Category: Features
Soda as Bad as Illegal Drugs in Causing Damage to Teeth
Addicted to soda? Shocking findings from a case study show that drinking large quantities of carbonated soda could be as damaging to our teeth as methamphetamine and crack cocaine use. The consumption of illegal drugs and abusive intake of soda […]
Talking Therapy Works Better to Treat Depression
A study by international researchers published in this week’s PLOS Medicine shows treatments for depression that don’t involve antidepressant drugs but rather focus on different forms of talking therapy, known as psychotherapeutic interventions are all beneficial, with no one form […]
Probiotics can Alter Brain Function
Probiotics can affect brain function in humans, say UCLA researchers. In an early proof-of-concept study of healthy women, they found that women who regularly consumed beneficial bacteria known as probiotics through yogurt showed altered brain function, both while in a […]
Heart Failure Increases Risk of Male Menopause
Heart failure boosts the aging process and risk of early andropausal syndrome (AS), finds study. According to the research presented at the Heart Failure Congress 2013, AS, also referred to as male “menopause”, was four times more common in men […]
Sugar water injections may help ease knee pain
NEW YORK – Knee pain appears to decrease up to one year after “prolotherapy,” a series of sugar water injections at the site of the pain, according to a new study. Previous research on the therapy that suggested positive effects […]
Pesticides again tied to Parkinson’s disease
NEW YORK – Exposure to pesticides and other chemicals is linked to an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, according to a fresh look at some past research. Dr. James Bower, a neurologist from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, […]
Human and organizational errors attributed to equipment failures , says study
A study of equipment failures in the process industries indicates human and organisational errors as the major cause. One in five accidents caused by equipment failures in the chemical process industries are the result of human and organisational errors. Poor […]
Cambodia records 7,890 malaria cases in first 4 months, down 54 pct
PHNOM PENH- Cambodia reported 7,890 malaria cases in the first four months of this year, a 54 percent drop from 17,043 cases over the same period last year, the National Center for Malaria’s report showed on Tuesday. During the January-April […]
Drug resistance in new China bird flu raises concern
LONDON – The new bird flu strain that has killed 36 people in China has proved resistant to Tamiflu for the first time, a development scientists said was “concerning”. The H7N9 virus was found to be resistant to Roche’s widely […]
Cigarette smoking puts millions at risk in Vietnam
HA NOI – Holding a burning cigarette in his stained lips, Nguyen Minh Khang, (not his real name) breathes in deeply. Taking the cigarette out, he rounds his lips to shape smoke into rings running to each other. He closes […]
