Study finds children with autism spectrum disorder are more likely to suffer from food allergies
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more than twice as likely to suffer from a food allergy than children who do not have ASD....
Thyroid abnormality may lead to diabetes during pregnancy
Thyroid dysfunction during early to mid-pregnancy is associated with increased risk of gestational diabetes during pregnancy
Women with thyroid abnormality in the first half of pregnancy face an elevated risk for gestational diabetes,...
First clinical trial shows CO2 injections reduce fat around the belly, but not over the long termStruggling with belly fat? Try carbon di-oxide.
The first randomized, controlled trial testing carbon dioxide gas injections (carboxytherapy) to reduce belly fat found the...
Football in schools helps lower blood pressure, improve balance
Why should boys have all the fun? With football that is.
What's more, schools put football training on girls' timetable, it comes with several added health advantages. These include lower blood pressure,...
Removing tonsils and adenoids in children was associated with increased long-term risk of respiratory, infectious and allergic diseases, according to a new research
Tonsils and adenoids are commonly removed in childhood to treat conditions such as chronic and recurrent ear...
Research finds mango is more effective in treating constipation than fiber supplementsIf you are one of those that stays away from the mango for weight or other considerations, think again.
Because a Texas A & M University pilot study published...
Some people metabolise coffee faster than others
This study may hold some clues why some people cannot do without coffee while for others it is a drink that keeps them awake at nights.
Coffee drinkers fall into one of three major...
Study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) says it may be possible to detect lung cancer early by a blood test
It may be possible to detect early stage lung cancer with the...
Taking aspirin before and after a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery associated with reduced mortality
Aspirin - the commonly used blood thinner - can improve outcomes of CABG surgery.
New research presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Copenhagen, Denmark...
MiRNAs can predict physiological response to total sleep deprivation
Why is it that some people function on just four hours of sleep per night while others cannot so without their eight hours?
The key may lie in microRNAs (miRNAs), according to...
