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Bacteria can pass on easily if people share toothbrushes and even paste as the bacteria fecal coliforms spread far wide and faster and results in the willies in the intestines, says a study. Traceable to similar studies in the past, bathrooms or washrooms are the focal points of baterial infections coming under researchers’ radar increasingly of late. Lauren Aber of ...

Using GRACE or gravitational satellite data, researchers have found that the ice sheet covering Antarctica is melting faster than ever, especially in the past one decade. Antarctica’s massive ice sheet lost twice its mass in its western portion compared to what it accumulated in the east and the southern continent’s ice cap is melting ever faster, said researchers. The researchers were ...

Modern jobs are more on a computer and that too in a sitting position which enhances the risk of heart attack, warns a new study presented at American College of Cardiology in San Diego as part of its 64th Annual Scientific Session. Sitting for long hours in a day may lead to increased coronary artery calcification that leads to heightened ...

In yet another instance of how too much of a good thing can be bad for you, new research shows that people who sleep more than eight hours a night face increased risk of stroke. Long sleepers — those who sleep more than eight hours a night — are 46 percent more likely to have a stroke than people who ...

Known as heart-friendly meal recommended for breakfast by doctors around, oat-based breakfast cereals have now come under question by researchers who have detected potentially dangerous mould contamination in them. They said some oat-based breakfast cereals contain a high-level of mould-related toxin called ochratoxin A (OTA) that has been linked to kidney cancer in animal studies conducted by them in the ...

About 8 million tons of plastic waste wound up in the world’s oceans in 2010, and researchers warn that it could grow ten times to 80 million tons by 2020. Jenna Jambeck from the University of Georgia in Athens, who studied the sources of ocean-bound plastic around the world and developed models to estimate their annual contributions, said coastal countries ...

Children exposed to tobacco smoke from their parents while in the womb are predisposed to developing diabetes as adults, warns a new study. “Our findings are consistent with the idea that gestational environmental chemical exposures can contribute to the development of health and disease,” said lead author Michele La Merrill, an assistant professor of environmental toxicology at University of California, ...

E-cigarettes, suggested to minimize cigarette smoking is found to compromise the immune system in the lungs and generate some of the same potentially dangerous chemicals found in traditional nicotine cigarettes, says a team of researchers including an Indian-origin scientist. “Our findings suggest that e-cigarettes are not neutral in terms of the effects on the lungs,” said Shyam Biswal, professor at ...

Smoking while pregnant causes chemical changes to the DNA of the unborn baby or foetus so much that it may predispose them to lifelong health conditions, said new research sending another shockwave across the world. Changes in the chemical structure of the baby’s DNA can be detected from as early as 12 weeks into pregnancy, said the research adding significant weight ...

Those who suffer from epilepsy should avoid sleeping on their stomach as they may be at higher risk of sudden unexpected death, similar to sudden infant death syndrome in babies, say scientists. Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes repeated seizures and affects an estimated 50 million people all over the world. “Sudden unexpected death is the main cause of death ...