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Disaster causes elderly people more likely to develop dementia
A new study has found that elderly people tend t develop dementia in the aftermath of disasters, such as tsunami. Elderly people who were uprooted from damaged or destroyed homes and who lost touch with their neighbours after the 2011 tsunami […]
15 minutes of time alone increases happiness
A new paper in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, a research team led by They-vy Nguyen at the University of Rochester, explains shows how 15 minutes solitude can have beneficial effects on our emotions. Their results suggest that if you want to […]
Being optimistic reduces early death among elderly women
Elderly women who have an optimistic outlook of life – a general expectation that good things will happen – tend to live longer, a study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health says. The study found that women who were […]
This skin cancer-detecting device bags 2017 James Dyson award
Four engineering graduates from Ontario’s McMaster University have created a skin cancer-detecting device, bagging them this year’s international James Dyson Award. The Skan is low cost and non-invasive andmade from widely available and inexpensive components and could make detection of […]
Pregnant women, urban poor among Malaysians increasingly hit by diabetes
The number of Malaysians living with diabetes is alarming, particularly among pregnant women and the urban poor. In 2016, about 422 million (8.5%) of the world’s population above 18 years of age were diabetic patients. Of these, 199 million were […]
Could mental health training cut sick leave costs?
A four-hour mental health training program for managers could yield fewer employee sick days and a roughly 10-to-1 return on investment. “Across the developed world, mental health has taken over as the leading cause of long-term work absence,” said senior […]
Vatican bans sale of cigarettes
Pope Francis has ordered a ban on the sale of cigarettes inside the Vatican from next year because of health concerns. “The motive is very simple: the Holy See cannot be cooperating with a practice that is clearly harming the […]
Menopause hits women in their early to mid-50s the hardest; becomes easier later
Menopause symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats impact on the quality of life for women in their early-to-mid-50s the most, a small U.S. study suggests. Women age 60 or older had better overall quality of life scores and […]
Some findings on dementia
New study has given some clues on dementia: Inflammation in middle age may increase the risk for brain shrinkage and dementia in old age. The researchers tested more than 1,600 people for five “biomarkers” of inflammation in their blood when they […]
Greater political will needed to end tuberculosis: WHO
Global efforts to combat tuberculosis (TB) have saved an estimated 53 million lives since 2000 and reduced the TB mortality rate by 37%, according to the Global TB Report 2017, released by WHO. Despite these achievements, the latest picture is grim. […]
