Urgent need to prepare developing countries for surge in e-wastes: UN — Rocketing sales of cell phones, gadgets, appliances forecast in China, India, elsewhere. – Sales of electronic products in countries like China and India and across continents such as Africa and Latin America are set to rise sharply in the next 10 years.
Oats study to boost brain power for older adults — Ingredients found in oats could boost your brain power into old age. – Researchers at UniSA’s Nutritional Physiology Research Centre are investigating whether an oat extract can improve cognitive performance in older adults.
Drinking milk during pregnancy may lower baby’s risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) – Drinking milk during pregnancy may help reduce your baby’s chances of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) as an adult, revealed by researchers.
Shri Azad allays fears on proposed Rural Medical Course – The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that not recognizing the need for trained medical human resources in rural areas and unwillingness to consider new ideas for addressing it will not help the situation.
Study links reduced fertility to flame retardant exposure – Women with higher blood levels of PBDEs, a type of flame retardant commonly found in household consumer products, took longer to become pregnant compared with women who have lower PBDE levels.
Mixed-handed children more likely to have mental health, language and scholastic problems – Children who are mixed-handed, or ambidextrous, are more likely to have mental health, language and scholastic problems in childhood than right- or left-handed children, according to a new study published today in the journal Pediatrics.
Copper from home plumbing is one metal that may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related disorders. – A new study linked high levels of copper and iron to Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, and other age-related disorders. The report is published in ACS’ Chemical Research in Toxicology.
The effect of maternal child marriage on morbidity and mortality of children under 5 in India. – Infants born to child brides in India (married before the age of 18) have a higher risk of malnutrition than children born to older mothers, revealed in a new study.
Obesity comes with plenty of health risks, but there’s one that’s perhaps not so well known: an increased risk of developing cancer, and especially certain types of cancer like liver cancer. – Epidemiological studies indicate that being overweight or obese is associated with increased cancer risk. The most dramatic effect of obesity on cancer risk has been noted for a common form of liver cancer called hepatocellular carcinoma or HCC.
Analysis of new data confirms bisphenol A link to disease in adults — New findings confirm those of 2008 study – Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School and the University of Exeter, UK, have found more evidence for a link between Bisphenol A exposure (BPA, a chemical commonly used in plastic food containers) and cardiovascular disease.
Gene variation associated with lower risk of dementia, Alzheimer disease – Preliminary research suggests that variation of a gene for a plasma protein is associated with slower age-related memory decline and a lower risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease (AD).
Prevalence of Obesity Among U.S. Adults Still High, But Recent Data Suggest Rates May Have Stabilized – The prevalence of adults in the U.S. who are obese is still high, with about one-third of adults obese in 2007-2008, although new data suggest that the rate of increase for obesity in the U.S. in recent decades may be slowing.
