Toothpaste :: Record 14,000 students brush teeth together, India
About 14,000 students from various city schools brushed their teeth together at Nehru stadium here to enter the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Marriage :: Stay married, live longer
If you want to live longer, lose weight — so say various studies. But, there’s another, more effective way to increase your own, your spouse’s and your children’s longevity, without the sweat or the bland food — it’s staying married.
Pregnancy :: Eating fish during pregnancy safe for pregnant women
Today a Maternal Nutrition Group comprised of top professors of obstetrics and doctors of nutrition from across the country, in partnership with the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB), unveiled recommendations for seafood consumption during pregnancy.
Child Health :: U of M chosen as local lead for largest-ever National Children’s Health Study, US
The University of Minnesota has been awarded nearly $14 million dollars over five years to be a lead study center in the National Children’s Study to assess the effects of environmental and genetic factors on child and human health in the United States. The study center will manage local participant recruitment and data collection in the largest and most comprehensive study of child and human health ever conducted in the United States.
Cancer :: Cell skeleton may hold key to overcoming drug resistance in cancer
Researchers have uncovered a new way in which a cell protein protects cancer cellsfrom a wide range of chemotherapeutic drugs, identifying a possible target forimproving treatment outcomes for patients.
Malaria :: Malaria product portfolio would benefit from greater cohesion amongst stakeholders
Malaria drug and vaccine research is booming. According to a report launched today in the UK byAustralian researchers at the George Institute for International Health, 16 new malaria vaccinecandidates are now in clinical trials; six new malaria drugs are about to reach the market; and by2011 we will have up to 12 new antimalarial drug product registered.
Candida albicans :: How Candida albicans transforms from its normally benign form into life-threatening form
Researchers at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s (A*STAR) Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) have discovered new molecular mechanisms that provide a more detailed understanding of how the normally benign Dr. Jekyll-like fungus known as Candida albicans transforms into a serious and often life-threatening Mr. Hyde-like form.
Milk :: Kids still not drinking enough milk
American children are drinking too little milk and what they are consuming is too high in fat, according to a Penn State study. “There is a strong correlation between dairy consumption and calcium,” says Sibylle Kranz, assistant professor of nutritional sciences. “While there is calcium in fortified orange juice, for example, it is not as bioavailable as that found in milk.” She notes that people need to take calcium with vitamin D and some protein for optimal use in the body.
Dogs :: Dogs that bite children have often not bitten kids before
Dogs that bite children have often not bitten kids before, but they tend to have underlying behavioural or medical problems, indicates research in the journal Injury Prevention.
Breast Cancer :: Women who bear children have a reduced risk of developing breast cancer
The benefits of motherhood: Fetal Cell “Transplant” could be a hidden link between childbirth and reduced risk of breast cancer. Some benefits of motherhood are intangible, but one has been validated through biostatistical research: women who bear children have a reduced risk of developing breast cancer.