Health
Meeting The Sexual Needs Of Partner Helps Keep Spark Alive
TORONTO (UPI) — People willing to meet their partner’s needs above their own may keep the sexual spark alive in long-term relationships, Canadian and British researchers say. Amy Muise, a post-doctoral fellow of the University of Toronto, and colleagues at the University of Cambridge in England and the University of Guelph in Canada said in […]
Mangoes May Help Lower Blood Sugar And Cancer Risk
STILLWATER, Okla. (UPI) — Mangoes may have a positive effect on blood sugar in obese individuals and help to limit inflammation, U.S. researchers suggest. Edralin Lucas, an associate professor of nutritional sciences at Oklahoma State University, examined the effects of daily mango consumption on clinical parameters and body composition in obese subjects — body mass […]
Expert Suggests Not Reheating Food In Plastic In Microwave
TEMPE, Ariz. (UPI) — Heating leftovers in the office microwave can leave possible toxins in the food and cold spots that harbor bacteria, a U.S. expert says. Rolf Halden, the director for the Center for Environmental Security at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, said the level of chemicals leaching into food while being […]
1 In 4 U.S. Teens Misused Or Abused A Prescription Drug
NEW YORK (UPI) – One in four U.S. teens has misused or abused a prescription drug at least once — a 33 percent increase in the past five years, experts say. A survey by The Partnership at Drugfree.org and MetLife Foundation also found 1-in-8 U.S. teens reported taking the stimulants Ritalin or Adderall not prescribed […]
CSPI: Chicken, Ground Beef Riskiest When It Comes To Pathogens
WASHINGTON (UPI) — An analysis of some 33,000 cases of foodborne illness found ground beef and chicken were the riskiest meats for germs such as E. coli, a U.S. non-profit says. Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director, of the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, said hospitalizations caused by Salmonella put chicken […]
Letting A Baby ‘Cry It Out’ Goes Against Biology
SAITAMA, Japan, (UPI) — Parents are often advised to let a baby “cry it out” in a crib but Japanese researchers say to let babies cry and not pick them up goes against biology. Kumi Kuroda of the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Saitama, Japan, said there is a very good reason mothers often carry […]
A High-Salt Diet And Ulcer Bug May Increase Cancer Risk
NASHVILLE, (UPI) — Gerbils infected with H. pylori — the ulcer-causing bacterium — given a high-salt diet were linked to increased risk of gastric cancer, U.S. researchers say. Timothy L. Cover and colleagues of Vanderbilt University in Nashville infected Mongolian gerbils with H. pylori. One set received a regular diet; the other, a high-salt diet. […]
Depression A Part Of ‘Learned Helplessness’
WURZBURG, Germany (UPI) — Faced with circumstances beyond their control, animals including humans often hunker down and develop physical symptoms of depression, German researchers say. Martin Heisenberg of the Rudolf Virchow Center in Wurzburg, Germany, says the findings are a step toward understanding the biological basis for depression and present a new way for testing […]
Teens Develop Self-Esteem Differently By Social Class
MONTREAL (UPI) – Upper-middle-class children develop self-esteem by social skill, while lower-middle-class children develop self-esteem by being smart, Canadian researchers say. William Bukowski, a professor of psychology at Concordia University in Montreal, and colleagues analyzed responses from children in Montreal and in Barranquilla, a city on the Caribbean coast of northern Colombia. The researchers studied […]
10 Percent Have Autism, Dyslexia, ADHD, Language Impairment
LONDON (UPI) — Up to 10 percent of the population is affected by specific learning disabilities such as dyslexia and autism, British researchers say. “We now know that there are many disorders of neurological development that can give rise to learning disabilities, even in children of normal or even high intelligence, and that crucially these […]
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