anti-depressants work. However, the study […]
Chronic boozing causes dementia – study
A new study published in The Lancet Public Health has found that chronic heavy drinking is a major risk factor for all types for dementia, especially early onset of the disease. Researchers examining more than 57,000 cases of early-onset dementia […]
Cleaning sprays harm women’s lungs as much as smoking does
Regular use of cleaning sprays can hurt a woman’s lungs as badly as smoking 20 cigarettes a day, according to a new study by scientists in Norway. After tracking 6,000 people who used such products for 20 years, the team […]
