Archive for March 27th, 2008

Anger has an upside too, finds study

Mar 27 (ANI): Angry outbursts might be considered bad for any sort of situation but such emotions are potentially useful in confrontational tasks, say researchers.

Pre-mixed drinks luring youth into binge-drinking culture

Mar 27 : Cheap and brightly coloured pre-mixed drinks are enticing kids as young as 12 into a binge-drinking culture, says a new study.

Child cough medicines to be pulled off UK supermarket shelves

March 27 : A government agency responsible for ensuring safety of medicines and medical devices in the UK has decided to ban the sale of over-the-counter cough medicines, saying that such medications may be harmful to young children.

Plane passengers, cabin crew ‘being exposed to toxic fumes’

March 27 : Thousands of plane passengers and cabin crew staff are at the risk of developing breathing problems, nausea and fatigue that may be caused by toxic fumes pumped

Eating dark chocolate may regulate cholesterol levels, blood pressure

Mar 27 : For all those chocolate lovers, a new study has revealed that daily intake of dark chocolate bars containing plant sterols and cocoa flavanols may reduce cholesterol levels and improve blood pressure.

There’s no such thing as a ’sweet tooth’, claim researchers

Mart 27 : Your fondness for ice-creams, cakes and chocolates may have nothing to do with taste buds, say researchers who claim that the human brain ’senses’ foods that are high in

Big bellied 40-year-olds at increased Alzheimer’s risk in their 70s

Mar 27 : People in their forties with large bellies are at an increased risk of developing dementia, finds a new study.

Apples, apple juice may help keep colon cancer at bay

Mar 27 : Listening to your mother and eating an apple a day to keep the doctor away seems to be a really good idea, for a new study has found that apple pectin and apple juice

Gene critical to brain development identified

March 27 : An American study on mice has revealed a gene which is critical to the development of the brain.

Scientists uncover NSAIDs mechanism that inhibits tumour invasion

Mar 27 : A new study from the National Sun Yat-Sen University and Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan has uncovered a new mechanism by which non-steroidal