Category: Features
Road accidents, HIV leading causes of death in teens, says WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) and The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) released a new set of standards to help countries improve healthcare for teens. WHO revealed that the top three leading causes of death in […]
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, […]
Want to lose weight? Change your pace
Changing your pace while walking burns 20% more calories than walking at a steady pace. Nidhi Seethapathi and Manoj Srinivasan from the Ohio State University lead the study which was published in the September 2015 issue of the journal Biology […]
First born males more likely to have hypertension
Research reveals that first born males with a family history of hypertension and low birthweight have a high risk of getting hypertension. The risks increase when they smoke or are overweight. The researchers from New Zealand’s University of Otago suggest […]
Gene changes can predict a man’s sexual orientation
Researchers found that epigenetic information, or changes in genes, can predict if a man is straight or gay, with up to 70% accuracy. “To our knowledge, this is the first example of a predictive model for sexual orientation based on […]
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 […]
Sleepless babies grow up with temper tantrums
A study recently published in Developmental Neuropsychology found a link between poor infant sleep and behavior and attention problems in toddler age. The research discovered that one-year-olds who experienced fragmented sleep were more likely to have difficulties concentrating and to […]
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 […]
“DNA repair” discovery may lead to better cancer treatments
The Royal Swedish Academy of Scientists awarded this year’s Nobel Prize for Chemistry to three scientists who identified how cells repair damaged DNA. The findings by Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar can be used for developing new cancer treatments. DNA is […]
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 […]
