Your exposure to air pollution or nitrogen dioxide and small particulates known as PM 2.5s are linked could impact the body note merely with breathing problems but also irritating your nose, your sinuses and the back of your throat, all leading to sleep disruption as well, said researchers. Martha Billings of the University of Washington said air pollutants entering ...
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Low-Dose Marijuana Helps Reverse Dementia: New Study
Soon doctors may find a low-dose treatment for dementia with a marijuana compound as it is found to be helpful in reversing memory loss that happens to dementia patients and also improve cognitive skills. A study by researchers of the University of Bonn in Germany found that the brain in mice ages much faster when it fails to possess any ...
Read More »Forget Happiness Index, Even Human Development Report Ranks India Very Low
The UN ‘Human Development Report 2016′, released on Tuesday by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), said the average human development improved significantly across all regions from 1990 to 2015 but one in three continue to live in very low levels of human development and placed India at 131 rank out of 188 countries in the global index. The index ...
Read More »Paralysis Caused by Eating Half-Boiled Chicken, Eggs: Study
Next time you eat chicken in a restaurant, think twice as it may have been undercooked that causes paralysis. Not only Indian but also many Chinese and Western cuisines include chicken pieces which are often undercooked owing to the longevity to preserve it. More so in barbecued chicken that is eaten striaght from the grill, not to think of half-boiled ...
Read More »Vertigo, Blurred Vision? Vestibular Decline Doubles Every 10 Years After 40: Study
A new study by Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers found that our ability to detect and perceive motion declines after 40 years of age, making it one of the leading cause of death. Researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear found that vestibular dysfunction begin to double every 10 years above the age of 40, which results in a decline in ...
Read More »Summer Breaks Increase Obesity in Kids: Study
Childhood obesity and overweight rates rise during summer break, not during school year, said a research study suggesting that major risk factors for child obesity lie outside of school. The new research from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin by Paul von Hippel, an associate professor, examined body mass index (BMI) and obesity ...
Read More »Missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 Wing Identified: Malaysian Minister
A wing part of an aircraft washed ashore the island of Mauritius in May this year was confirmed by the Australian experts that it belonged to the ill-fated missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared on March 8, 2014 with 239 passengers and crew on board. Malaysian Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said on Friday confirming the investigation ...
Read More »Not getting Sleep? Blame it on Pain, Chronic Pain, Belief
There are many individuals who suffer from insomnia or sleeplessness and now researchers blame it on pain or fear among people that they may not get sleep due to pain conditions such as back pain, fibromyalgia and arthritis. "I won’t be able to cope with my pain if I don’t sleep well," is the common thinking among these patients with ...
Read More »Sex by Older Men Once a Week Doubles Heart Attack Risk: Study
Having sex by older men once a week or more will put them at higher risk for heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems but not for older women, who may live a healthy life with less hypertension due to the same sex life, said a startling new study reversing the age-old belief just opposite to that. The first large-scale study ...
Read More »Sudden Death in Epilepsy Patients Linked to Calcium Leak
Epilepsy is an extremely common disorder affecting people of all ages, from infants through teenagers to older adults. One of the most mysterious things about this disorder is that about 6 percent of the people with epilepsy have an unusually high incidence of sudden unexpected death. In a paper published today on theProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers ...
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