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How your phone might give your kid a short attention span
Parents who turn to smartphones and tablets to break up the tedium of caring for an infant around the clock may be teaching their babies to have a short attention span, a small study suggests. That’s because when parents stop […]
Pregnant? Maybe hold the soft drinks
Pregnant women who drink artificially sweetened beverages may be more likely to have overweight infants than women who do not, a study suggested on Monday. Researchers found that daily consumption of artificially sweetened beverages was linked to a two-fold higher […]
High fruit intake during adolescence linked with lower breast cancer risk
Two linked papers in The BMJ this week shed new light on the relation of alcohol and diet with breast cancer and heart disease. The first study reports that high fruit consumption during adolescence may be associated with lower breast […]
Junk food as harmful as diabetes for kidneys
Eating too much of junk foods may cause damage to the kidneys just like diabetes, said a study published in Experimental Physiology. Type 2 diabetes is often associated with obesity and the number of cases are rising worldwide at an […]
The changing face of nursing
Nurses’ Day which falls on May 12 is a day to honour our nurses for their hard work and dedication in caring for the sick and dying. It is the birthday of Florence Nightingale who is credited as being the […]
Lawsuit filed against Quaker Oats for using herbicide glyphosate
Lewis Daly, a resident of Brooklyn, New York City, has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Chicago-based American food conglomerate Quaker Oats for using carcinogens on its oats. According to the court papers, Quaker Oats says its worldwide breakfast food […]
Scientists develop new silicone-based “second skin” polymer
A new material that can temporarily protect and tighten skin and smooth wrinkles has been developed by scientists at MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital, Living Proof, and Olivo Labs. With further development, it could also be used to deliver drugs to […]
Baidu CEO urges employees to put values ahead of profit
In response to a scandal around the death of a student who underwent an experimental cancer treatment he found on the company’s search website, Baidu Inc’s CEO has called in its employees to put values before profit. Before the death […]
Shortage of yellow fever vaccines poses global health security crisis
According to the UN World Health Organization (WHO), an outbreak of the yellow fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease, has already killed 277 people in Angola since December. An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association warns that it […]
E-cigarette poisonings on rise in young kids
Electronic cigarettes are sickening a growing number of young kids, usually because children drink the liquid nicotine that’s used in the devices, a U.S. study of poison center calls suggests. Often, children aren’t seriously harmed, but several have had severe […]
